Ameriprise Financial's holdings in Tikkurila incre

Tikkurila Oyj Stock Exchange Release October 8, 2013 at 12:00 noon (CET+1) Tikkurila Oyj (business ID 0197067-4) has received a notification, based on the Securities Markets Act, from Threadneedle Investments on October 4, 2013. The holding of Ameriprise Financial Inc's holding companies (Columbia Wanger Asset Managment LLC, Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC and Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Limited) in shares of Tikkurila Oyj has exceeded the 1/20 (5%) threshold due to trades executed on October 3, 2013. The holding of the above mentioned companies in Tikkurila Oyj has amounted to a total of 2,215,512 shares, which corresponds to 5.02 percent of the total amount of shares and votes in Tikkurila Oyj. The percentages of shares and voting rights have been calculated in proportion to the total number of shares registered with the Trade Register and the total number of voting rights related to them. The share capital of Tikkurila Oyj is EUR 35,000,000.00 and it is divided into 44,108,252 shares. The company has one series of shares, and each share entitles to one voting right. Tikkurila Oyj Jukka Havia, CFO For further information, please contact: Tikkurila Oyj Minna Avellan, Manager, Investor Relations, tel. +358 40 533 7932, minna.avellan@tikkurila.com For 150 years already, Tikkurila has provided consumers and professionals with user-friendly and sustainable solutions for surface protection and decoration. Tikkurila wants to be the leading paint company in the Nordic area as well as in Russia and other selected Eastern European countries. - Tikkurila inspires you to color your life. www.tikkurilagroup.com [HUG#1734260]