DECISION OF THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD IN THE MATTER OF SPECIAL AUDIT OF FINNLINES PLC'S ACCOUNTS


Finnlines Plc     Stock Exchange Release  		4 April, 2009                       





DECISION OF THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD IN THE MATTER OF SPECIAL AUDIT OF   
FINNLINES PLC'S ACCOUNTS                                                        

                                                                                
The County Administrative Board of Southern Finland appoints Hannu Niilekselä   
(APA) to perform the special audit of accounts and administration of Finnlines  
Plc for the reporting period from 1 January, 2007 to 31 December 2009. Special  
audit relates to the following matters and operations:                          

group contributions granted to subsidiaries                                     
audit of the fact that no group contribution has been granted from subsidiaries 
to the parent company                                                           
dividends paid by subsidiaries to the parent company                            
investment programme                                                            
the sale of two vessels by parent company to subsidiaries                       


The County Administrative Board rejected the application in respect of applying 
special audit to cover the accounts and administration as whole for the         
reporting period from 1 January, 2007 to 31 December 2009, only above mentioned 
matters should be included in special audit.                                    
                                                                                

Finnlines Plc                                                                   



Seija Turunen                                                                   
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