Pohjola Bank plc's and OP-Pohjola Group's Financial Calendar for 2013 and Pohjola Bank plc's Annual General Meeting 2013

Pohjola Bank plc
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31 October 2012 at 08:15 am

Pohjola Bank plc's and OP-Pohjola Group's Financial Calendar for 2013 and Pohjola Bank plc's Annual General Meeting 2013

Pohjola Bank plc's and OP-Pohjola Group's financial calendar for 2013 is as follows:

Financial Statements Bulletin for 2012: 6 February 2013
Financial Statements and the Report by the Board of Directors 2012: week 9 in 2013
Interim Report for Q1: 2 May 2013
Interim Report for H1: 31 July 2013
Interim Report for Q1-3: 30 October 2013

Available in Finnish, Swedish and English, the Financial Statements Bulletin and the Interim Reports will be published at approximately 8.00 am on the abovementioned days. They are available at pohjola.com and op.fi.

Pohjola Bank plc has the plan of holding its Annual General Meeting in Helsinki on Friday, 22 March 2013. The Board of Directors will convene the AGM separately at a later date. If a shareholder wishes to have an item included on the agenda of the AGM, the related written request addressed to the Board of Directors should arrive at Pohjola on or before Thursday, 24 January 2013. Such a request must include grounds for the inclusion or draft resolutions and be sent to Pohjola Bank plc, Anna Eskelinen, Investor Relations/TeE4, P.O. Box 308, 00013 Pohjola or by email to ir@pohjola.fi.

Pohjola Bank plc's planned dividend payment date is 5 April 2013.

Pohjola Bank plc

Carina Geber-Teir
Chief Communications Officer

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Carina Geber-Teir, Chief Communications Officer, tel. +358 (0)10 252 8394
Vesa Aho, CFO, tel. +358 (0)10 252 2336
Niina Pullinen, Head of Investor Relations, Investor Relations, tel. +358 (0)10 252 4494

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NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd
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op.fi and pohjola.com

Pohjola Bank plc is a Finnish financial services group which provides its customers with banking, non-life insurance and asset management services. Our mission is to promote the prosperity, security and wellbeing of our customers. Profitable growth and an increase in company value form our key objectives. Pohjola Group serves corporate customers in Finland and abroad by providing an extensive range of financial, investment, cash-management and non-life insurance services. We offer non-life insurance and private banking services to private customers. Pohjola Series A shares have been listed on the Large Cap List of the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki since 1989. The number of shareholders totals around 34,000. Pohjola's consolidated earnings before tax came to 258 million euros in 2011 and the balance sheet total amounted to 41 billion euros on 31 December 2011. Pohjola is part of OP-Pohjola Group, the leading financial services group in Finland with over four million customers.

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