eQ Oyj - Company Announcement

eQ PLC’S SHARE ISSUE DIRECTED TO THE PERSONNEL WAS SUBSCRIBED IN FULL

eQ PLC                                                                         
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17 December 2012, at 5.45 p.m.



eQ PLC'S SHARE ISSUE DIRECTED TO THE PERSONNEL WAS SUBSCRIBED IN FULL



The Board of Directors of eQ Plc decided on 14 November 2012 on a new share
issue directed to the personnel. At the maximum, 1,800,000 new shares in the
company were offered in the personnel issue. The subscription price was EUR
1.80 per share. The subscription period ended on 12 December 2012. On 17
December 2012 the Board of Directors of eQ Plc decided on the approval of the
subscriptions of the share issue directed to the personnel. 

The Board of Directors approved the subscriptions of 1,800,000 new shares in
the company, amounting in total to EUR 3,240,000. Approved subscriptions have
to be paid by 19 December 2012 at latest. The subscribed shares represent
approximately 4.96 % of the shares and votes of eQ after the share issue. eQ's
share issue directed to the personnel was subscribed in full. 

The subscriber has no right to dispose or assign the subscribed shares before
18 December 2013 and if the subscription is more than 20,000 shares not before
18 December 2015. 

The interim shares representing the shares subscribed for in the share issue
directed to the personnel, will be recorded on the book-entry account of the
subscriber approximately on 20 December 2012. The interim shares will not be
subject to public trading. The shares subscribed for in the share issue
directed to the personnel will be registered in the Finnish Trade Register on
or about 28 December 2012 following which the interim shares will be combined
with eQ Plc's existing class of shares.  The new shares will be subject to
public trading on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd. on or about week 1 of 2013.
Following the registration of the new shares in the Finnish Trade Register, the
number of the company's shares will amount to 36,297,198. If all approved
subscriptions are paid according to the terms of the share issue, the gross
proceeds of EUR 3,240,000 will be booked into eQ's invested unrestricted equity
reserve in its entirety. 



Helsinki 17 December 2012



eQ Plc

Board of Directors



Additional information: Janne Larma, CEO, tel. +358 40 500 4366

Distribution: NASDAQ OMX Helsinki, www.eQ.fi



eQ Group is a Finnish publicly listed group of companies that specialises in
asset management and corporate finance operations. eQ Asset Management offers a
wide range of asset management services (including private equity funds) for
both institutional investors and private individuals. The assets managed by the
Group total approximately EUR 6.0 billion after the acquisition announced on 20
November 2012. 

Advium Corporate Finance Ltd, 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.