Tikkurila Oyj - Major shareholder announcements

Prudential's holdings in Tikkurila fell to 4.92 percent (Announcement pursuant to the Securities Markets Act, Chapter 2, Section 10)

Tikkurila Oyj
Stock Exchange Release
August 29, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. (CET+1)

Tikkurila Oyj (business ID 0197067-4) has received a notification, based on the
Securities Markets Act, from Prudential plc on August 28, 2012.

The holding of Prudential plc and its subsidiaries (M&G Investment Management
Limited, M&G Group Limited, M&G Limited) in shares of Tikkurila Oyj has fallen
below the 1/20 (5%) threshold due to trades executed on August 24, 2012. After
these transactions the holding of Prudential plc and its subsidiaries in
Tikkurila Oyj amounts to a total of 2,168,414 shares, which corresponds to 4.92
percent of the total amount of shares in Tikkurila Oyj. According to the
announcement, the voting rights of Prudential plc and its subsidiaries totals
1,995,280 votes, which corresponds to 4.52 percent of the total amount of votes
in Tikkurila Oyj.

The percentages of shares and voting rights have been calculated in proportion
to the total number of shares registered with the Trade Register and the total
number of voting rights related to them. The share capital of Tikkurila Oyj is
EUR 35,000,000.00 and it is divided into 44,108,252 shares. The company has one
series of shares, and each share entitles to one voting right.

Tikkurila Oyj
Jukka Havia, CFO


For further information, please contact:

Tikkurila Oyj
Minna Avellan, Manager, Investor Relations, tel. +358 40 533 7932,
minna.avellan@tikkurila.com


For 150 years already, Tikkurila has provided consumers and professionals with
user-friendly and sustainable solutions for surface protection and decoration.
Tikkurila wants to be the leading paint company in the Nordic area as well as in
Russia and other selected Eastern European countries. - Tikkurila inspires you
to color your life.

www.tikkurilagroup.com








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