2013-03-19 12:17:55 -

Pohjola Bank plc
STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE
19 March 2013, at 1.15 pm

Pohjola and OP-Pohjola Group reschedules the issue of their Q1 Interim Reports
to an earlier date, 29 April 2013

Pohjola Bank plc and OP-Pohjola Group will issue their Interim Reports for 1
January-31 March 2013 earlier than initially scheduled. They will be published
on Monday 29 April 2013 at 8.00 am, not on the date announced earlier, Thursday
2 May 2013. The other Interim Reports 2013 will be published on the dates as
announced earlier.

The schedule for Interim Reports in 2013 is as follows:
Q1: 29 April
H1: 31 July
Q1-3: 30 October

Available in Finnish, Swedish and English, the Interim Reports will be published
at approximately 8.00 am on the abovementioned days. They are available at
pohjola.com and op.fi.


Pohjola Bank plc

Carina Geber-Teir
Chief   Communications Officer

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Carina Geber-Teir, Chief Communications Officer, tel. +358 (0)10 252 8394
Vesa Aho, CFO, tel. +358 (0)10 252 2336
Niina Pullinen, Senior Vice President, Investor Relations, tel. +358 (0)10
252 4494

DISTRIBUTION
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op.fi and pohjola.com

Pohjola Bank plc is a Finnish financial services group which provides its
customers with banking, non-life insurance and asset management services. Our
mission is to promote the sustainable prosperity, security and well-being of our
customers. Profitable growth and an increase in company value form our key
objectives. Pohjola Group serves corporate customers in Finland and abroad by
providing an extensive range of financial, investment, cash- management and non-
life insurance services. We offer non-life insurance and private banking
services to private customers. Pohjola Series A shares have been listed on the
Large Cap List of the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki since 1989. The number of shareholders
totals around 32,000. Pohjola's consolidated earnings before tax came to 374
million euros in 2012 and the balance sheet total amounted to 45 billion euros
on 31 December 2012. Pohjola is part of OP-Pohjola Group, the leading financial
services group in Finland with over four million customers.

www.pohjola.com




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