Amanda Capital - Company Announcement

NOTIFICATION ACCORDING TO CHAPTER 2, SECTION 10 OF THE FINNISH SECURITIES MARKET ACT

AMANDA CAPITAL PLC                                              STOCK EXCHANGE
RELEASE 

March 18, 2011 at 3.40pm



NOTIFICATION ACCORDING TO CHAPTER 2, SECTION 10 OF THE FINNISH SECURITIES
MARKET ACT 



Amanda Capital Plc has gained knowledge of a notifications regarding changes in
holdings in accordance with Chapter 2, Section 9 of the Finnish Securities
Markets Act, described below. 

The Annual General Meeting of Amanda Capital Plc on 16 March 2011 decided to
approve the transaction, whereby Amanda Capital Plc acquires all shares in
Advium Corporate Finance Ltd and eQ Asset Management Group Ltd as well as the
convertible bond issued by eQ Asset Management Group Ltd. Following the
transaction Amanda Capital Plc has issued 10,302,605 new shares, which have
been entered into the Trade Register on 18 March 2011. After the registration,
the total number of shares issued by Amanda Capital Plc is 33,070,351. 



Amanda Capital Plc has received following announcements of changes in
shareholdings: 



Announcement of Berling Capital Ltd

1 Identity of the issuer of the shares:

Amanda Capital Plc, corporate ID 1625441-9

2 Reason for the notification:

The transaction approved by Annual General Meeting of Amanda Capital Plc on 16
March 2011 or other transaction 

3 Full name of person subject to the notification obligation:

Berling Capital Ltd, corporate ID 0799293-8

4 Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is exceeded or fallen
below of: 

The date of the transaction is 18 March, 2011 and the threshold is fallen below
of on 18 March, 2011. The other transaction is in force until further notice. 

5 Threshold that is exceeded or fallen below of:

Fallen below of 1/10 or exceeded 1/10

6 Notified details:

Berling Capital Oy owns 3 224 948 shares in Amanda Capital Plc which represents
14.16 % of the shares and votes before the issue of new shares. After the issue
of new shares Berling Capital Ltd has 9,75% of the shares and votes in Amanda
Capital Plc. 

Berling Capital Oy is also involved in structuring of Amanda Capital's
personnel's issue of 2006. This structure gives the above mentioned company a
privilege to buy shares issued in the personnel's issue in certain situations.
If Berling Capital Oy would exercise its right (1 353 211 shares) alone, its
ownership in Amanda Capital would increase by 4.09% from 9.75 % to 13.84 %. The
privilege to buy shares is in force until further notice. 



Announcement of Ulkomarkkinat Oy

1 Identity of the issuer of the shares:

Amanda Capital Plc, corporate ID 1625441-9

2 Reason for the notification:

The transaction approved by Annual General Meeting of Amanda Capital Plc on 16
March 2011 or other transaction 

3 Full name of person subject to the notification obligation:

Ulkomarkkinat Oy, corporate ID 0115056-1

4 Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is exceeded or fallen
below of: 

The date of the transaction is 18 March, 2011 and the threshold is fallen below
of on 18 March, 2011. The other transaction is in force until further notice. 

5 Threshold that is exceeded or fallen below of:

Fallen below of 1/10 or exceeded 1/10

6 Notified details:

Ulkomarkkinat Oy owns 2 927 000 shares in Amanda Capital Plc which represents
12.86 % of the shares and votes before the issue of new shares. After the issue
of new shares Ulkomarkkinat Oy has 8,85% of the shares and votes in Amanda
Capital Plc. 

Ulkomarkkinat Oy is also involved in structuring of Amanda Capital's
personnel's issue of 2006. This structure gives the above mentioned company a
privilege to buy shares issued in the personnel's issue in certain situations.
If Ulkomarkkinat Oy would exercise its right (1 353 211 shares) alone, its
ownership in Amanda Capital would increase by 4.09% from 8,85 % to 12.94 %. The
privilege to buy shares is in force until further notice. 



Announcement of Veikko Laine Oy

1 Identity of the issuer of the shares:

Amanda Capital Plc, corporate ID 1625441-9

2 Reason for the notification:

The transaction approved by Annual General Meeting of Amanda Capital Plc on 16
March 2011 or other transaction 

3 Full name of person subject to the notification obligation:

Veikko Laine Oy, corporate ID 0110592-0

4 Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is exceeded or fallen
below of: 

The date of the transaction is 18 March, 2011 and the threshold is fallen below
of on 18 March, 2011. The other transaction is in force until further notice. 

5 Threshold that is exceeded or fallen below of:

Fallen below of 1/10 or exceeded 1/10

6 Notified details:

Veikko Laine Oy owns 3 187 000 shares in Amanda Capital Plc which represents
14.00 % of the shares and votes before the issue of new shares. After the issue
of new shares Veikko Laine Oy has 9,64% of the shares and votes in Amanda
Capital Plc. 

