Elisa's Board of Directors have decided to start the purchases of a maximum of 4,000,000 Elisa shares at the earliest on 25 April 2007. The shares will be acquired in public trading on the Helsinki Stock Exchange. The decision is based on the authorisation that Elisa's Annual General Meeting made on 19 March 2007.The Board of Directors were authorised to decide on acquiring a maximum of 16,000,000 Elisa shares. Elisa Group holds now 4,125,000 treasury shares which are acquired to develop the company's capital structure. Elisa Corporation Vesa Sahivirta Director, IR and Financial Communication For further information, please contact: Mr Jari Kinnunen CFO, tel. +358 10 262 9510 Distribution: Helsinki Exchanges Major media