Trimble Finland has the Right to Redeem Minority Shares in Tekla Corporation

Tekla Corporation   Stock Exchange Release   February 7, 2012 at 9 a.m.

Trimble Finland has the Right to Redeem Minority Shares in Tekla Corporation

The arbitral tribunal appointed by the redemption board of the Central Chamber of Commerce has confirmed that Trimble Finland Oy has the right to redeem the minority shares in Tekla Corporation, and that Trimble Finland Oy has the right to obtain the title to the minority shares by posting a security approved by the arbitral tribunal for the payment of the redemption price.

Trimble Finland Oy has informed Tekla Corporation that it will post the required security as soon as possible. Information on the posting of the security and measures relating thereto, as well as on matters relating to the delisting of Tekla Corporation's share, will be released separately.

TEKLA CORPORATION

Board of Directors

Additional information: Timo Keinänen, CFO, tel. +358 400 813 027, firstname.lastname @ tekla.com

Distribution: NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd, main media and www.tekla.com

Tekla Corporation drives the evolution of digital information models with its software, providing a growing competitive advantage to customers in the construction, infrastructure and energy industries. Tekla's net sales for 2010 were nearly 58 million euros and operating result nearly 10 million euros. International operations accounted for approximately 80% of net sales. Tekla has customers in 100 countries, offices in 15 countries and a worldwide partner network. Tekla Group currently employs more than 500 persons, of whom about 200 work outside of the headquarters in Finland. Tekla was established in 1966, and is one of the longest-operating Finnish software companies. Tekla Corporation became part of Trimble in July 2011. www.tekla.com