AMANDA HAS COMMITTED FIVE MILLION EUROS IN MB EQUITY FUND IV


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.