2016-07-05 10:30:01 CEST

2016-07-05 10:30:01 CEST


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Outokumpu Oyj - Major shareholder announcements

Outokumpu – Announcement regarding change in holdings


OUTOKUMPU OYJ
STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE
July 5, 2016 at 11.30 am EET


Outokumpu Oyj (business identity code: 0215254-2) has on July 5, 2016 received
a notification based on Chapter 9, Section 5 of the Finnish Securities Market
Act. Invesco Limited’s total holding in the shares and voting rights of
Outokumpu Oyj fell below 5% threshold and was less than 5% (20,689,119 shares
and votes) on July 1, 2016. Invesco Limited’s earlier total holding in
Outokumpu was 5.01%. 

Invesco Limited’s indirect holding through controlled undertakings was on July
1, 2016 below minimum threshold shares and voting rights of Outokumpu Oyj
(20,689,119 shares and votes). The names of the shareholders under controlled
undertakings are: Invesco Asset Management Limited and Invesco Powershares
Capital Management LLC. 

Total direct and indirect holdings of Invesco Limited according to the          
 notification:                                                                  
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                      % of shares    % of shares and    Total of  Total number  
                      and voting      voting rights      both in   of shares and
                        rights      through financial    % (A +    voting rights
                     (total of A)   instruments (total     B)      of issuer    
                                          of B)                                 
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Resulting situation    Below 5%            N/A          Below 5%   416,374,448  
 on the date on       threshold                         threshol                
 which threshold                                           d                    
 was crossed or                                                                 
 reached                                                                        
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Position of             5.01%              N/A           5.01%                  
 previous                                                                       
 notification (if                                                               
 applicable)                                                                    
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Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold  
 was crossed or reached:                                                        
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A: Shares and voting rights                                                     
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Class/typ  Number of shares and voting rights  % of shares and voting rights    
e of                                                                            
 shares                                                                         
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              Direct           Indirect           Direct          Indirect      
            (SMA 9:5)     (SMA 9:6 and 9:7)     (SMA 9:5)    (SMA 9:6 and 9:7)  
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FI0009024                     20,689,119                     Below 5% threshold 
22                                                                              
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SUBTOTAL               20,689,119                     Below 5% threshold        
 A                                                                              
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Outokumpu has a total of 416,374,448 shares. Each share carries one vote.
Outokumpu currently holds 2,698,925 of its own shares. 

For more information:

Corporate Communications, tel. +49 173 6629465



Outokumpu Group


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in more than 30 countries, with headquarters in Helsinki, Finland and shares
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