Finnair Oyj

Transaction in Own Shares • Apr 22, 2013

Disclosure 306616

Finnair Oyj - Company Announcement

Finnair has sold its shareholding in Norwegian for approximately 53 million euros and records a capital gain of approximately 34 million euros

Finnair Plc Stock Exchange Release 22 April 2013 at 09:18 a.m. EET Finnair has sold today its entire holding of 1,649,862 shares, representing 4.69% of total shares, in Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (Norwegian). The shares were sold for approximately 53 million euros, and Finnair's capital gain for the transaction totalled approximately 34 million euros. It will be recorded as financial income in Finnair's second quarter 2013 accounts. Finnair's holding in Norwegian was included in Finnair's 2012 Financial Statements in other short-term financial assets and it was valued at fair value. The proceeds from the sale will be used for the development of the Finnair and implementation of its growth strategy. The sale of Norwegian shares increases Finnair's shareholders' equity by approximately 16 million euros compared to 31.12.2012 level. Norwegian shares were transferred to Finnair in 2007 in connection with the sale of Finnair's Swedish subsidiary FlyNordic to Norwegian. The transaction was then implemented as a share-swap. Further information: Finnair Media Desk, tel. +358 9 818 4020, comms(a)finnair.com Distribution: NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Principal Media