Nokian Renkaat Oyj

Major Shareholding Notification • Mar 12, 2018

Disclosure 359460

Nokian Renkaat - Major shareholder announcements

Nokian Tyres: Disclosure under chapter 9, section 10 of the securities market act

Nokian Tyres plc Stock Exchange Release March 12, 2018, at 4:25 p.m. Nokian Tyres has received an announcement from BlackRock, Inc. on March 12, 2018, according to which BlackRock, Inc.'s indirect holding in Nokian Tyres shares exceeded level of 5% of the share capital in Nokian Tyres plc, as a result of share transactions concluded on March 9, 2018. The indirect shareholding of BlackRock, Inc. in Nokian Tyres has increased to 6,950,052 shares, corresponding to 5.06% of Nokian Tyres’ shares and voting rights. The mutual funds managed by BlackRock, Inc. held on deal date a total of 7,585,611 Nokian Tyres’ shares representing 5.52% of company’s 137,277,072 shares and voting rights. Total positions of BlackRock, Inc. and its funds subject to the notification: +----------------+----------+------------------+------+----------------------+ | |% of |% of shares and |Total |Total number of shares| | |shares and|voting rights |of |and voting rights of | | |voting |through financial |both |issuer | | |rights |instruments (total|in % | | | |(total |of B) |(A+B) | | | |of A) | | | | +----------------+----------+------------------+------+----------------------+ |Resulting |5.06% |0.46% |5.52% |137,277,072 | |situation on the| | | | | |date on | | | | | |which threshold | | | | | |was crossed or | | | | | |reached | | | | | +----------------+----------+------------------+------+----------------------+ |Positions of |4.83% |0.57% |5.40% | | |previous | | | | | |notification | | | | | +----------------+----------+------------------+------+----------------------+ Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached: A: Shares and voting rights: +------------+------+-----------------+---------------+---------------+ |Class/type |Number|Number of shares |% of shares and|% of shares and| |of |of |and voting rights|voting rights |voting rights | |shares ISIN |shares| | | | |code |and | | | | | |voting| | | | | |rights| | | | +------------+------+-----------------+---------------+---------------+ | |Direct|Indirect |Direct (SMA |Indirect | | |(SMA |(SMA 9:6 and |9:5) |(SMA 9:6 and | | |9:5) |9:7) | |9:7) | +------------+------+-----------------+---------------+---------------+ |FI0009005318| |6,950,052 | |5.06% | +------------+------+-----------------+---------------+---------------+ |SUBTOTAL A | |6,950,052 | |5.06% | +------------+------+-----------------+---------------+---------------+ B: Financial instruments according to SMA 9:6a: +-----------+----------+----------+-----------+---------+---------------+ |Type of |Expiration|Exercise/ |Physical or|Number of|% of shares and| |financial |date |Conversion|cash |shares |voting rights | |instrument | |Period |settlement |and | | | | | | |voting | | | | | | |rights | | +-----------+----------+----------+-----------+---------+---------------+ |Securities |N/A |N/A |Physical |572,009 |0.41% | |Lent | | | | | | +-----------+----------+----------+-----------+---------+---------------+ |CFD |N/A |N/A |Cash |63,550 |0.04% | +-----------+----------+----------+-----------+---------+---------------+ |SUBTOTAL B | | | |635,559 |0.46% | +-----------+----------+----------+-----------+---------+---------------+ Nokian Tyres plc Antti-Jussi Tähtinen Vice President, Marketing and Communications Distribution: Nasdaq Helsinki Oy, media and www.nokiantyres.com Nokian Tyres is the world’s northernmost tyre manufacturer. The company promotes and facilitates safe driving in demanding conditions. It supplies innovative tyres for cars, trucks and special heavy machinery mainly in areas with special challenges on tyre performance: snow, forests and harsh driving conditions in different seasons. Nokian Tyres’ product development is consistently aiming for sustainable solutions for safety and the environment, taking into account the whole life cycle of the tyre. A part of the Nokian Tyres group, the tyre chain Vianor has approximately 1,500 stores in 26 countries. In 2017 Nokian Tyres had approximately 4,600 employees and net sales of approximately 1,6 billion euros. Nokian Tyres’ share is listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki. Further information: www.nokiantyres.com