2007-05-18 16:45:00 CEST

2007-05-18 16:45:00 CEST


REGULATED INFORMATION

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CapMan - Major shareholder announcements

Disclosure under chapter 2, section 10 of the Securities Market Act


CapMan Plc has received the following disclosures of change in ownership related
to CapMan Plc's shares under chapter 2, section 9 of the Securities Market Act: 
                                                                                

As a result of share transactions executed on 18 May 2007 between CapMan        
Partners B.V. and Oy Aristo-Invest Ab, Winsome Oy, Geldegal Oy, Heiwes Oy,      
Guarneri Oy, Vesasco Oy and Novestra Oy as well as the share conversion entered 
to the Trade Register on 16 May 2007, in which a total of 2,000,000 CapMan Plc  
A-series shares were converted to B-series shares, the shares of the            
aforementioned parties in CapMan Plc's share capital and voting rights have     
changed as follows:                                                             
- The ownership of CapMan Partners B.V. in CapMan Plc has surpassed
one-twentieth 
(1/20) of CapMan Plc's share capital and one-fifth (1/5) of voting rights       
carried by CapMan Plc's shares                                                  
- The ownership of Aristo-Invest Oy and its controlling shareholder, Ari 
Tolppanen, in the voting rights carried by CapMan Plc's shares has decreased    
from more than one-fifth (1/5) to under three-twentieths (3/20)                 
- The ownership of Winsome Oy and its controlling shareholder, Tuomo Raasio, in 
CapMan Plc has decreased to under one-twentieth (1/20) of CapMan Plc's share    
capital and to under one-tenth (1/10) of voting rights carried by CapMan Plc's  
shares                                                                          
- The ownership of Geldegal Oy and its controlling shareholder, Olli Liitola,
in 
CapMan Plc has decreased to under one-twentieth (1/20) of CapMan Plc's share    
capital and to under one-tenth (1/10) of voting rights carried by CapMan Plc's  
shares                                                                          
- The ownership of Heiwes Oy and its controlling shareholder, Heikki
Westerlund, 
in CapMan Plc has decreased to under one-twentieth (1/20) of CapMan Plc's share 
capital and voting rights carried by CapMan Plc's shares                        
- The ownership of Vesasco Oy in the voting rights carried by CapMan Plc's
shares 
has decreased from more than one-tenth (1/10) to under one-twentieth (1/20)     
- The ownership of Novestra Oy and its controlling shareholder, Peter Buch
Lund, 
in the voting rights carried by CapMan Plc's shares has decreased to under      
one-twentieth (1/20).                                                           


1. 	Name of the company: CapMan Plc, Business ID 0922445-7                      
2. 	Date of the ownership change: 18 May 2007                                   
3. 	Exact proportion of shares and voting rights in CapMan Plc as per class of  
share:                                                                          


