Ålandsbanken - Major shareholder announcements

Bank of Åland Plc: Disclosure of change in shareholdings pursuant to Chapter 9, Section 10 of the Finnish Securities Markets Act

Mariehamn, 2015-06-01 17:00 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 

Bank of Åland Plc
Stock Exchange Release
June 1, 2015, 6.00 p.m.

Disclosure of change in shareholdings pursuant to Chapter 9, Section 10 of the
Finnish Securities Markets Act 

 It has come to the knowledge of the Bank of Åland Plc (Ålandsbanken Abp) that
the number of shares held by Anders Wiklöf and by him controlled companies in
the Bank of Åland Plc as of June 1st, 2015 has fallen below the 20 percent
threshold. The percentage of the shareholding and the percentage of the voting
power have decreased due to the Bank of Åland Plc's issuance of 762,912 new
shares in series B of June 1st 2015. The number of shares held by Anders Wiklöf
and by him controlled companies remains unchanged but the shareholding has
decreased to 19.01 percent. 

Following the abovementioned share issue

Shares                        Number of       Voting        % of     % of voting
                                 shares        power      shares           power
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Series A shares               1,589,396   31,787,920                            
 (FI0009000103)                                                                 
Series B shares               1,296,549    1,296,549                            
 (FI0009001127)                                                
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Total                         2,885,945   33,084,469       19.01           23.93
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For further information, please contact:

Peter Wiklöf, Managing Director and Chief Executive, tel +358 40 512 7505