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2007-06-25 23:48:54 CEST 2007-06-25 23:48:54 CEST REGULATED INFORMATION Salcomp Oyj - Major shareholder announcementsNORDSTJERNAN'S HOLDING IN SALCOMP INCREASES TO 29.9%Salcomp Plc Stock Exchange Announcement 26 June 2007, at 00:50 Finnish time NORDSTJERNAN'S HOLDING IN SALCOMP INCREASES TO 29.9% In accordance with Chapter 2, Section 9 of the Securities Markets Act Salcomp Plc (business ID code 1509923-4) has on 25 June 2007 received the attached flagging notification from Nordstjernan AB regarding the changes in the holding in Salcomp. ”SHAREHOLDER'S NOTIFICATION Nordstjernan AB (”Nordstjernan”) and EQT II B.V. (”EQT”) have today, 25 June 2007, entered into an agreement pursuant to which Nordstjernan shall acquire shares in Salcomp Oyj (”Salcomp”) exceeding 1/4 of the share capital and votes. In accordance with paragraph 2 section 9 of the Securities Markets Act, we hereby disclose the following information to the Financial Supervision Authority and Salcomp: 1.Name of target company Salcomp Plc, business identification number 1509923-4 2. Agreed date of change in the ownership The acquisition will be completed on 27 June 2007 and 3 July 2007 at the latest. 3. The exact proportion of the share capital and votes in Salcomp Upon completion, Nordstjernan shall hold 11,653,581 shares, which corresponds to 29.9 per cent of the share capital and votes, in Salcomp. 4. Complete name and registration number of the shareholder Nordstjernan AB, Sweden, registration number 556000-1421. According to the same agreement, Nordstjernan has received from EQT an option to purchase EQT's remaining shares in Salcomp exercisable 9 - 16 August 2007 and granted to EQT an option to sell to Nordstjernan EQT's remaining shares in Salcomp exercisable 17 - 24 August 2007. If either Nordstjernan or EQT chooses to exercise their options, Nordstjernan's holding in Salcomp will exceed 1/2 of the share capital and votes in Salcomp. The completion of such acquisition by Nordstjernan may be subject to approval by the relevant competition authorities. If either of the above options is exercised, Nordstjernan will have a total holding of 20,382,131 shares, which corresponds to 52.3 per cent of the share capital and votes, in Salcomp. Pursuant to the agreement, EQT and Nordstjernan have undertaken to refrain from convening any general meetings of Salcomp to be held on or before 31 August 2007 and Nordstjernan is restricted from purchasing any other than the above shares in Salcomp on or before 31 August 2007 and from selling any shares in Salcomp on or before 30 September 2007. Helsinki, 25 June 2007 NORDSTJERNAN AB” Salcomp Plc Markku Hangasjärvi President and CEO Further information: Antti Salminen, tel. +358 40 535 1216 Distribution: Helsinki Stock Exchange The main media www.salcomp.com |
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