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|                      | Class of |  Number of |      Share of |      Share of |
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|                      |    share |     shares | share capital | voting rights |
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| 1. CapMan Partners   | A-series |  3,000,000 |          3.8% |         22.7% |
| B.V.                 |          |            |               |               |
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|                      | B-series |  2,000,000 |          2.6% |          1.5% |
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|                      | In total |  5,000,000 |          6.4% |         24.2% |
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| 2.                   | Class of |  Number of |      Share of |      Share of |
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|                      |    share |     shares | share capital | voting rights |
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| Aristo-Invest Oy     | A-series | 1,220,200  |          1.6% |          9.2% |
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|                      | B-series |  6,918,192 |          8.8% |          5.2% |
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|                      | In total |  8,138,392 |         10.4% |         14.5% |
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| Ari Tolppanen        | A-series |          0 |          0.0% |          0.0% |
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| (shareholder in      | B-series |    500,528 |          0.6% |          0.4% |
| control)             |          |            |               |               |
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|                      | In total |    500,528 |          0.6% |          0.4% |
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| 3.                   | Class of |  Number of |      Share of |      Share of |
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|                      |    share |     shares | share capital | voting rights |
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|                      | A-series |    680,663 |          0.9% |          5.1% |
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| Winsome Oy           | B-series |  2,867,129 |          3.7% |          2.2% |
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|                      | In total |  3,547,792 |          4.5% |          7.3% |
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| Tuomo Raasio         | A-series |          0 |          0.0% |          0.0% |
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| (shareholder in      | B-series |    213,744 |          0.3% |          0.2% |
| control)             |          |            |               |               |
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|                      | In total |    213,744 |          0.3% |          0.2% |
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| 4.                   | Class of |  Number of |      Share of |      Share of |
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|                      |    share |     shares | share capital | voting rights |
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| Geldegal Oy          | A-series |    796,564 |          1.0% |          6.0% |
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|                      | B-series |  2 037,673 |          2.6% |          1.5% |
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|                      | In total |  2 834,237 |          3.6% |          7.6% |
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| Olli Liitola         | A-series |          0 |          0.0% |          0.0% |
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| (shareholder in      | B-series |    213,744 |          0.3% |          0.2% |
| control)             |          |            |               |               |
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|                      | In total |    213,744 |          0.3% |          0.2% |
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| 5.                   | Class of |  Number of |      Share of |      Share of |
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|                      |    share |     shares | share capital | voting rights |
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| Heiwes Oy            | A-series |    258,020 |         0.3 % |         2.0 % |
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|                      | B-series |  2 440,584 |         3.1 % |         1.8 % |
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|                      | In total |  2 698,604 |         3.4 % |         3.8 % |
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| Heikki Westerlund    | A-series |          0 |          0.0% |          0.0% |
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| (shareholder in      | B-series |    277,676 |          0.4% |          0.2% |
| control)             |          |            |               |               |
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|                      | In total |    277,676 |          0.4% |          0.2% |
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| 6.                   | Class of |  Number of |      Share of |      Share of |
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|                      |    share |     shares | share capital | voting rights |
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| Vesasco Oy           | A-series |          0 |          0.0% |          0.0% |
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|                      | B-series |  3,275,158 |          4.2% |          2.5% |
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|                      | In total |  3,275,158 |          4.2% |          2.5% |
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| 7.                   | Class of |  Number of |      Share of |      Share of |
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|                      |    share |     shares | share capital | voting rights |
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| Novestra Oy          | A-series |          0 |          0.0% |          0.0% |
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|                      | B-series |  1,379,382 |          1.8% |          1.0% |
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|                      | In total |  1,379,382 |          1.8% |          1.0% |
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| Peter Buch-Lund      | A-series |          0 |          0.0% |          0.0% |
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| (shareholder in      | B-series |    200,000 |          0.3% |          0.2% |
| control)             |          |            |               |               |
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|                      | In total |    200,000 |          0.3% |          0.2% |
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CapMan Plc's share capital, EUR 783,144.18, consists of 78,314,418 shares in    
total (6,000,000 A-series shares and 72,314,418 B-series shares). The shares    
have 132,314,418 votes in total. A-series shares have entitlement to ten (10)   
votes per share and B-series shares to one (1) vote per share.                  


4. Shareholder's full name and registration number:                             

CapMan Partners B.V. Business ID 34273612 (Kamer Van Koophandel, the            
Netherlands)                                                                    
Oy Aristo-Invest Ab, Business ID 0594374-5                                      
Winsome Oy, Business ID 1026706-7                                               
Geldegal Oy, Business ID 0480753-0                                              
Heiwes Oy, Business ID 1091943-2                                                
Guarneri Oy, Business ID 1538187-0                                              
Vesasco Oy, Business ID 1027460-3                                               
Novestra Oy, Business ID 0936649-8                                              



CAPMAN PLC                                                                      


Jerome Bouix                                                                    
Partner                                                                         
Fundraising, IR and Communications                                              

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CapMan                                                                          
CapMan is one of the leading private equity investors in the Nordic countries   
and manages Nordic buyout, mezzanine, technology, life science and real estate  
funds with approximately EUR 3.0 billion in total capital. Each investment area 
has a dedicated team and altogether CapMan employs around 100 people in         
Helsinki, Stockholm, Copenhagen and Oslo. Established in 1989, CapMan has strong
experience as a fund manager and as a partner for investors and entrepreneurs.  
To date CapMan has made over 150 Nordic investments and over 90 exits. The      
current portfolio encompasses over 60 companies with an aggregate turnover of   
approx. EUR 2.7 billion and aggregate personnel of 17,000 people. The latest    
investments are made in Finnish Novintel Oy, Danish ScanJour A/S, Swedish       
QuickCool AB and Norwegian InfoCare ASA. In addition, CapMan has invested in 27 
real estate assets and exited from 22. The B shares of CapMan Plc are listed on 
the Main List of the Helsinki Stock Exchange since 2001. www.capman.com