Nokia, Finland, 2012-02-21 08:00 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Stock Exchange Release 21 February 2012 9.00 a.m.
Nokian Tyres plc: shares subscribed with option rights
After 14 December 2011 registered new shares a total of 761 322 Nokian Tyres plc's shares have been subscribed with the 2007B option rights and 125 233 with the 2007C option rights. These option rights are attached to the Nokian Tyres plc's Option Programs of 2007.
New shares have been registered into the Trade Register on 21 February 2012, as of which date the new shares will establish shareholder rights.
The share capital will not increase with subscriptions made by 2007 option rights. The entire subscription price of EUR 17,943,225.51 will be entered in the invested unrestricted equity reserve. As a result of the share subscriptions, the number of Nokian Tyres plc shares will increase to 130 496 395 shares.
The shares will be traded on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd together with the old shares as of 22 February 2012.
Identifiers of Nokian Tyres plc's share after the registration of new shares:
Trading code: NRE1V
ISIN code: FI0009005318
Number of shares: 130 496 395
Share capital: 25 437 906.00 euros
Nokian Tyres plc
Antti-Jussi Tähtinen
Vice President, Marketing and Communications
Distribution: NASDAQ OMX, media, www.nokiantyres.com