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Report Publication Announcement • Aug 14, 2012

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Stockmann - Major shareholder announcements

Notification of a change in ownership interest under chapter 2, section 10 of the Finnish Securities Market act

Helsinki, Finland, 2012-08-14 16:00 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- STOCKMANN plc, Major shareholders announcements 14.8.2012 at 17:00 Stockmann has today been notified that Konstsamfundet r.f.'s (Business identity code 0200196-3) aggregate ownership of voting rights in Stockmann plc has increased above 15 per cent in connection with a purchase of shares on 14 August 2012. 1. Name of the target company: Stockmann plc 2. Date of the change in ownership interest: 14 August 2012 3. Exact share of Stockmann's share capital and votes: Number of Percentage Percentage shares A+B of the shares of the voting rights Konstsamfundet r.f. 6.764.848 9.39 15.00 (Business identity code 0200196-3) The ownership is divided in two share series so that the number of Series A shares is 5.043.849 and the number of Series B shares is 1.720.999. Further information: Jukka Naulapää, Director, legal affairs, tel. +358 9 121 3850 www.stockmanngroup.com STOCKMANN plc Hannu Penttilä CEO Distribution: Nasdaq OMX Principal media