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STONESOFT CORPORATION HAS DELIVERED A PETITION FOR LEAVE OF APPEAL TO THE SUPREME COURT
Stonsoft Corporation has delivered to the Supreme Court a petition for leave of appeal and a letter of complaint concerning the verdict given by the Helsinki Court of Appeal on October 31, 2008, which reversed the decision given by the District Court of Helsinki in November 15, 2006 dismissing all charges against Stonesoft concerning alleged delay of Stonesoft's profit warning in February 2001.
In the appealed decision the Helsinki Court of Appeal imposed Stonesoft Corporation a corporate fine of EUR 20.000 for a security market information offence. Ilkka Hiidenheimo and Hannu Turunen as the members of the company's year 2000 Board of Directors and Esa Korvenmaa as the former CEO were each sentenced to 30 daily fines.
Stonesoft Corporation Ilkka Hiidenheimo CEO
For additional information, please contact: Ilkka Hiidenheimo, CEO Tel. +358 9 476 711 E-mail: ilkka.hiidenheimo@stonesoft.com
Distribution: NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd www.stonesoft.com
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