Sponda has signed a five-year EUR 350 million syndicated credit agreement which will be used to refinance the outstanding short-term loan raised in December 2006 to finance the Kapiteeli acquisition. The loan carries a margin at the beginning of the loan period of Euribor plus 0.375-0.425 %. The lead managers of this issue are Nordea, OKO Bank, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (publ) and the manager is SWEDBANK. Sponda Plc Further information: Robert Öhman, CFO, tel. +358 40 540 0741. Sponda Plc is a real estate company specializing in commercial properties in the largest cities in Finland and Russia. Sponda's business concept is to own, lease and develop office, retail and logistics properties into environments that promote the business success of its clients. The fair value of Sponda's investment properties is approximately EUR 2.25 billion and the leasable area is around 1.3 million m². Sponda is the largest real estate investment company listed on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.