TietoEnator is negotiating with OP-Pohjola Group and Ilmarinen about the centralisation of ICT operating services

TietoEnator Stock exchange release 10 March 2008, 3.15 PM

TietoEnator, OP Bank Group Central Cooperative and Ilmarinen Mutual
Pension Insurance Company have signed a letter of intent on combining
the ICT operations centres of OP-Pohjola Group and Ilmarinen. The
target of the negotiations is to produce the ICT operations
management services by a joint venture, that is built on the current
subsidiary of OP Bank Group Central Cooperative called FD
Finanssidata by modifying its ownership and structure. Today
TietoEnator owns 30% and OP Bank Group Central Cooperative owns 70%
of FD Finanssidata.

Great majority of the personnel in the joint venture will come from
FD Finanssidata. The terms of employment with the current personnel
of 96 will remain the same. The service personnel will be transferred
to the TietoEnator Group under this agreement.

Both parties aim to sign the actual contract by the end of April
2008.

More information:
Sakari Lehtola, Senior Vice President, TietoEnator Processing &
Network, tel. +358 400 445769
Leo Höykinpuro, Vice President, TietoEnator Processing & Networkt
tel. +358 400 445596


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TietoEnator is among the leading architects in building a more
efficient information society and one of the largest IT services
companies in Europe. TietoEnator specialises in consulting,
developing and hosting its customers' business operations in the
digital economy. The Group's services are based on a combination of
deep industry-specific expertise and latest information technology.
TietoEnator has about 16,000 experts in close to 30 countries.
www.tietoenator.com

OP-Pohjola Group is the largest financial services group in Finland.
It comprises the independent member cooperative banks and the Group's
statutory central institution, OP Bank Group Central Cooperative with
its subsidiaries and affiliated companies. Pohjola Bank plc is the
largest subsidiary of the Central Cooperative. The Group offers a
comprehensive selection of banking, investment and insurance services
to private individuals as well as to corporate customers. The
Group has more than four million customers and almost 12,500
employees in Finland. At the end of 2007, its total assets were about
EUR 66 billion. The Group has a network of about 630 branch offices
covering the whole of Finland.