Sanoma Corporation, Stock Exchange Release, 13 February 2015 at 14:45 CET+1

On 13 February 2015, Sanoma Corporation has received flagging notification pursuant to Chapter 9 Section 5 of the Finnish Securities Markets Act concerning shares in Sanoma Corporation.

According to the flagging notification, the total ownership to shares in Sanoma Corporation held by Holding Manutas Oy, a company Mr Antti Herlin controls, has increased from 14,905,000 shares to 16,905,000, thus totaling 10.38 per cent of all shares and votes in Sanoma Corporation, and his total ownership to shares in Sanoma Corporation held by Security Trading Oy, a company he controls, has decreased from 2,000,000 shares to 0 shares. The total ownership to shares in Sanoma held by Mr Antti Herlin and the companies he controls has not changed.

Ownership in Sanoma before the transaction:
Mr Antti Herlin, 31,800 shares and 0.02%
Holding Manutas Oy, 14,905,000 shares and 9.15%
Security Trading Oy, 2,000,000 shares and 1.23%
Total ownership of companies Mr Antti Herlin controls 16,936,800 shares and 10.40%

Ownership in Sanoma after the transaction:
Mr Antti Herlin, 31,800 shares and 0.02%
Holding Manutas Oy, 16,905,000 shares and 10.38%
Security Trading Oy, 0 shares and 0.00%
Total ownership of companies Mr Antti Herlin controls 16,936,800 shares and 10.40%

Sanoma Corporation has a total of 162,812,093 shares and votes. The Company has one share series, each share entitling to one vote.

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

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