Sanoma to cancel the 2009, 2010 and 2011 stock options in company's possession


Sanoma Corporation, Stock Exchange Release, 12 December 2014 at 12:15 CET+1

Sanoma Board of Directors has decided to cancel 780,000 stock options 2009, 622,900 stock options 2010 and 901,600 stock options 2011. The stock options are held by Sanoma's fully owned subsidiary Lastannet Oy. These options have not been allocated and/or have been returned to the company. The cancellation will be registered in the Finnish Trade Register on or about 22 December 2014.

After the cancellation the remaining amount of 2009 stock options is 1,020,000, 2010 stock options 977,100 and 798,400 2011 stock options and they entitle holders to subscribe for maximum of 2,795,500 Sanoma's shares.

The terms and conditions of stock options are available on the company's website www.sanoma.com.

Additional information
Sanoma's Investor Relations, Olli Turunen, tel. +358 40 552 8907

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