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CORRECTION: Silmäasema Oyj: Notification according to chapter 9, section 5 of the Securities Market Act: Janus Henderson Group plc's ownership in Silmäasema has decreased below 5 percent

CORRECTION: Silmäasema Oyj: Notification according to chapter 9, section 5 of
the Securities Market Act: Janus Henderson Group plc's ownership in Silmäasema
has decreased below 5 percent

Silmäasema Oyj
Stock Exchange Release
15 October 2018 at 17:35 p.m. EEST

Earlier published stock exchange release included a sentence with incorrect
information "Total positions of Coronaria subject to the notification". Correct
sentence is "Total positions of Janus Henderson Group subject to the
notification". Complete corrected notification below.

Silmäasema Oyj has on 15 October 2018 received a notification under Chapter 9,
Section 5 of the Securities Markets Act, according to which the holding of Janus
Henderson Group in Silmäasema's shares and votes has decreased below 5 percent
on 12 October 2018.

Silmäasema Oyj has one series of shares in which each share carries one vote.
The aggregate number of shares is 14,248,805.

Total positions of Janus Henderson Group subject to the notification:

+------------------+------------+-----------------+-----------+----------------+
|                  |% shares and|% of shares and  |Total of   |Total number of |
|                  |voting      |voting rights    |both in %  |shares and      |
|                  |rights (A)  |through financial|(A+B)      |voting rights of|
|                  |            |instruments (B)  |           |issuer          |
+------------------+------------+-----------------+-----------+----------------+
|Resulting         |            |                 |           |                |
|situation of the  |            |                 |           |                |
|date on which the |Below 5%    |Below 5%         |Below 5%   |      14,248,805|
|threshold was     |            |                 |           |                |
|crossed of reached|            |                 |           |                |
+------------------+------------+-----------------+-----------+----------------+
|Position of       |            |                 |           |                |
|previous          |5.88%       |-                |5.88%      |      14,248,805|
|notification (if  |            |                 |           |                |
|applicable)       |            |                 |           |                |
+------------------+------------+-----------------+-----------+----------------+


Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold
was crossed:

A: Shares and voting rights:

+-------------------+-----------------------------+----------------------------+
|Class/type of      |Number of shares and voting  |% of shares and voting      |
|shares ISIN code   |rights                       |rights                      |
+-------------------+-------------+---------------+-------------+--------------+
|                   |Direct (SMA  |Indirect (SMA  |Direct (SMA  |Indirect (SMA |
|                   |9:5)         |9:6 and 9:7)   |9:5)         |9:6 and 9:7)  |
+-------------------+-------------+---------------+-------------+--------------+
|FI4000243399       |-            |Below 5%       |-            |Below 5%      |
+-------------------+-------------+---------------+-------------+--------------+
|Subtotal A         |Below 5%                     |Below 5%                    |
+-------------------+-----------------------------+----------------------------+


Other information provided in the notification

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|8. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification          |
|obligation:                                                                   |
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|Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or  |
|the                                                                           |
|financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate         |
|controlling natural person or legal entity:                                   |
|                                                                              |
|                                                                              |
|                     |                 |                      |               |
|                     |% of shares and  |% of shares and voting|               |
|Name                 |voting rights    |rights through        |Total of both  |
|                     |                 |financial instruments |               |
+---------------------+-----------------+----------------------+---------------+
|Janus Henderson Group|Click here to    |Click here to enter   |Click here to  |
|plc, Henderson Group |enter text.      |text.                 |enter text.    |
|Holdings Asset       |                 |                      |               |
|Management Limited,  |                 |                      |               |
|HGI Asset Management |                 |                      |               |
|Group Limited,       |                 |                      |               |
|Henderson Global     |                 |                      |               |
|Group Limited,       |                 |                      |               |
|Henderson Holdings   |                 |                      |               |
|Group Limited, HGI   |                 |                      |               |
|Group Limited,       |                 |                      |               |
|Henderson Global     |                 |                      |               |
|Investors (Holdings) |                 |                      |               |
|Limited, Henderson   |                 |                      |               |
|Global Investors     |                 |                      |               |
|Limited              |                 |                      |               |
+---------------------+-----------------+----------------------+---------------+



SILMÄASEMA OYJ

Anu Kankkunen, Interim CEO, CFO, tel. +358 50 669 69
Tuukka Hirvonen, Head of Communications and Investor Relations, tel.
+358 50 416 7700



Silmäasema is a Finnish company, which offers all products and services for
optical retail and eye healthcare nationwide. Silmäasema is the largest private
eye clinic provider offering eye surgeries and the second largest optical retail
chain in Finland. The Silmäasema chain has over 150 stores and 14 eye clinics in
Finland as well as ten stores in Estonia. The Silmäasema chain employs close to
1,000 eye healthcare professionals. Silmäasema's Group net sales were EUR 118.3
million in 2017 and adjusted EBITDA was EUR 11.8 million.




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