THE FINANCIAL SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY HAS APPROVED IXONOS' BASE PROSPECTUS

IXONOS PLC	STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 7 APRIL 2009
    
Finland's Financial Supervisory Authority has approved, on 6 April 2009, the    
base prospectus of Ixonos Plc. Base prospectuses are prescribed in Finland's    
Securities Markets Act (495/1989). Ixonos Plc's base prospectus contains        
information on the company, on its business operations and on its financial     
standing. The base prospectus is valid for 12 months after its publication.     

The base prospectus is available from 7 April 2009, throughout its validity, in 
electronic form on the company's website, at                                    
http://www.ixonos.com/en/investors/. The base prospectus has not been printed   
up, but printouts in Finnish are available at the company's head office: Ixonos
Plc, Hitsaajankatu 24, 00810 Helsinki, Finland. The base prospectus has been 
published only in Finnish; it is not available in other languages.              

Helsinki, 7 April 2009                                                          

IXONOS PLC                                                                      
BOARD OF DIRECTORS                                                              

For more information, please contact: 
Ixonos Plc, Timo Leinonen, CFO, phone +358 424 2231, mobile +358 400 793 073, 
timo.leinonen@ixonos.com 

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