Aspocomp Group - Major shareholder announcements

NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECURITIES ACT CHAPTER 9, SECTION 10 REGARDING CHANGE IN HOLDINGS AND VOTING RIGHTS

Espoo, Finland, 2016-03-08 15:50 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 
Aspocomp Group Plc, Major Shareholder Announcement, March 8, 2016 at 4:50 p.m.

Aspocomp Group Plc (business ID 1547801-5) received on March 8, 2016 a
notification of major shareholding, pursuant to the Chapter 9, Section 5 of the
Finnish Securities Markets Act from Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ), as
a result of the implementation of changes to the transparency directive in the
Finnish Securities Market Act. According to the notification SEB Life
International Assurance Company Ltd's holdings and voting rights in Aspocomp
Group Plc fell below 5 percent threshold on March 7, 2016. 

According to the notification SEB Life International Assurance Company Ltd's
holdings in Aspocomp Group Plc amounted to 308,978 shares on March 7, 2016,
which corresponded to 4.82 percent of the total amount of shares and votes in
Aspocomp Group Plc. 

Total positions of SEB Life International Assurance Company Ltd's subject to
the notification: 

                             % of shares  % of shares and voting       Total of 
                              and voting   rights through financial     both in 
                              rights       instruments (total of B)     % (A+B) 
Resulting situation on the         4.82%  N/A                              4.82%
 date on which threshold                                                        
 was crossed or reached                                                         
Position of previous               5.03%  N/A                              5.03%
 notification (if                                                               
 applicable)                                                                    

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

A: Shares and voting rights

Class/type of   Number of shares and voting      % of shares and voting rights  
 shares          rights                                                         
ISIN code       Direct (SMA   Indirect (SMA 9:6  Direct (SMA   Indirect (SMA 9:6
                 9:5)          and 9:7)           9:5)          and 9:7)        
FI0009008080                            308,978                            4.82%
SUBTOTAL A                    308,978                          4.82%            


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: 

Name                                          % of    % of shares     Total
                                              shares  and voting      of   
                                              and     rights through  both 
                                              voting  financial            
                                              rights  instruments          
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ)           0%              0%     0%
SEB Life International Assurance Company Ltd   4.82%              0%  4.82%

At the date of this release, the total number of shares in Aspocomp Group Plc
amounts to 6,406,505 shares. Aspocomp has one series of shares and each share
entitles to one voting right. 


For further information, please contact Mikko Montonen, CEO,
tel. +358 20 775 6860, mikko.montonen(at)aspocomp.com.

ASPOCOMP GROUP PLC

Mikko Montonen
CEO


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