Alma Media Corporation: Evli Bank flags change in holding


ALMA MEDIA CORP.    STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT 21.2.2007, 12.00

The company has received information to the effect that Evli Bank
Plc's holding of Alma Media Corporation's share capital and votes
reached one-twentieth (1/20) of the total on 20 February 2007.

On 16 February 2007 Evli Bank Plc made a share loan agreement under
which it borrowed 4,453,000 Alma Media shares, or 5.97 % of the total
share capital and votes on the value date 20 February 2007. The loan
period is open.

Furthemore, Evli Bank Plc has sold 189,500 Alma Media shares under a
forward contract, the amount representing 0.25 % of the shares
capital and votes.

Pursuant to Chapter 2, Para 10 of the Securities Markets Act we
disclose that Evli group's holding is now as follows:


+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                                     | No. of shares |  % of share |
|                                     |               | capital and |
|                                     |               |       votes |
|-------------------------------------+---------------+-------------|
| Evli Bank Plc (business ID code     |     4,642,144 |      6.22 % |
| 0533755-0)                          |               |             |
|-------------------------------------+---------------+-------------|
| Investment funds managed by         |       384,500 |      0.52 % |
| Evli-Rahastoyhtiö Oy (business ID   |               |             |
| code 0744659-0)                     |               |             |
|-------------------------------------+---------------+-------------|
| Evli group, total                   |     5,026,644 |      6.74 % |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+



The share capital of Alma Media Corporation (business ID code
1944757-4) is 44,767,513.80 euros divided between 74,612,523 shares.
The company has one share series. Each share carries one vote, and
therefore the total number of votes is 74,612,523.

ALMA MEDIA CORPORATION


Terhi Lambert-Karjalainen
Communications Manager


DISTRIBUTION: Helsinki Exchanges, principal media


Alma Media is a profitably growing and internationally expanding
company that invests in the future of newspapers and the online
media. Its best known products are Aamulehti, Iltalehti, Kauppalehti
and Etuovi.com.

Net sales in 2006 totalled EUR 302 million and the operating margin
was 16 %. The company's share is listed in the Mid Cap segment of the
OMX Nordic Exchange's Nordic List, trading code ALN1V. More
information at http://www.almamedia.fi/home