Stockmann - Major shareholder announcements

Notification of a change in ownership interest under chapter 2, section 10 of the Finnish Securities Market act

Helsinki, Finland, 2012-08-14 16:00 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- STOCKMANN plc,
Major shareholders announcements 14.8.2012  at 17:00 

Stockmann has today been notified that Konstsamfundet r.f.'s (Business identity
code 0200196-3) aggregate ownership of voting rights in Stockmann plc has
increased above 15 per cent in connection with a purchase of shares on 14
August 2012. 

1. Name of the target company: Stockmann plc

2. Date of the change in ownership interest: 14 August 2012

3. Exact share of Stockmann's share capital and votes:

                                   Number of     Percentage           Percentage
                                  shares A+B  of the shares        of the voting
                                                                          rights
Konstsamfundet r.f.                6.764.848           9.39                15.00
(Business identity code                                                         
 0200196-3)                                                                     



The ownership is divided in two share series so that the number of Series A
shares is 5.043.849 and the number of Series B shares is 1.720.999. 

Further information:
Jukka Naulapää, Director, legal affairs, tel. +358 9 121 3850

www.stockmanngroup.com


STOCKMANN plc

Hannu Penttilä
CEO


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