Aktia Savings Bank plc         Stock exchange release      29 March
 2007 at 2:00 p.m.

The Board of Directors of Aktia Savings Bank plc has today decided,
supported by the authorisations given by the Bank's AGM on 21
December 2006 regarding the establishment of share-based incentives
for the Group's key personnel, decided on a directed share issue to
named persons in the Bank's senior executive management. In the
issue, a maximum of 19,020 new shares are issued at a subscription
price of EUR 13 per share.

AKTIA SAVINGS BANK PLC

For further information, please contact:
Legal Counsel Berndt Hertsberg, tel. +358 10 247 6297

From:
Outi Fagerlund
Information Officer
Tel. +358 10 247 6294, +358 40 575 8828
[email protected]

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