On 18 March 2009, and in accordance with the proposal of the Board
of
Directors, Elisa's Annual General Meeting decided of a dividend
to
shareholders to the amount of EUR 0,60 per share on the basis of the
balance
sheet 31 December 2008 approved by the Annual General
Meeting. The dividend
will be paid to shareholders listed in the
company's share register maintained
by Euroclear Finland Ltd on 23
March 2009. The payment will be paid out
starting on 31March 2009.
Dividend will also effect the Elisa 2007 stock
options by reducing
the strike price of the series 2007A stock options to EUR
18.44 and
series 2007B stock options to EUR 11.29.

The Annual General Meeting
adopted the financial statements for the
period in question. The members of the
Board of Directors and the CEO
were discharged from liability for 2008.

The
number of the members of the Board of Directors was confirmed at
six (6).
Members Mr Risto Siilasmaa, Mr Ossi Virolainen, Mr Pertti
Korhonen and Ms Eira
Palin-Lehtinen were re-elected to the Board of
Directors and Mr Ari Lehtoranta
(Executive Vice President, Kone
Corporation) and Raimo Lind (CFO, Wärtsilä
Group)  were elected as
new members.

KPMG Oy Ab, authorised public accountants
was appointed the company's
auditor.  APA Pekka Pajamo is the responsible
auditor.

The Annual General Meeting accepted the proposal to amend
the
Operations of the Company in the articles of association. The main
change
was the addition of ICT services to the Operations of the
Company.

The Annual
General Meeting accepted the proposal to authorize the
Board of Directors to
decide on the distribution of funds from the
unrestricted equity to the maximum
of EUR 150,000,000. The
authorization is effective until the beginning of the
following
Annual General Meeting.

The Annual General Meeting decided on the
authorization to repurchase
or accept as pledge the company's own shares. The
repurchase may be
directed. The amount of shares under this authorization is
15,000,000
shares at maximum. The authorization is effective until June
30,
2010.

The Annual General Meeting approved the proposal of the Board
of
Directors on the issuance of shares as well as the issuance of
special
rights entitling to shares. The issue may be directed. The
authorization is
effective until June 30, 2013. A maximum aggregate
of 50.0 million of the
company's shares can be issued under the
authorization.

ELISA

Vesa
Sahivirta
Director, IR and Financial Communication
tel. +35850 520
5555

Distribution:

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