Elisa has been notified, in accordance with Chapter 2, Section 9 of the Finnish Securities Market Act, of a change in the company's ownership as follows: DNA Oy, Lännen Puhelin Oy, Oulun Puhelin Holding Oyj, Kuopion Puhelin Sijoitus Oy and PHP Liiketoiminta Oyj aggregate ownership in Elisa shares and votes exceeds 5 per cent. The companies may use their voting rights in mutual understanding. DNA Oy (business ID 0592509-6), address PO Box 41, 01741 Vantaa, Finland; Lännen Puhelin Oy (business ID 0135500-6), address PO Box, 21201 Raisio, Finland; Oulun Puhelin Holding Oyj (business ID 1618627-6), address PO Box 30, 90101 Oulu, Finland; Kuopion Puhelin Sijoitus Oy (business ID 2194953-0), address PO Box 1883, 70101 Kuopio, Finland; and PHP Liiketoiminta Oyj (business ID 1530553-6), address PO Box 153, 15101 Lahti, Finland. Identity of the issuer of shares: Elisa Oyj (Business ID: 0116510-6) Share: FI0009007884 Reason for the notification: Acquisition of shares / voting rights. The companies may use their voting rights in mutual understanding. Date on which the threshold is exceeded: 5 August 2008 Names of shareholders, business ID and number of shares and proportion of shares and voting rights: +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | Business ID | Before | After | | | | | change | the | | | | | | change | | |-----------------------+-------------+--------+-----------+--------| | | | | Number of | % of | | | | | shares | shares | | | | | and votes | and | | | | | | votes | |-----------------------+-------------+--------+-----------+--------| | DNA Oy | 0592509-6 | <5% | 2 918 779 | 1,76 % | |-----------------------+-------------+--------+-----------+--------| | DNA Oy indirect | | <5% | 171 | 0,00 % | |-----------------------+-------------+--------+-----------+--------| | Lännen Puhelin Oy | 0135500-6 | <5% | 1 463 889 | 0,88 % | |-----------------------+-------------+--------+-----------+--------| | Oulun Puhelin Holding | 1618627-6 | <5% | 1 458 889 | 0,88 % | | Oyj | | | | | |-----------------------+-------------+--------+-----------+--------| | Kuopion Puhelin | 2194953-0 | <5% | 1 458 889 | 0,88 % | | Sijoitus Oy | | | | | |-----------------------+-------------+--------+-----------+--------| | PHP Liiketoiminta Oyj | 1530553-6 | <5% | 1 458 889 | 0,88 % | |-----------------------+-------------+--------+-----------+--------| | Total | | <5% | 8 759 506 | 5,27 % | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ The shareholders do not have other indirect shares or votes in the company other than listed above. The shares listed as indirect under DNA Oy are owned by DNA Palvelut Oy (business ID 1575416-3, address PO Box 41, 01741 Vantaa, Finland). Elisa's total number of shares is 166,307,586 each carrying one vote. ELISA Vesa Sahivirta Director, IR and financial communications DISTRIBUTION: Helsinki Stock Exchange Major media