eQ PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE
31 August 2016 at 4:00 p.m.
eQ Plc has received on 31 August 2016 a notification regarding changes in holdings in accordance with Chapter 9, Section 5 of the Finnish Securities Markets Act, as described below.
eQ Plc has received the following announcement of change in shareholding:
Announcement of Rettig Capital Oy Ab
1 Identity of the issuer of the shares:
eQ Plc, corporate ID 1625441-9
2 Reason for the notification:
Subscription of new shares with stock options
3 Full name of person subject to the notification obligation:
Rettig Capital Oy Ab (corporate ID 2046355-5)
4 Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is exceeded or fallen below of:
The date of the transaction is 31 August 2016
5 Threshold that is exceeded or fallen below of:
Exceed 10%
6 Notified details:
Holdings of Anchor Oy Ab, a subsidiary of Rettig Capital Oy Ab, after the transaction:
| eQ Plc | Situation before transaction | Situation after transaction | |||
| FI0009009617 | Number of shares | (%) of votes | Number of shares | (%) of shares | (%) of votes |
| 3 533 677 | 9,57 | 3 733 677 | 10.11 | 10.11 | |
7 Details
Anchor Oy Ab, a subsidiary of Rettig Capital Oy Ab, has subscribed for 200,000 new shares in eQ Plc with stock options of eQ Plc’s option scheme 2010. After the subscription Anchor Oy Ab holds 3,733,677 shares in eQ Plc and the holdings of the company exceeds 10% being currently 10.11%. There has been no changes in control after the flagging announcement of 4 July 2016.
eQ Plc's share capital consists of 36 927 198 shares. Each share has one vote.
Helsinki, 31 August 2016
eQ Plc
Janne Larma, CEO
Additional information: Janne Larma, CEO, tel. +358 9 6817 8920
Distribution: Nasdaq Helsinki, www.eQ.fi
eQ Group is a Finnish group of companies specialising in asset management and corporate finance business. eQ Asset Management offers a wide range of asset management services (including private equity funds and real estate asset management) for institutions and individuals. The assets managed by the Group total approximately EUR 8.2 billion. Advium Corporate Finance, 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.