Veikko Laine Oy is also involved in structuring of Amanda Capital's personnel's
issue of 2006. This structure gives the above mentioned company a privilege to
buy shares issued in the personnel's issue in certain situations. If Veikko
Laine Oy would exercise its right (1 353 211 shares) alone, its ownership in
Amanda Capital would increase by 4.09% from 9,64 % to 13.73 %. The privilege to
buy shares is in force until further notice. 



Announcement of Oy Hermitage Ab

1 Identity of the issuer of the shares:

Amanda Capital Plc, corporate ID 1625441-9

2 Reason for the notification:

The transaction approved by Annual General Meeting of Amanda Capital Plc on 16
March 2011 or other transaction 

3 Full name of person subject to the notification obligation:

Oy Hermitage Ab, corporate ID 0848572-7

4 Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is exceeded or fallen
below of: 

The date of the transaction is 18 March, 2011 and the threshold is fallen below
of on 18 March, 2011. The other transaction is in force until further notice. 

5 Threshold that is fallen below of:

Fallen below of 1/10

6 Notified details:

Oy Hermitage Ab owns 2 295 693 shares in Amanda Capital Plc which represents
10.08 % of the shares and votes before the issue of new shares. After the issue
of new shares Oy Hermitage Ab has 6,94% of the shares and votes in Amanda
Capital Plc. 



Announcement of Janne Larma and Chilla Capital SA

1 Identity of the issuer of the shares:

Amanda Capital Plc, corporate ID 1625441-9

2 Reason for the notification:

The transaction approved by Annual General Meeting of Amanda Capital Plc on 16
March 2011 or other transaction 

3 Full name of person subject to the notification obligation:

Janne Olavi Larma and Chilla Capital SA, domicile Luxembourg, corporate ID B
147465 

4 Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is exceeded:

The date of the transaction is 18 March, 2011 and the threshold is exceeded on
18 March, 2011. 

5 Threshold that is exceeded:

Exceeded 1/10

6 Notified details:

Janne Larma´s and Chilla Capital SA´s holdings after the transaction:



Amanda Capital Plc      Situation before       Situation after transaction      
                         transaction                                            
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FI0009009617            Number of    % of      Number of   % of      % of voting
                         shares       shares    shares      shares    rights    
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Transaction                 292 945      1,29   3 013 698      9,11         9,11
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2010 option-scheme                                450 000      1,36         1,36
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Total                       292 945      1,29   3 379 804     10,47        10,47
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Of which owned by                               2 666 253                       
 Chilla Capital SA                                                              
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Chilla Capital SA is a company fully owned by Janne Larma and Notalar Oy
(business identity code 1087167-8) is a company controlled by him. The direct
shareholding of Janne Larma and Notalar Oy in Amanda Capital Plc after the
transaction does not reach, exceed or go under the flagging thresholds
stipulated in the Securities Market Act. 



Announcement of Fennogens Investments S.A.

1 Identity of the issuer of the shares:

Amanda Capital Plc, corporate ID 1625441-9

2 Reason for the notification:

The transaction approved by Annual General Meeting of Amanda Capital Plc on 16
March 2011 or other transaction 

3 Full name of person subject to the notification obligation:

Fennogens Investment S.A.

4 Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is exceeded:

The date of the transaction is 18 March, 2011 and the threshold is exceeded on
18 March, 2011. The other transaction is in force until further notice. 

5 Threshold that is exceeded:

Exceeded 1/20 or 1/10

6 Notified details:

Fennogens Investments S.A. had below 1/20 holding in Amanda Capital Plc before
the transaction. 



Fennogens Investments SA´s holdings after the transaction:



Amanda Capital Oyj                                                       
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FI0009009617            Number of shares  % of shares  % of voting rights
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Transaction                    2 915 168         8,82                8,82
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Right of first refusal         1 075 000         3,25                3,25
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Total                          3 990 168        12,07               12,07
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Fennogens Investments S.A. is also involved in the structuring of the directed
share issue to the employees of Amanda Capital Plc in year 2006. As a
consequence to the said arrangement Fennogens Investments S.A. has in certain
situations a right of first refusal to the shares issued in the share issue. If
Fennogens Investments S.A. would exercise its right (1 075 000 shares) alone,
its ownership in Amanda Capital would increase by 3.25% from 8,82 % to 12,07 %.
The privilege to buy shares is in force until further notice. 





Helsinki, March 18, 2011



AMANDA CAPITAL PLC



Petter Hoffström

CFO



Additional information: Petter Hoffström, Tel. +358 9 6829 6012