Glaston Oyj Abp - Major shareholder announcements

Notification of Change in Holdings according to Chapter 9, Section 10 of the Securities Markets Act

Helsinki, Finland, 2015-10-16 11:05 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Glaston
Corporation           Stock Exchange Release 16.10.2015 at 12.05 
Notification of Change in Holdings according to Chapter 9, Section 10 of the
Securities Markets Act 

Glaston Corporation has received a notification of change in holdings in
accordance with Chapter 9, Section 5 of the Securities Markets Act as follows: 
Evli Pankki Oyj's share of the total number of shares and voting rights in
Glaston Corporation has exceeded 5 per cent. 

In accordance with Chapter 9, Section 5 of the Finnish Securities Markets Act
we hereby notify the Financial Supervisory Authority and Glaston Corporation as
follows: 

1. Name of the issuer of shares: Glaston Corporation

2. Reason for the flagging notification: acquisition of shares

3. Date of change in holdings: 13 October 2015

4. Share of the total number of shares and voting rights in the issuer: Evli
Pankki Oyj holds now 9,951,960 shares representing 5.14 per cent of the number
of shares and voting rights in Glaston. Of this Evli Pankki Oyj holds 365,000
shares representing 0,19 per cent of the number of shares and voting rights in
Glaston while companies controlled by Evli Pankki Oyj, holds 9,586,960 shares
representing 4.95 per cent of the number of shares and voting rights in Glaston
(Evli Alexander Management Oyj 788,582 shares and 0.41 per cent and
Sijoitusrahasto Evli Suomi Pienyhtiöt 8,798,378 and 4.54 per cent). Based on
the notification from Evli Pankki Oyj, Evli Pankki Oyj is also a party to
agreements or arrangements which may lead to a deacrease in holdings and votes
in the aggregate amount of 0.04 per cent. 

5. Name and business identity code of the shareholder subject to the
notification obligation: Evli Pankki Oyj, Business ID 0533755-0. 

The number of Glaston Corporation shares and voting rights totals 193,708,336.


Helsinki 16 October 2015
Glaston Corporation
Arto Metsänen
CEO and President

For further information, please contact:
Sasu Koivumäki, CFO, tel. +358 10 500 500

GLASTON CORPORATION
Agneta Selroos
Communications Director, tel. +358 40 7453737

Glaston Corporation
Glaston is a leading company in glass processing technologies. We provide
high-quality heat treatment machines and services for architectural, solar,
appliance and automotive applications. We are committed to our customers'
success over the entire lifecycle of our offering. Moreover, we continuously
innovate and develop technologies to enable the glass processing industry to
reach ever higher standards in quality and safety. Glaston's shares (GLA1V) are
listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd. in Finland. For more information, please
visit: www.glaston.net 





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