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Waselius & Wist represented the Arranger, Barclays Capital, and the Dealers, Barclays Capital, Danske Bank, Handelsbanken, ING Bank, Nordea Bank and Pohjola Bank plc in Fingrid Oyj’s EMTN Debt Issuance Programme of 2012.

Value: EUR 1,500,000,000

For more information, please contact Mr. Lauri Peltola or Mr. Timo Lehtimäki.

Waselius & Wist represented the syndicate of lending banks as Tikkurila Oyj signed a long-term club loan of €180M with the banks.

For more information please contact Mr. Lauri Peltola.

Waselius & Wist represented the mandated lead arrangers and underwriters BNP Paribas, ING Bank N.V. and Nordea in the financing of the acquisition by Sanoma Corporation of TV operations of ProSiebenSat.1 in Benelux.

For more information please contact Mr. Lauri Peltola or Mr. Timo Lehtimäki.

Waselius & Wist represented the Senior Lenders as to Finnish law aspects in the EUR 2 billion restructuring of European Directories Group, a pan-European local search and lead generation company, in Finland Fonecta Oy, pursuant to which the Senior Lenders took over the company in a debt-for-equity swap.

For more information please contact Mr. Lauri Peltola or Mr. Timo Lehtimäki.

Waselius & Wist represented the syndicate of lending banks in the EUR 2.6 Billion refinancing of Phoenix Pharmahandel GmbH & Co KG, in Finland Tamro, the leading pharmaceutical distributor in Europe.

For more information, please contact Mr. Lauri Peltola and Mr. Timo Lehtimäki.

Waselius & Wist represented the syndicate of lending banks including Svenska Handelsbanken, Nordea Bank Finland and Pohjola Bank in the EUR 200,000,000 Loan Facility signed by Finnair.

For more information, please contact Mr. Lauri Peltola.

Waselius & Wist represented the Senior Lenders in the restructuring of Paroc, a leading manufacturer of stone wool insulation materials and solutions, pursuant to which the Senior Lenders took a 87.5 % equity position in the company and the company’s debt of some EUR750M was simultaneously substantially reduced.

For more information, please contact Mr. Lauri Peltola.

Waselius & Wist represented the Arrangers and Dealers, Barclays Bank, Danske Bank, Commerzbank, ING Bank, Nordea Bank and Handelsbanken in Fingrid Oyj’s EMTN Debt Issuance Programme of 2009.

Value: EUR 1,500,000,000

For more information, please contact Mr. Lauri Peltola.

Waselius & Wist represented the syndicate of lending banks in the EUR 100,000,000 Multi-currency Revolving Bridge Facility signed by Elcoteq SE.

For more information, please contact Mr. Lauri Peltola.

Waselius & Wist represented the Lenders, including Nordea, Pohjola Bank, SEB, BNP Paribas, Sampo Bank and DnB NORD when Ahlstrom entered into a Multi-currency Revolving Credit Facility agreement for the amount of EUR 200 000 000 with six relationship banks.

For more information, please contact Mr. Lauri Peltola.