The Offer Price of Neste Oil Corporation Shares set at EUR 15.00 The Board of Directors of Fortum Corporation has decided that a total of 38,440,137 shares will be sold in the offering of Neste Oil Corporation shares. The shares to be sold to investors represent approximately 15.0 percent of the total number of shares outstanding in Neste Oil Corporation. Both the institutional offering and the retail offering have been priced at EUR 15 per share. The gross proceeds to Fortum Corporation from the offering will be approximately EUR 577 million. Fortum estimates it will record a tax free capital gain amounting to approximately EUR 380 million after the estimated fees and expenses on the sale of 15 per cent of the shares in Neste Oil Corporation. Also, Fortum Corporation expects to incur transfer taxes of approximately EUR 20 million related to the share dividend distribution of 85 per cent of Neste Oil Corporation shares. "We are very pleased with the interest among both institutional and retail investors in Neste Oil Corporation. The separation and listing of Neste Oil Corporation represents clear value creation for both Fortum Corporation and Neste Oil Corporation shareholders", said Fortum Corporation's President and CEO, Mikael Lilius. The institutional offering was approximately 20 times subscribed at the top end of the revised range and the Finnish retail offering was approximately 1.7 times subscribed with approximately 14,000 investors participating in the retail offering. It was decided that 34,596,137 shares are to be sold to institutional investors and that 3,844,000 shares are to be sold to retail investors, consistent with the initial allocation between the institutional and retail offerings announced on March 29, 2005. Approximately 13 percent of the shares in the institutional offering will be allocated to Finnish investors and approximately 87 percent will be allocated to international investors. In the retail offering, purchase commitments will be fully accepted up to 200 shares. For purchase commitments exceeding 200 shares, investors in the retail offering will be additionally allocated approximately 39 percent of the amount exceeding 200 shares. Allocations exceeding 200 shares will be rounded to the nearest round lot. If a purchase commitment was given in the retail offering prior to the price range increase announced on April 12, 2005, and it was not altered or withdrawn, the number of shares will be adjusted to correspond with the final offer price of 15 per share. This adjusted number of shares will used in the allocation. Participants in the retail offering will be sent a confirmation of accepted subscriptions on or about April 22, 2005. Any excess payments made in connection with the purchase commitments will be returned to investors on or about April 20, 2005. The listing of the shares of Neste Oil Corporation is scheduled to commence on the Prelist of the Helsinki Exchange on April 18, 2005 and on the Main List on April 21, 2005. The round lot of Neste Oil Corporation shares will be 50 shares. Fortum Corporation Carola Teir-Lehtinen, Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications For further information please contact Juha Laaksonen, CFO Fortum Corporation, tel. +358 10 452 4519 Distribution: Helsinki Stock Exchange Key media The information contained herein is not for publication or distribution into the United States. The material set forth herein is for informational purposes only and is not intended, and should not be construed, as an offer of securities for sale into the United States. The securities described herein have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the laws of any state, and may not be offered or sold within the United States, except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state laws. There is no intention to register any portion of the offering in the United States or to conduct a public offering of securities in the United States. The information contained herein shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of the securities referred to herein, in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration, exemption from registration or qualification under the securities law of any such jurisdiction. This document does not constitute an offer of securities to the public in the United Kingdom. No prospectus has been or will be registered in the United Kingdom in respect of the shares consequently the shares must not be sold or offered for sale in the United Kingdom, except to persons whose ordinary activities involve them in acquiring, holding, managing or disposing of investments (as principal or agent) for the purposes of their business or whom it is reasonable to suppose will acquire, hold, manage or dispose of investments (as principal or agent) for the purposes of their business or otherwise in circumstances which have not resulted and will not result in an offer to the public in the United Kingdom within the meaning of the Public Offers of Securities Regulations of 1995. 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The Offer Price of Neste Oil Corporation Shares set at EUR 15.00
15 April 2005, 18:44 EEST
Fortum Corporation STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 15 April 2005