Amer's public offer accepted by MeritaNordbanken and Pohjola

MeritaNordbanken and Pohjola Group Insurance Corporation have today accepted Amer Group Plc's public offer for Suunto Oyj's shares. The public offer has already been accepted by shareholders holding 1,526,192 Suunto's shares, i.e. 28% of the company's shares and voting rights.

Amer now owns 1,432,700 Suunto's shares, representing 26.3% of Suunto's shares and voting rights.


AMER GROUP PLC
Communications Department



Marja-Leena Simola
Vice President, Communications
Tel. +358 9 7257 8306
Fax +358 9 791 385
E-mail: marja-leena.simola@amer.fi


For further information, please contact:

Mr Roger Talermo, President & CEO, Tel. +358 9 7257 8210
Mr. Pekka Paalanne, Senior Vice President & CFO,
Tel. +358 9 7257 8212