AMANDA CAPITAL PLC WON THE COMPETITIVE BIDDING REGARDING THE STATE PENSION FUND'S MANAGEMENT OF OTHER INVESTMENTS


The State Pension Fund has chosen Amanda Capital Plc to take care of the        
management of its other investments portfolio (private equity-, infrastructure- 
and real estate investments). At the moment The State Pension Fund's private    
equity, infrastructure and real estate investments commitments total to         
approximately 600 million euros, out of which 300 million euros is invested.    
The State Pension Fund is one of the largest and most prestigious investors in  
Finland. Amanda regards its election to be the management service provider for  
the State Pension Fund's other investments as a notable sign of confidence.     

In 2008 net sales from Amanda's private equity investment management and        
consultation will exceed 4 million euros.                                       

AMANDA CAPITAL PLC                                                              

Petter Hoffström                                                                
CFO                                                                             


Additional Information: CFO Petter Hoffström, tel. +358 9 6829 600              

Distribution: OMX Nordic Exchange in Helsinki, www.amandacapital.fi             

The Amanda Group is a private equity management company. Its parent company is  
the first publicly listed private equity fund of funds in Scandinavia. Amanda   
has investments in 24 private equity funds and in four funds of funds under     
Amanda's own management.                                                        

Amanda Group is one of Finland's largest management companies of private equity 
fund investments. It manages several private equity fund portfolios under       
consultancy agreements and six private equity funds of funds with several       
domestic and international institutions as investors. Amanda Group currently has
EUR 2.3 billion of assets under management (original investment commitments)    
with which it has made investments in more than 100 private equity funds in     
Europe, the US, Asia, and Russia.