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Qt Group Plc has received additional support from its major shareholder Aktia relating to the planned rights issue

QT GROUP PLC
STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE
FEBRUARY 20, 2017
Qt Group Plc made public on February 16, 2017 the company’s updated strategy and
long-term goals as well as the plan to seek additional funding via a possible
rights issue. In the same connection, Qt announced that the company’s largest
shareholders Ingman Development Oy (21.38% of the company’s all shares and votes
on 31 January 2017), Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company (14.62%), Jyrki
Hallikainen (7.38%) and Kari Karvinen (4.80%) have preliminarily announced their
intention to participate in the possible rights issue in proportion to their
respective share of ownership and to vote in the Annual General Meeting to be
held on March 14, 2017 in favor of the proposed authorization for the board of
directors to resolve on a share issue in accordance with the shareholders' pre
-emptive right.

In addition to the preliminary commitments received by the company earlier,
Aktia Fund Management Company Ltd has also informed Qt on behalf of the mutual
funds Sijoitusrahasto Aktia Capital (2.63%), Sijoitusrahasto Aktia Nordic Small
Cap (1.59%) and Sijoitusrahasto Aktia Nordic Micro Cap (0.77%) of their
preliminary intention to participate in the possible rights issue in proportion
to their respective share of ownership and to also vote in favor of the proposed
authorization for board to resolve on a share issue in accordance with the
shareholders' pre-emptive right.

The aforementioned mutual funds administered by Aktia Fund Management Company
hold in aggregate 4.99% share of Qt’s all shares and votes, which makes Aktia
the fourth largest owner party of the company. In total, the five largest
shareholder parties mentioned above, who have announced their support for the
possible rights issue, represent 53.17% of the company’s all shares and votes.

Contact:

CFO Mika Harjuaho
+358 9 8861 8040

Qt Group Plc

Qt Group Plc is responsible for Qt development, productization and licensing
under commercial and open source licenses. The Qt offering includes a
development environment that enables the reuse of software code across numerous
different operating systems, platforms and screen types, ranging from desktops
and embedded systems to wearables and mobile devices. Qt is used by
approximately 1 million developers worldwide and is the leading independent
technology behind millions of devices and applications. Qt is the platform of
choice for in-vehicle systems, industrial automation devices and other business
critical applications manufacturers, and is used by leading global players in
70+ industries. The Qt Company operates in China, Finland, Germany, Japan,
Korea, Norway, Russia and USA with about 200 employees worldwide. The Qt Group
is headquartered in Espoo, Finland and is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki Stock
Exchange. The company’s net sales in year 2016 was 32 MEUR. To learn more visit
http://qt.io