Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken to decrease its holding in Alma Media down to zero

ALMA MEDIA CORP.   STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT  8 MAR 2007 18.00  1
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SKANDINAVISKA ENSKILDA BANKEN TO DECREASE ITS HOLDING IN ALMA MEDIA
DOWN TO ZERO

The company has received information to the effect that Skandinaviska
Enskilda Banken AB (business register number SE502032908101) has
decreased its holding in Alma Media under one twentieth (1/20) in a
trade on 8 March 2007. Pursuant to the Securities Act, Chapter 2,
Section 10, we inform that:

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB's holding on 8 March 2007:
0 shares, share of share capital and voting rights 0.00 %

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