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Proposals to Annual General Meeting Concerning the Number of the Board Members, Their Remuneration and Reimbursement of Their Costs, and Nomination of the Board Members

eQ PLC                                                                                                    STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE

22 January 2018, at 6:30 pm

Shareholders of eQ Plc, who control over 60 per cent of the outstanding shares and votes, have proposed to the Annual General Meeting to be held at 28 March 2018 concerning the number of members of the Board of Directors, their remuneration and reimbursement of their costs, and the nomination of members of the Board of Directors.

Proposal relating to number of persons on the Board of Directors

The shareholders propose that five persons be on the Board of Directors.

Decision relating to the compensation of the members of the Board of Directors

The shareholders propose that the Chairman of the Board of Directors receives 3,500 euros per month, and the members of the Board of Directors receive 2,000 euros per month. In addition, a compensation of 400 euros per meeting is proposed to be paid for all the Board members for each attended Board meeting and travel and accommodation expenses are reimbursed according to the effectual guidelines of eQ Plc.

Nomination of the Board of Directors

The shareholders propose that Nicolas Berner, Carl Haglund, Georg Ehrnrooth, Timo Kokkila and Annika Poutiainen are re-elected to the Board of Directors. The term of office of the Board members ends at the close of the next Annual General Meeting.

Helsinki, 22 January 2018

Additional information: Janne Larma, CEO, tel. +358 9 6817 8920

Distribution: NASDAQ Helsinki, www.eQ.fi

eQ Group is a Finnish group of companies specialising in asset management and corporate finance business. eQ Asset Management offers a wide range of asset management services (including private equity funds and real estate asset management) for institutions and individuals. The assets managed by the Group total approximately EUR 8.3 billion. Advium Corporate Finance, 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.