Tekna Holding ASA — Major Shareholding Notification 2011

Jul 8, 2011

Notification of a change in shareholding according to Securities Markets Act 2:9

Notification of a change in shareholding according to Securities Markets Act 2:9

Tekla Corporation                 Stock exchange release      July 8, 2011
                                         10:30 a.m.

Notification of a change in shareholding according to Securities Markets Act 2:9

Tekla has received the following notification:

Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company's holdings in Tekla Corporation have
decreased below 1/20 with the completion of the tender offer by Trimble Finland
Oy. According to the tender offer Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company has
sold all its Tekla shares on July 5, 2011.

On May 9, 2011 Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company issued a notification
where it confirmed its support for the offer by Trimble Finland Oy and
undertaken to tender its shares in the offer.

The stock of Tekla Corporation comprises a total of 22,586,200 shares.

Tekla Corporation
Timo Keinänen, CFO
phone  358 400 813 027,
firstname.lastname@tekla.com

Distribution: NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd, main media

Tekla Corporation

Tekla Corporation drives the evolution of digital information models with its
software, providing a growing competitive advantage to customers in the
construction, infrastructure and energy industries. Tekla's net sales for 2010
were nearly 58 million euros and operating result nearly 10 million euros.
International operations accounted for approximately 80% of net sales. Tekla has
customers in almost 100 countries, offices in 15 countries and a worldwide
partner network. Tekla Group currently employs approximately 500 persons, of
whom about 200 work outside of the headquarters in Finland. Tekla was
established in 1966, and is one of the longest-operating Finnish software
companies. www.tekla.com

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