Amanda Capital Plc has committed five million euros in MB Equity Fund IV. MB Equity Fund IV is a Finnish private equity fund. The Fund will continue MB Funds' earlier investment strategy by investing in medium-sized companies in Nordic countries. More information about MB Funds can be found in www.mbfunds.fi. AMANDA CAPITAL PLC Petter Hoffström CFO Additional Information: CFO Petter Hoffström, tel. +358 9 6829 6012 Distribution: Helsinki Stock Exchange, www.amandacapital.fi The Amanda Group is a private equity investment company. Its parent company (Amanda Capital Plc) is the first publicly listed private equity fund-of-funds in Scandinavia. The parent company has investments in 24 different private equity funds and in four funds of funds managed by Amanda. Amanda Group is one of Finland's largest private equity fund investment management companies. The Group manages several private equity fund portfolios under consultancy agreements. It manages also five private equity funds of funds, which have several domestic and international investors. Amanda Group currently has more than EUR 1.5 billion of assets under management (original investment commitments) and has made investments in more than 100 private equity funds in Europe, the United States, Asia and Russia.