Notification pursuant to Chapter 9, section 5 of t
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HKScan Corporation Stock Exchange Release 21 December 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
Notification pursuant to Chapter 9, section 5 of the Securities Markets Act
HKScan Corporation has on 21 December 2016 received a notification from Lantmännen ek för regarding changes in holdings in accordance with Chapter 9, section 5 of the Finnish Securities Markets Act.
According to the notification, the total amount of HKScan Corporation shares owned by Lantmännen ek för has exceeded the threshold of five (5) per cent and the share of voting rights has exceeded the threshold of ten (10) per cent on 21 December 2016. According to the notification, the reason for the notification was an acquisition of shares and voting rights.
Lantmännen ek för's position according to the notification:
| % of shares and voting rights | Total number of shares and voting rights of the issuer | |
| Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached | 5.97% of shares and 10.10% of voting rights | 55 026 522 shares and 157 626 522 voting rights |
| Position of previous notification | No previous holdings | No previous holdings |
Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed:
A: shares and voting rights
| Number of shares and voting rights | % of shares and voting rights | |||
| Class/type of shares, ISIN code | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect |
| A shares, ISIN code FI0009006308 | 2 619 750 | 0 | 4.76% of all the shares and 1.66% of all the voting rights | 0 |
| K shares, ISIN code FI0009006662 | 665 000 shares and 13 300 000 voting rights | 0 | 1.21% of all the shares and 8.44% of all the voting rights | 0 |
| SUBTOTAL A | 3 284 750 shares and 15 919 750 voting rights | 0 | 5.97% of all the shares and 10.10 % of all the voting rights | 0 |
HKScan’s shares are divided into two share series as follows: 49 626 522 A shares (90.19 per cent of the total number of shares) and 5 400 000 K shares (9.81 per cent of the total number of shares). Each A share entitles to one (1) vote, and each K share entitles to twenty (20) votes.
HKScan Corporation Jari Latvanen President and CEO
For further details, kindly contact Jari Latvanen, President and CEO or Tuomo Valkonen, CFO, HKScan Corporation. Please submit a call-back request via Marja-Leena Dahlskog, SVP Communications, HKScan Corporation, marja-leena.dahlskog(at)hkscan.com or tel. +358 10 570 2142.
HKScan is the leading Nordic meat expert. We produce, market and sell high-quality, responsibly-produced pork, beef, poultry and lamb products, processed meats and convenience foods under strong brand names. Our customers are the retail, food service, industrial and export sectors, and our home markets comprise Finland, Sweden, Denmark and the Baltics. We export to close to 50 countries. In 2015, HKScan had net sales of approximately EUR 1.9 billion and some 7 400 employees.
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