2015-10-26 14:30:00 CET

2015-10-26 14:30:02 CET


Finnish English
Talentum Oyj - Tender offer

Alma Media Corporation has supplemented the offer document and prospectus with respect to the exchange offer to Talentum Corporation's shareholders


Helsinki, Finland, 2015-10-26 14:30 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 

TALENTUM         STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE            26 October, 2015 at 3.30 p.m.

Alma Media Corporation has supplemented the offer document and prospectus with
respect to the exchange offer to Talentum Corporation's shareholders 

THIS STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED OR DISTRIBUTED, DIRECTLY OR
INDIRECTLY, IN AUSTRALIA, CANADA, CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SINGAPORE, SOUTH
AFRICA, NEW ZEALAND, UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER COUNTRY WHERE SUCH PUBLICATION
OR DISTRIBUTION OR OFFER WOULD VIOLATE APPLICABLE LAWS OR REGULATIONS. 

On 29 September 2015, Talentum Corporation (“Talentum”) and Alma Media
Corporation (“Alma Media”) announced their plan to combine their businesses by
means of a public exchange offer made by Alma Media to Talentum's shareholders
and option right holders. 

Alma Media Corporation has supplemented the exchange offer document and
prospectus (the“Offer Document”) dated 14 October 2015 with respect to the
exchange offer. The Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority has on 26 October
2015 approved the supplement to the Offer Document, which relates to the
publication by Talentum of its interim report for the nine-month period ended
30 September 2015 on 22 October 2015 and the publication by Alma Media of its
interim report for the nine-month period ended 30 September 2015 on 23 October
2015. 

Pursuant to Alma Media, the supplement to the Offer Document will be available
online at the addresses www.almamedia.fi/ostotarjous and
www.sebgroup.com/prospectus as of 26 October 2015, and at Alma Media's
headquarters at the address Alvar Aallon katu 3C, Helsinki, SEB's office at the
address Unioninkatu 30, Helsinki, and at the reception of Nasdaq OMX Helsinki
Oy at the address Fabianinkatu 14, Helsinki as of 26 October 2015. 

TALENTUM CORPORATION

The Board of Directors

Further information will be given by:

Henri Österlund, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors, Talentum Corporation
henri.osterlund@accendofund.com
+358 50 348 9600

Aarne Aktan, CEO, Talentum Corporation
aarne.aktan@talentum.com
+358 40 342 4440

Distribution:
NASDAQ OMX Helsinki
Principal media
www.talentum.fi

TALENTUM IN BRIEF

Talentum Corporation focuses on professionals with main products of magazines,
books, digital services, trainings and events. Talentum produces contents from
various fields of economy, law, management, HR, sales and marketing, ICT,
technology and health care with the mission to help professionals succeed. 

In 2014, Talentum's net sales totalled EUR 72.3 million. The company employs
720 persons in Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Estonia and Latvia. Talentum
Corporation is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki. Read more: www.talentum.fi. 



THIS RELEASE MAY NOT BE RELEASED OR OTHERWISE DISTRIBUTED, IN WHOLE OR IN PART,
IN OR INTO AUSTRALIA, CANADA, CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE,
SOUTH AFRICA, THE UNITED STATE OR IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE TENDER
OFFER WOULD BE PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW. 

THIS RELEASE IS NOT A TENDER OFFER DOCUMENT AND AS SUCH DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN
OFFER OR INVITATION TO MAKE A SALES OFFER. INVESTORS SHALL ACCEPT THE TENDER
OFFER FOR THE SHARES AND OPTION RIGHTS ONLY ON THE BASIS OF THE INFORMATION
PROVIDED IN A TENDER OFFER DOCUMENT. OFFERS WILL NOT BE MADE DIRECTLY OR
INDIRECTLY IN ANY JURISDICTION WHERE EITHER AN OFFER OR PARTICIPATION THEREIN
IS PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR WHERE ANY TENDER OFFER DOCUMENT OR
REGISTRATION OR OTHER REQUIREMENTS WOULD APPLY IN ADDITION TO THOSE UNDERTAKEN
IN FINLAND. 

THE TENDER OFFER IS NOT BEING MADE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IN ANY JURISDICTION
WHERE PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW AND, WHEN PUBLISHED, THE TENDER OFFER
DOCUMENT AND RELATED ACCEPTANCE FORMS WILL NOT AND MAY NOT BE DISTRIBUTED,
FORWARDED OR TRANSMITTED INTO OR FROM ANY JURISDICTION WHERE PROHIBITED BY
APPLICABLE LAW. IN PARTICULAR, THE TENDER OFFER IS NOT BEING MADE, DIRECTLY OR
INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO, OR BY USE OF THE POSTAL SERVICE OF, OR BY ANY MEANS OR
INSTRUMENTALITY (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, FACSIMILE TRANSMISSION, TELEX,
TELEPHONE OR THE INTERNET) OF INTERSTATE OR FOREIGN COMMERCE OF, OR ANY
FACILITIES OF A NATIONAL SECURITIES EXCHANGE OF AUSTRALIA, CANADA, CHINA, HONG
KONG, JAPAN, NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, SOUTH AFRICA OR THE UNITED STATES. THE
TENDER OFFER CANNOT BE ACCEPTED BY ANY SUCH USE, MEANS OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR
FROM WITHIN AUSTRALIA, CANADA, CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE,
SOUTH AFRICA, THE UNITED STATES.