New credit rating assigned

Fitch Ratings assigns Fingrid  AA- rating and Fingrid's senior unsecured debt AA
rating                                                                          

Fitch Ratings has today assigned Fingrid Oyj a long-term issuer default rating  
(IDR ) of AA-(AA minus), a short-term IDR of F1+ and a senoir unsecured debt    
rating of AA.                                                                   
The outlook is stable.                                                          

Fitch Ratings' announcement is available on www.fingrid.fi                      

For more information:                                                           
Chief Financial Officer Tom Pippingsköld,  +358 30 395 5157