Insider administration

Aktia plc's Board of Directors has approved insider rules complying with the Insider Guidelines of the Helsinki Stock Exchange. In the company's public insider register members of the Supervisory Board, the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee as well as the auditor are registered based on information obtained from them. A permanent company-specific insider register includes all other persons employed by the company, who are considered regularly having access to insider information due to their positions or tasks. In accordance with the Stock Exchange's Insider Guidelines, a restriction has been set on trading. The restriction on trading is applicable to the persons entered in the insider register mentioned above as well as to any legally incompetent persons under their custody or trusteeship. Furthermore, the restriction on trading is applicable to companies, organisations and foundations controlled by these persons. With some exceptions, complying with the Stock Exchange Insider Guidelines, these persons may not trade in shares issued by Aktia plc, or securities related to Aktia's share, in a period beginning 14 days prior to publication of accounts announcement or interim report and ending when the said information is published.

In addition to the obligatory regulation of insider issues in credit institutions, Aktia Bank plc applies insider rules corresponding to the model rules of the Finnish Association of Securities Dealers. According to the bank’s insider rules, information on a person is entered in the bank's insider register as required by the Securities Markets Act and the Financial Supervision Authority. Furthermore, the right of people recorded in the bank's insider register to themselves trade in securities is limited, for instance, in such a way that purchase and sale transactions (or sale and purchase transactions) involving the same securities may not take place with less than a month’s interval.