2015-04-08 09:11:05 CEST

2015-04-08 09:12:05 CEST


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Elisa - Company Announcement

Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority has approved Elisa’s Anvia acquisition


ELISA STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 8 APRIL 2015 AT 10.10 A.M.

According to the Finnish Competition Act, Finnish Competition and Consumer
Authority (FCCA) has approved the transaction in which Elisa gains a control
over Anvia. Elisa's ownership in Anvia is 26.8 per cent and Elisa is the
biggest shareholder in Anvia. 

FCCA set as a condition for the acquisition that the overlapping consumer
business broadband networks, as well as the related approximately 3,200
customer agreements to be divested in Vaasa, Mustasaari and Laihia areas in
Western Finland. 

The approval enables Elisa and Anvia to cooperate and thus supports the
development of the competitive ICT services to corporates, municipalities and
consumers in the Anvia region. 

ELISA

Vesa Sahivirta
IR Director
tel. +358 10 262 3036

Distribution:

Nasdaq Helsinki
Principal media
www.elisa.com