ALISA BANK PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 16.5.2024 AT 16.45 EEST

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The Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority has approved Alisa Bank's prospectus prepared for the purpose of listing 58,878,721 new shares in Alisa Bank

Alisa Bank Plc ("Alisa Bank") announced on 10 April 2024 that it had signed an agreement on the combination with PURO Finance Ltd ("PURO Finance") by acquiring all the shares in PURO Finance through a share exchange (the "Combination"). The Combination was completed on 15 May 2024, when Alisa Bank paid the purchase price for PURO Finance, consisting of 58,878,721 new issued shares in Alisa Bank (the "New Shares"). The New Shares were issued in a directed share issue to the shareholders of PURO Finance in relation to the respective number of shares in PURO Finance Ltd sold in the Combination (the "Directed Share Issue").

The Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority has today, 16 May 2024, approved the Finnish language listing prospectus, which has been prepared for the purpose of admitting the New Shares to trading on the official list of Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd (the "Prospectus"). The Prospectus is available as of 16 May 2024 on the webpages of Alisa Bank at https://www.alisabank.com/reports-and-presentations and at the registered office of Alisa Bank at Pursimiehenkatu 4 A, 00150 Helsinki.

ALISA BANK PLC

Board of Directors

Further information:

Juha Saari, Interim CEO, Alisa Bank Plc

juha.saari@alisapankki.fi          

tel. +358 40 6720 595

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Alisa Bank in brief

Alisa Bank Plc is a Finnish digital bank that helps both personal and business customers to manage their day-to-day finances in a flexible and straightforward manner. For savers, we offer an attractive interest rate on deposits. Alisa Bank Plc is regulated by the Financial Supervisory Authority of Finland and listed on Nasdaq Helsinki's main list (ALISA). www.alisabank.com

IMPORTANT NOTICE

This release is not an offer for sale of securities in the United States. Securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Alisa Bank does not intend to register any securities in the United States or to conduct an offering of securities in the United States.

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This release does not constitute a prospectus as defined in the Prospectus Regulation ((EU) 2017/1129) and as such, does not constitute or form part of and should not be construed as, an offer to sell, or the solicitation or invitation of any offer to buy, acquire or subscribe for, any securities or an inducement to enter into investment activity.

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