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Stock exchange release - 31 January 2007

The sale of CapMan Real Estate I fund’s portfolio closed

The transaction whereby CapMan Real Estate I fund sold 22 commercial properties for EUR 377.5 million to Samson Properties Ltd, The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and Ajanta Oy, has been closed. The closure of the transaction transferred the fund to carry. The impact of the transaction on CapMan’s result for 2007, taking minority interest into consideration, is approx. EUR 13.5 million as a result of carried interest received from the fund.

CapMan published a stock exchange release on the transaction on 20 December 2006. The sale of CapMan Real Estate I’s portfolio is the largest single international real estate transaction that has ever been made in the Finnish real estate market. CapMan Real Estate I was established in June 2005 and it has a remaining investment capacity of approximately EUR 200 million. The fund’s investment focus is on commercial properties in the Helsinki metropolitan area. CapMan Real Estate I continues its active investment operations and acquired the office property located at Kalevankatu 20 in Helsinki at the beginning of January 2007.

For further information, please contact:

Markku Hietala, Head of CapMan Real Estate, tel. +358 500 405 879

Heikki Westerlund, CEO, CapMan Plc, tel. +358 9 6155 8304 or +358 50 559 6580

CAPMAN PLC

Jerome Bouix

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Fundraising, IR & Communications

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CapMan
CapMan is one of the leading private equity investors in the Nordic countries and manages Nordic buyout, mezzanine, technology, life science and real estate funds with approximately EUR 2.6 billion in total capital. Each investment area has a dedicated team and altogether CapMan employs around 100 people in Helsinki, Stockholm, Copenhagen and Oslo. Established in 1989, CapMan has strong experience as a fund manager and as a partner for investors and entrepreneurs. To date CapMan has made over 150 Nordic investments and over 90 exits. The current portfolio encompasses over 60 companies with an aggregate turnover of approx. EUR 2.5 billion and aggregate personnel of 17,000 people. The latest investments are made in Finnish Komas Oy, Danish ScanJour A/S, Swedish QuickCool AB and Norwegian InfoCare ASA. In addition, CapMan has invested in 23 commercial properties in the Helsinki metropolitan area and exited from 22. The B shares of CapMan Plc are listed on the Main List of the Helsinki Stock Exchange since 2001. www.capman.com

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