ARBITRATOR APPOINTED IN THE REDEMPTION PROCEEDINGS REGARDING THE SHARES IN FIM


The Redemption Board of the Finnish Central Chamber of Commerce has on 27 June
2007 appointed an arbitrator to decide upon the price and the redemption right
to the FIM shares that are not owned by Glitnir banki hf. The Arbitral Tribunal
consists of Professor Seppo Villa.

Glitnir banki hf. has on 25 May 2007 given a notification according to which
Glitnir's holding of the shares and votes in FIM has exceeded 98 per cent and
that Glitnir has a right according to Chapter 18, Section 1 of the Finnish
Companies Act to redeem all shares from the minority shareholders in FIM. The
redemption price offered by Glitnir is € 8.00.


FIM Group Corporation

For additional information, please contact

Risto Perttunen, CEO, tel. +358 9 6134 6303

Timo T. Laitinen, CFO, tel. +358 9 6134 6525


Distribution:
Helsinki Stock Exchange
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FIM is a growing investment services group that offers asset management,
brokerage and investment banking services for private individuals and
organizations. Since March 2007 FIM is part of Icelandic financial group
Glitnir (www.glitnirbank.com). In addition to the head office in Helsinki, FIM
has regional offices in Espoo, Jyväskylä, Kuopio, Lahti, Oulu, Riihimäki,
Tampere, Turku and Vaasa. FIM also operates in Stockholm and Moscow. The
company had net sales in 2006 of EUR 82.0 million, and it posted operating
profit of EUR 19.1 million. FIM had a payroll of 284 employees at the end of
2006. www.fim.com