Certain printed copies of Rovio Entertainment Corp
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Press Release September 22, 2017, at 1:30 p.m. EET
NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL.
Rovio Entertainment Corporation (the "Company") has learned that the printing house that printed the Company's prospectus has delivered to some subscription places printed copies of the Finnish language prospectus that are missing pages 211-216 and F-1-F-10. The Company's complete prospectus approved by the Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority has been available from September 18, 2017 onwards at the Company's website, www.rovio.com/ipo, as well as at the websites www.danskebank.fi/issues , www.op.fi/merkinta and www.nordnet.fi/rovio .
Printed copies of the missing pages are available at the subscription places, and the printing house will deliver complete printed copies of the Finnish prospectus to all subscription places.
The Company has also learned that, when viewing a pdf-copy of the prospectus using Chrome Viewer, the inside cover page of the prospectus has not been visible in all instances. The Company is working to resolve the issue and recommends use of alternative browsers if this page is not visible.
Additional information
Rovio communications, tel. +358 40 485 8985, comms@rovio.com
Rauno Heinonen, SVP, Corporate Communications and Investor Relations, tel. +358 40 861 9345, rauno.heinonen@rovio.com
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