2015-03-27 14:00:00 CET

2015-03-27 14:00:03 CET


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Ålandsbanken - Major shareholder announcements

Bank of Åland Plc:Disclosure of change in shareholdings under chapter 9, section 10 of the securities markets act


Mariehamn, 2015-03-27 14:00 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 

Bank of Åland Plc
Major shareholder announcements
March 27, 2015, 15.00 p.m.

Disclosure of change in shareholdings under chapter 9, section 10 of the
securities markets act 

Bank of Åland Plc (Ålandsbanken Abp) has received a disclosure, pursuant to
Chapter 9, Section 5 of the Finnish Securities Markets Act, about a change in
the holding of Fennogens Investments number of voting rights in the Bank of
Åland Plc as of 27 March 2015 exceeded the 5 percent threshold. As a result of
a share transaction concluded on 27 March 2015 Fennogens Investments held a
total amount of 515,699 Series A shares which corresponds to 3.58 percent of
the total amount of shares in the Bank of Åland Plc. The shares represent 7.50
percent of the Bank of Åland Plc`s voting rights. 

Position after the arrangement causing the change

Series A shares (FI0009000103)



Shares       Number      Number of    % of       %
          of shares  voting rights  shares  voting
                                            rights
--------------------------------------------------
Series      515,699     10,313,980    3.58    7.50
A shares                                          



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