Soprano to acquire Tieturi Oy in Finland & Informator Utbildning Svenska AB

Soprano will become the leading Nordic specialist in communication and Information

Technology

After the acquisition of Tieturi group Soprano will become the leading Nordic expert company in communication and information Technology. The number of employees will rise to180.
The group will have offices in Helsinki, Tampere, Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö and Tallinn.

“In 2011 there were 40 people working for Soprano, by the end of last year the number was 80 and after the acquisition, there will be 180 people working for us. In order to be successful in this new digital world, one needs to have better communication and ICT skills, and that’s what Soprano offers”, says Mr. Arto Tenhunen, CEO of Soprano group.

For more information

Soprano Oyj,

CEO, Mr. Arto Tenhunen

+358 400 413 314

arto.tenhunen(a)soprano.fi

www.soprano.fi

Tieturi Oy,

Chairman of the Board, Mr. Timo Tiihonen

+358 40 702 7213

timo.tiihonen(a)gorillaventures.fi

www.tieturi.fi

Informator Utbildning AB

CEO Henrik Thorsell

+46 587 116 10

henrik.thorsell(a)informator.se

Soprano is a digital communication company. The company seeks strategic competitive advantage in combining communication and technology. Soprano shares are listed on the Helsinki Stock Exchange, the stock code is SNO1V.

Tieturi Oy is an ICT-training company founded in 1983. With the acquisition of Informator in

2005, Tieturi Corporation became the leading Nordic company in its field. The corporation collaborates with numerous ICT giants such as Microsoft, Adobe, Red Hat, Scrum Alliance, IBM and Oracle. The turnover of Tieturi was 9, 4 million euros in Finland and the turnover of Informator in Sweden was 7, 5 million euros.