ISSUE OF OPTION RIGHTS TO NEW KEY EMPLOYEE

eQ PLC                                                                            STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE

14 February 2013, at 4.02 p.m.

ISSUE OF OPTION RIGHTS TO NEW KEY EMPLOYEE

eQ Plc’s Board of Directors has today decided to issue to Veli-Pekka Heikkinen 200,000 option rights in accordance with eQ Plc’s option scheme 2010 (50,000 2010B options, 50,000 2010C options, 50,000 2010D options and 50,000 2010E options). Ph.D. Veli-Pekka Heikkinen has today been appointed as Head of Portfolio Management in eQ Asset Management Ltd.

Altogether 40,000 option rights are allocable after this issue (10,000 options of each 2010B, 2010C, 2010D, 2010E options). The terms and conditions of the option scheme have been published in a stock exchange release of 18 August 2010, and can be found in their entirety on the company website at www.eQ.fi

Helsinki, 14 February 2013

eQ Plc

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Additional information: Janne Larma, CEO, tel. +358 40 500 4366

Distribution: NASDAQ OMX Helsinki, www.eQ.fi

eQ Group is a Finnish publicly listed group of companies that specialises in asset management and corporate finance operations. eQ Asset Management offers a wide range of asset management services (including private equity funds) for both institutional investors and private individuals. The assets managed by the Group total approximately EUR 6.3 billion. Advium Corporate Finance Ltd, which is part of the Group, offers services related to mergers and acquisitions, real estate transactions and equity capital markets.  

More information about the Group is available on our website at www.eQ.fi.