eQ Oyj - Company Announcement

eQ PLC LAUNCHES A SHARE ISSUE DIRECTED TO THE PERSONNEL

eQ PLC                                                          
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20 November 2012, at 08:31 a.m.







eQ PLC LAUNCHES A SHARE ISSUE DIRECTED TO THE PERSONNEL



The Board of Directors of eQ Plc has decided on a new share issue directed to
the personnel based on the authorization by the Annual General Meeting on 13
March 2012. In the share issue, new shares of eQ Plc will be offered to the
personnel of eQ Group. The intention of the share issue is to commit personnel
by encouraging them to acquire and hold shares of eQ Plc and thus seek to
increase the shareholder value of eQ Plc in the long term. 



At the maximum, 1.800.000 new shares will be issued in the personnel issue,
which deviates from the shareholders' pre-emptive right. eQ has a weighty
financial reason to deviate from the shareholders' pre-emptive right, as the
shares are issued to the personnel in order to encourage personnel to acquire
and hold shares of eQ and thus incentivise and enhance personnel's commitment
in the long term. 



The subscription price will be EUR 1.80 per share. The volume-weighted average
price of the company's share on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd for the period of 20
consecutive trading days before the Board meeting that decided on the personnel
issue was EUR 1.81 per share. Thus the discount in the issues is EUR 0.01 for
each share i.e. 1 per cent. An amount corresponding to the subscription price
of the new shares will be entered into eQ's invested unrestricted equity
reserve. 



The subscription period begins on 10 December 2012 and ends on 12 December
2012. The Board of Directors decides on the approval of the subscriptions after
the subscription period, which is estimated to occur on 17 December 2012.
Approved subscriptions have to be paid on 19 December 2012 at latest. The
subscriber has no right to dispose or assign the subscribed shares before 18
December 2013 and if the subscription is more than 20.000 shares not before 18
December 2015. The minimum amount of the subscription is 500 shares. If the
issue is fulfilled to its full amount, the number of eQ's shares will increase
from 34.497.198 shares to 36.297.198 shares. 



New key employees of eQ Asset Management Ltd have committed to subscribe shares
in the personnel issue as follows: Kirsi Hokka or the company fully owned by
her a total of 550.000 shares, Jyri Viskari or the company fully owned by him a
total of 450.000 shares and Matti Mononen or the company fully owned by him a
total of 180.000 shares. 





Helsinki 20 November 2012





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 6.0 billion after the acquisition announced on 20
November 2012. 

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.