TECHNOPOLIS PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 3.1.2007 at 8.00 a.m. TECHNOPOLIS PLC CONTEMPLATES SHARE ISSUE DIRECTED TO INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS; RECEIPT OF SUBSCRIPTION UNDERTAKINGS WILL COMMENCE ON 3 JANUARY 2007 The Board of Directors of Technopolis Plc (Company) has decided to receive subscription undertakings related to the share issue contemplated by the Company. In the share issue, the Companys shares will be offered to a limited number of Finnish and international institutional investors. The maximum number of new shares to be offered for subscription is 688,000 shares. Background to share issue The purpose of the share issue is to finance the investments in accordance with the Companys investment plan, secure the Companys growth and maintain the Companys liquidity. The share issue is intended to be implemented on the basis of an authorisation granted to the Companys Board of Directors on 24 March 2006 by the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company. According to such authorisation, the share issue may take place in deviation from the shareholders pre-emptive subscription right. Implementation of share issue The share issue will be implemented through a book-building process where subscription undertakings for the new shares may be made by selected institutional investors. The book-building will commence on 3 January 2007 at 9.00 a.m. (Finnish time) and end no later than 5 January 2007 at 18.30 p.m. (Finnish time), after which the Board of Directors of the Company will make the final decision on the implementation of the share issue. In the event of oversubscription, the share issue may be discontinued prematurely. Trading in the new shares together with the other shares in the Company will commence on the Exchange List of the Helsinki Stock Exchange on or about 11 January 2007. The new shares will correspond to approximately 1.7 percent of the Company's share capital and votes attached to the shares before the implementation of the share issue, provided that the share issue is subscribed in full. The sole manager of the share issue is Evli Bank Plc, Corporate Finance. Oulu, 3 January 2007 TECHNOPOLIS PLC Board of Directors For further information, please contact: Pertti Huuskonen, President and CEO, tel. +358 400 680 816 or +358 8 551 3213 Distribution: Helsinki Stock Exchange Main news media www.technopolis.fi THESE MATERIALS ARE NOT AN OFFER FOR SALE OF THE SHARES IN THE UNITED STATES OR IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. THE SHARES MAY NOT BE SOLD IN THE UNITED STATES WITHOUT REGISTRATION OR AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED. TECHNOPOLIS PLC DOES NOT INTEND TO REGISTER ANY PORTION OF SUCH OFFERING IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC OFFERING OF SHARES IN THE UNITED STATES.