Alma Media Corporation will terminate the buy order in Helsinki Stock
Exchange as the tender offer f
(Thomson Reuters ONE) - Alma Media Corporation Stock Exchange Release 20 August 2009 at8:30ALMA MEDIA CORPORATION WILL TERMINATE THE BUY ORDER IN HELSINKI STOCKEXCHANGE AS THE TENDER OFFER FOR TALENTUM SHARES HAS COMMENCEDNOT FOR DISTRIBUTION IN AUSTRALIA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH AFRICA,CANADA OR THE UNITED STATESAlma Media Corporation ("Alma Media") announced on 10 August 2009that it will make a mandatory tender offer for all of the issued andoutstanding shares in Talentum Oyj ("Talentum") (the "Tender Offer").The Tender Offer commenced on 19 August 2009 at 9.30 a.m. (Finnishtime) and will end on 15 September 2009 at 4.00 p.m. (Finnish time)unless the Tender Offer is extended or discontinued in accordancewith its terms and conditions. The price offered for each share inTalentum validly tendered in accordance with the terms and conditionsof the Tender Offer is EUR 1.85 in cash.On 12 August 2009, Alma Media announced that it has set a buy orderin NASDAQ OMX Helsinki stock exchange for approximately eight millionTalentum shares at a time and that the buy order is connected withthe Tender Offer. The price limit for the share purchases was equalto the cash consideration offered in the Tender Offer (EUR 1.85).Alma Media has resolved that this buy order shall be terminated as oftoday, due to the commencement of the offer period of the TenderOffer.Alma Media CorporationRauno HeinonenCorporate Communications and IRAdditional information:Kai Telanne, President and CEO, tel. +358 10 665 3500DISTRIBUTIONNASDAQ OMX HelsinkiMain mediaAlma Media in briefAlma Media is a profitable and internationally expanding company thatinvests in the future of newspapers and online media. Its best knownproducts are the Aamulehti, Iltalehti, Kauppalehti and Etuovi.com.Net sales in 2008 totalled EUR 341 million and the operating marginwas over 14%. The company's share is listed in the Mid Cap segment ofthe NASDAQ OMX Helsinki. Please visit www.almamedia.com for furtherinformation.This release may not be released or otherwise distributed, in wholeor in part, in or into Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, South Africa,Canada or the United States. This release is not a tender offerdocument and as such does not constitute an offer or invitation tomake a sales offer. Investors shall accept the Tender Offer for theshares only on the basis of the information provided in a tenderoffer document. Offers will not be made directly or indirectly in anyjurisdiction where either an offer or participation therein isprohibited by applicable law or where any tender offer document orregistration or other requirements would apply in addition to thoseundertaken in Finland.The Tender Offer is not being made in any jurisdiction whereprohibited by applicable law and the tender offer document andrelated acceptance forms will not and may not be distributed,forwarded or transmitted into or from any jurisdiction whereprohibited by applicable law. In particular, the Tender Offer is notbeing made, directly or indirectly, in or into, or by use of thepostal service of, or by any means or instrumentality (including,without limitation, facsimile transmission, telex, telephone or theInternet) of interstate or foreign commerce of, or any facilities ofa national securities exchange of, Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, SouthAfrica, Canada or the United States. The Tender Offer cannot beaccepted by any such use, means or instrumentality or from withinAustralia, Hong Kong, Japan, South Africa, Canada or the UnitedStates.This announcement was originally distributed by Hugin. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
Datum: 20.08.2009 - 07:30 Uhr
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