NOTIFICATION OF A CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP INTEREST UNDER

STOCKMANN plc
Company Announcement
27.6.2008 at 17.45

NOTIFICATION OF A CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP INTEREST UNDER CHAPTER 2, SECTION 10
OF THE FINNISH SECURITIES MARKET ACT

Under Chapter 2, Section 9 of the Finnish Securities Market Act, Stockmann
has today been notified by Erkki Etola that the aggregate ownership
interest of companies controlled by Erkki Etola, i.e. Etra Trading Oy,
Etra Oy and Oy Maritim Ab, and Erkki Etola personally has, in connection
with the increase in share capital on June 27, 2008, decreased below 5 per
cent.

1. Name of the target company: Stockmann plc

2. Date of the change in ownership interest: June 27, 2008

3-6. Exact share of Stockmann's share capital and votes

                   Business identity code,      Number of    Percentage of
                    personal identity code         shares        the share
                                                      A+B          capital
Etra Trading Oy                  0107802-9        462 200             0,75
Etra Oy                          0107801-0      1 962 864             3,18
Oy Maritim Ab                    0111324-2        451 668             0,73
Erkki Etola                    140145-4831          9 923             0,02
Yhteensä                                        2 886 655             4,68


The ownership is divided between different series so that the number of
Series A shares is 1 891 676 and the number of Series B shares is 994 979,
hence the total percentage of the votes is 6.62.


STOCKMANN plc

Hannu Penttilä
CEO


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NOTIFICATION OF A CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP INTEREST UNDER CHAPTER 2, SECTION 10 OF THE FINNISH SECURITIES MARKET ACT
