Sponda - Major shareholder announcements

Notification on a change in ownership

Sponda Plc              Stock Exchange Release      1 April 2016, 08:57 am



Notification on a change in ownership

Pursuant to the Finnish Securities Market Act (Section 9:5) Varma Mutual
Pension Insurance Company (“Varma”) has notified that, as from 31 March 2016,
Varma’s holding in shares of Sponda Plc has fallen under ten (10) per cent, and
the current holding of Varma in Sponda Plc's shares is 8.56%. 



Target company: Sponda Plc
Date of change in share holdings: 31 March 2016
Number of shares: 29,083,070 shares
Proportion of shares: 8.56%
Proportion of voting rights: 8.56%



Sponda Plc



Sponda Plc is a property investment company specializing in commercial
properties in the largest cities in Finland. Sponda's business concept is to
own, lease and develop retail and office properties and shopping centres into
environments that promote the business success of its clients. The fair value
of Sponda's investment properties is approximately EUR 3.7 billion and the
leasable area is around 1.2 million m².