The following offering circular (the "Offering Circular") is available for viewing:
Offering Circular dated 10 April 2014 relating to Finnvera plc's €3,000,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note Programme guaranteed by the Republic of Finland
Please read the disclaimer below "Disclaimer – Intended Addressees" before attempting to access this service, as your right to do so is conditional upon complying with the requirements set out below.
To view the full Offering Circular, please paste the following URL into the address bar of your browser:
http://www.finnvera.fi/eng/Media/Files/Sijoittajille/Offering-Circular
A copy of the above document has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.
For further information, please contact:
Arja Griffin
Finnvera plc
Eteläesplanadi 8
P.O. Box 1010
FI-00101 Helsinki
Finland
DISCLAIMER – INTENDED ADDRESSEES
This announcement is not for distribution in the United States.
Please note that the information contained in the Offering Circular may be addressed to and/or targeted at persons who are residents of particular countries (specified in the Offering Circular) only and is not intended for use and should not be relied upon by any person outside these countries and/or to whom the offer contained in the Offering Circular is not addressed. Prior to relying on the information contained in the Offering Circular you must ascertain from the Offering Circular whether or not you are part of the intended addressees of, and eligible to view, the information contained therein.
In particular, neither this announcement nor the Offering Circular shall constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities in the United States or in any other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration, exemption from registration or qualification under the securities law of any such jurisdiction.
The securities described in the Offering Circular (the "Securities") have not been, and will not be, registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or under any relevant securities laws of any state of the United States of America and are subject to U.S. tax law requirements. Subject to certain exceptions, the Securities may not be offered or sold directly or indirectly within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons or to persons within the United States of America, as such terms are defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act. Failure to comply with this notice may result in a violation of the Securities Act or the applicable laws of other jurisdictions. There will be no public offering of the Securities in the United States.
The Offering Circular is being distributed only to and directed only at (i) persons who are outside the United Kingdom, (ii) persons who have professional experience in matters relating to investments falling within Article 19(5) of The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005, or (iii) those persons to whom it may otherwise lawfully be distributed (all such persons together being referred to as "relevant persons"). The Offering Circular is directed only at relevant persons and must not be acted on or relied on by persons who are not relevant persons. Any investment or investment activity to which the Offering Circular relates is available only to relevant persons and will be engaged in only with relevant persons.
