Elisa - Major shareholder announcements

Notice Pursuant to the Finnish Securities Market Act, Chapter 9, Section 5

ELISA STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE  11 JULY 2016 AT 10:00 AM

Elisa Corporation (ELISA) has received the following notice in accordance with
Chapter 9, Section 5 of the Finnish Securities Market Act: 

According to the notification, the direct share ownership of Elisa Corporation
shares owned by BlackRock, Inc. and its funds decreased on 7 June 2016 below
five (5) per cent of Elisa Corporation’s entire stock while total ownership
directly or through financial instruments remains above 5 per cent. 

Total number of Elisa shares is 167,335,073 and each share carries one voting
right. 

Total positions of BlackRock, Inc. and its funds subject to the notification:

Date                             % shares and  % of shares and voting     %     
                                  voting        rights through financial   total
                                  rights        instruments                     
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Resulting situation on the date  4.99          0.23                       5.23  
 on which threshold was crossed                                                 
 or reached                                                                     
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Position of previous             5.00          0.24                       5.24  
 notification (if applicable)                                                   
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Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold
was crossed: 

A: Shares and voting rights:

Class/type of  Number of shares and               % of shares and               
 shares         voting rights                      voting rights                
ISIN code (if                                                                   
 possible)                                                                      
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               Direct                Indirect     Direct             Indirect   
               (SMA 9:5)             (SMA 9:6     (SMA 9:5)          (SMA 9:6   
                                      and 9:7)                        and 9:7)  
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FI0009007884                         8,366,328                       4.99       
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SUBTOTAL A     8,366,328                          4.99                          
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B: Financial instruments according to SMA 9:6a:

Type of        Expirat  Exercise/     Physical or   Number of       % of shares 
 financial     ion       Conversion    cash          shares and      and voting 
 instrument     date     Period        settlement    voting rights   rights     
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Securities     N/A      N/A           Physical      223,446         0.13        
 Lent                                                                           
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CFD            N/A      N/A           Cash          173,517         0.10        
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                                      SUBTOTAL B    396,963         0.23        
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ELISA CORPORATION

Vesa Sahivirta
IR Director
tel. +358 10 262 3036

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