The acquisition of the company’s own shares will start on 12 August 2015 at the earliest and end by the Annual General Meeting 2016 at the latest.

Under the authorisation the Board of Directors has decided to acquire a total of maximum 120,000 A series shares, corresponding to approximately 0.27% of the number of currently issued series A shares.

The shares will be acquired through public trading on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki exchange in one or several lots at the market price prevailing at the time of purchase using the company’s unrestricted equity and deviating from shareholders’ pre-emptive subscription right to the company’s own shares. The shares will be acquired and paid in accordance with the rules of NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd and Euroclear Finland Ltd.

Currently Aktia Banks’ holding of own A series shares amounts to 22 112 shares.