eQ PLC: SHARES SUBSCRIBED WITH STOCK OPTIONS APPLI

eQ PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE

12 December 2016 at 2.00 p.m.

A total number of 50,000 new shares in eQ Plc subscribed for with stock options of eQ Plc’s option scheme 2010 have been applied to be traded on the Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd together with the old shares as of 13 December 2016 instead of 1 December 2016. The corresponding increase in the number of eQ Plc's shares has been entered into the Finnish trade register on 30 November 2016 and the thereto related stock exchange release published on 30 November 2016. The total number of shares after the subscription is 36,977,198.

Helsinki, 12 December 2016

eQ Plc

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Additional information: Janne Larma, CEO, tel. +358 9 6817 8920

Distribution: Nasdaq Helsinki, www.eQ.fi

eQ Group is a Finnish group of companies specialising in asset management and corporate finance business. eQ Asset Management offers a wide range of asset management services (including private equity funds and real estate asset management) for institutions and individuals. The assets managed by the Group total approximately EUR 8.4 billion. Advium Corporate Finance, which is part of the Group, offers services related to mergers and acquisitions, real estate transactions and equity capital markets.

More information about the Group is available on our website at www.eQ.fi.