Sponda - Company Announcement

Notification on a change in ownership

Sponda Plc                    Stock Exchange Release 16 November 2011, at 10:15
am 

Notification on a change in ownership

Pursuant to the Finnish Securities Market Act (Section 2:9), Cohen & Steers,
Inc. has on 14 November, 2011 notified that, as from 16 August 2011, the total
number of shares held by the company represents 4.95% of Sponda Plc's shares
and 3.08% of voting rights. 

Target company: Sponda Plc
Date of change in share holdings: 16 August 2011
Number of shares: 14,004,573 shares
Proportion of shares: 4.95%
Proportion of voting rights: 3.08%

The notice was given by shareholder whose full name is:
Cohen & Steers, Inc.

Sponda Plc



Further information: Pia Arrhenius, Senior Vice President, Corporate
Communications and IR. tel. +358 40 527 4462 



Sponda Plc is a property investment company specializing in commercial
properties in the largest cities in Finland and Russia. Sponda's business
concept is to own, lease and develop office, retail and logistics properties
into environments that promote the business success of its clients. The fair
value of Sponda's investment properties is approximately EUR 3.1 billion and
the leasable area is around 1.5 million m².