Aktia Savings Bank plc Stock exchange release 24 May 2007 at 10:00 a.m. The Board of Directors of Aktia Savings Bank plc has today decided, supported by the authorisations given by the Bank's AGM on 21 December 2006 regarding the establishment of share-based incentives for the Group's key personnel, decided on a directed share issue to named persons in the Bank's senior executive management. In the issue, a maximum of 20,000 new shares are issued at a subscription price of EUR 13 per share. AKTIA SAVINGS BANK PLC For further information, please contact: Legal Counsel Berndt Hertsberg, tel. +358 10 247 6297 From: Outi Fagerlund Information Officer Tel. +358 10 247 6294, +358 40 575 8828 Distribution: Helsinki Stock Exchange, major media