Finnlines Plc Stock Exchange Release 25 October, 2007 FINNLINES INFORMS Finnlines Plc has today received information according to which the ownership of Atlantic Container Line AB in Finnlines Plc has changed. Finnlines Plc Seija Turunen CFO DISTRIBUTION Helsinki Stock Exchange Main Media -------- ATLANTIC CONTAINER LINE AB DECREASES ITS HOLDING IN FINNLINES TO BELOW 5 % Atlantic Container Line AB (trade register number 556000-7006, Göteborg, Sweden) has decreased its holding in Finnlines Plc below one twentieth (1/20) in a trade concluded on October 24, 2007. The buyer in the trade was Grimaldi Compagnia di Navigazione S.p.A (trade register number 00117240820, Palermo, Italy), so the total holding of Grimaldi Group in Finnlines Plc remains unchanged. The settlement date for the trade is November 27, 2007. Pursuant to the Securities Act, Chapter 2, Section 9, we inform the Financial Supervision and Finnlines Plc of the following: 1. Name of the target company: Finnlines Plc 2. Date of change in ownership: October 24, 2007 3. Exact share of ownership in Finnlines Plc: Atlantic Container Line AB currently holds: 0 shares, share of share capital and voting rights 0.00 % 4. Full name and trade register number of the shareholder: Atlantic Container Line AB, trade register number 556000-7006, Göteborg, Sweden