Sanoma Completes Exit from Russia


Sanoma Corporation, Stock Exchange Release, 11 March 2016 at 15:00 CET+1

Sanoma has today closed the transaction related to the company’s remaining Russian assets. As announced on 30 December 2015, the transaction included Sanoma’s 50 % stake in Fashion Press, the remaining operations in United Press and the 50 % stake in Mondadori Independent Media.

The transaction is a part of Sanoma’s strategic plan announced in 2013 to redesign its consumer media operations and completes Sanoma’s exit from the Russian media market.

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Head of BU Russia & CLO, Sanoma Legal Affairs, Merja Karhapää, tel. +358 40 582 1538

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