eQ Oyj - Major shareholder announcements

NOTIFICATION ACCORDING TO CHAPTER 9, SECTION 10 OF THE FINNISH SECURITIES MARKET ACT

eQ PLC   STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE

31 August 2016 at 4:00 p.m.



eQ Plc has received on 31 August 2016 a notification regarding changes in
holdings in accordance with Chapter 9, Section 5 of the Finnish Securities
Markets Act, as described below. 



eQ Plc has received the following announcement of change in shareholding:

Announcement of Rettig Capital Oy Ab



1 Identity of the issuer of the shares:

eQ Plc, corporate ID 1625441-9



2 Reason for the notification:

Subscription of new shares with stock options



3 Full name of person subject to the notification obligation:

Rettig Capital Oy Ab (corporate ID 2046355-5)



4 Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is exceeded or fallen
below of: 

The date of the transaction is 31 August 2016



5 Threshold that is exceeded or fallen below of:

Exceed 10%



6 Notified details:

Holdings of Anchor Oy Ab, a subsidiary of Rettig Capital Oy Ab,after the
transaction: 



eQ Plc       Situation before            Situation after transaction            
              transaction                                                       
FI000900961  Number of         (%) of      Number of       (%) of       (%) of  
7             shares           votes        shares         shares       votes   
                                                                                
               3 533 677       9,57        3 733 677       10.11        10.11   



7 Details

Anchor Oy Ab, a subsidiary of Rettig Capital Oy Ab, has subscribed for 200,000
new shares in eQ Plc with stock options of eQ Plc’s option scheme 2010. After
the subscription Anchor Oy Ab holds 3,733,677 shares in eQ Plc and the holdings
of the company exceeds 10% being currently 10.11%. There has been no changes in
control after the flagging announcement of 4 July 2016. 



eQ Plc's share capital consists of 36 927 198 shares. Each share has one vote.



Helsinki, 31 August 2016



eQ Plc

Janne Larma, CEO



Additional information: Janne Larma, CEO, tel. +358 9 6817 8920

Distribution: Nasdaq Helsinki, www.eQ.fi



eQ Group is a Finnish group of companies specialising in asset management and
corporate finance business. eQ Asset Management offers a wide range of asset
management services (including private equity funds and real estate asset
management) for institutions and individuals. The assets managed by the Group
total approximately EUR 8.2 billion. Advium Corporate Finance, 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.