05.05.2000

Maximum price in Aspocomp Group Oyj’s retail offering and employee offering

The maximum price in Aspocomp Group Oyj’s retail offering has been set at EUR 94.00 per share. The maximum price in the employee offering has been set at EUR 84.60 per share, which is the maximum price in the retail offering less a discount of 10 per cent.

The shares will be offered in the Institutional Offering from May 2, 2000 to May 23, 2000. The Company and the Selling Shareholders may suspend the Institutional Offering at any earlier date due to oversubscription. The shares will be offered in the Retail Offering and Employee Offering from May 8, 2000 to May 12, 2000. The Retail Offering and Employee Offering can be suspended no earlier than May 8, 2000 at 17.00. The final decision on the offer price will be on or about May 23, 2000. In the Retail Offering the price will be the same as in the Institutional Offering, provided, however, that the price per share in the Retail Offering shall not exceed the maximum price of EUR 94.00. In the Employee Offering the offer price will be the same as in the Retail Offering, less a discount of no more than ten percent from the price per share in the Retail Offering, provided, however, that the maximum price per share in the Employee Offering shall not exceed EUR 84.60.

For more information, please contact:

Jarmo Niemi Chief Executive Officer, on +358 9 759 70711
Pertti Vuorinen Chief Financial Officer, on +358 9 759 70714

ASPOCOMP GROUP Oyj

Jarmo Niemi
President and CEO

Distribution:
Helsinki Exchanges
Press and Media
www.aspocom.com

THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES OR AMERICA, ITS TERRITORIES OR POSSESSIONS. SHARES OF ASPOCOMP GROUP OYJ HAVE NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), OR THE LAWS OF ANY STATE, AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO U.S. PERSONS, EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE LAWS.

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