BIOTIE THERAPIES CORP. Stock Exchange Release 27 February 2015 at 8.50 am Change in the number of votes relating to Biotie Therapies Corp.'s shares Biotie Therapies Corp. ("Biotie" or the "Company") has conveyed Biotie shares held as treasury shares, that were issued on 17 December 2014, pursuant to the Stock Option Plan 2011 and the Equity Incentive Plan 2011 (the "Plans") as follows: Shares Cumulative shares Remaining shares conveyed conveyed since to be conveyed 17 December 2014 267,500 1,276,875 1,170,500 Under the Stock Option Plan 2011, the owners of the stock options may subscribe for a maximum total of 7,401,000 new shares in the Company or existing shares held by the Company, of which a total of 1,844,250 were subscribed for in 2014. A total of 130,000 shares have been subscribed for during the period 20 January 2015 and 19 February 2015 and 130,000 of the treasury shares will be used for these share subscriptions. The subscription price of EUR 0.01 per share has been fully paid by the employee and the EUR 1,300 funds received will be credited to the Company's reserve for non-restricted equity. Due to share issues already made pursuant to the Stock Option Plan 2011, forfeitures and some of the instruments based on the plan having been left unallocated, a maximum of 2,950,500 shares may still be issued pursuant to the Stock Option Plan 2011. The second vesting period of the Equity Incentive Plan 2011 ended on 5 January 2015, after which the Company's shares shall be delivered to employees on the basis of the granted share units. It was resolved pursuant to the authorization of the Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders held on 3 April 2014 to issue 137,500 existing treasury shares to the employees without consideration for the purposes of remunerating the employees pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Equity Incentive Plan 2011 and thus, there is an especially weighty financial reason to derogate from the pre-emptive right of the shareholders, as referred to in Chapter 9 Section 4(1) of the Companies Act (624/2006, as amended). Due to share issues already made pursuant to the Equity Incentive Plan 2011, forfeitures and some of the instruments based on the plan having been left unallocated, a maximum of 1,245,000 shares may still be issued pursuant to the Equity Incentive Plan 2011. The conveyed shares previously held as treasury shares have not carried any voting rights. The conveyance does not affect the number of registered shares. After the conveyances the changes are as follows: Increase in number Total amount of Number of the Total number of outstanding voting rights Company's shares of registered shares held by shares the Group 267,500 451,972,890 3,995,284 455,968,174 Turku, 27 February 2015 Biotie Therapies Corp. Timo Veromaa, President and CEO For further information, please contact: Virve Nurmi, Investor Relations Manager, Biotie Therapies Corp. tel. +358 2 274 8900, e-mail: virve.nurmi@biotie.com www.biotie.com DISTRIBUTION: NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd Main Media [HUG#1897894]
Change in the number of votes relating to Biotie Therapies Corp.'s shares
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