eQ Oyj — Major Shareholding Notification 2012

Mar 6, 2012

Disclosure 297970

eQ Oyj - Company Announcement

NOTIFICATION ACCORDING TO CHAPTER 2, SECTION 10 OF THE FINNISH SECURITIES MARKET ACT

eQ Plc Company Announcement NOTIFICATION ACCORDING TO CHAPTER 2, SECTION 10 OF THE FINNISH SECURITIES MARKET ACT eQ Plc STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 6 March 2012, at 07:30 am NOTIFICATION ACCORDING TO CHAPTER 2, SECTION 10 OF THE FINNISH SECURITIES MARKET ACT eQ Plc has gained knowledge of a notification regarding changes in holdings in accordance with Chapter 2, Section 9 of the Finnish Securities Markets Act,described below. eQ Plc has received the following announcement of change in shareholding: Announcement of Janne Larma and Chilla Capital SA: 1 Identity of the issuer of the shares: eQ Plc, corporate ID 1625441-9 2 Reason for the notification: The acquisition of shares or voting rights 3 Full name of person subject to the notification obligation: Janne Olavi Larma and Chilla Capital SA, domicile Luxembourg, corporate ID B 147465 4 Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is exceeded or fallen below of: The date of the transaction is 5 March 2012. 5 Threshold that is exceeded or fallen below of: Exceed 1/10 (10 %) 6 Notified details: Janne Larma´s and Chilla Capital SA´s holdings after the transaction: eQ Oyj Situation before Situation after transaction transaction FI0009009617 Number of (%)of Number of (%)of (%) of shares votes shares shares voting rights 3 013 698 9,01 3 374 731 10,09 10,09 2010 Option scheme 450 000 1,34 450 000 1,34 1,34 Total 3 463 698 10,35 3 824 731 11,43 11,43 Of which owned by 3 374 731 Chilla Capital SA Chilla Capital SA is a company fully owned by Janne Larma. eQ Plc's share capital consists of 33,460,351 shares. Each share has one vote. Helsinki, 6 March 2012 eQ Plc Janne Larma, CEO Additional information: Janne Larma, CEO, tel. +358 40 500 4366 Distribution: NASDAQ OMX Helsinki, www.eq.fi eQ Group is a Finnish group of companies that specializes in asset management and corporate finance operations. The Group offers services related to mutual funds, private equity funds and hedge funds as well as traditional asset management for institutions and individuals. The assets managed by the Group total approximately EUR 3.7 billion. In addition, Advium Corporate Finance Ltd, which is part of the Group, offers advisory services related to mergers and acquisitions, real estate transactions and equity capital markets. More information about the Group is available on the following websites: www.eq.fi