NOTIFICATION OF A CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP INTEREST UNDER CHAPTER 2, SECTION 10 OF THE FINNISH SECURITIES MARKET ACT

STOCKMANN plc Major shareholders announcements 18.8.2009 at 17.55

NOTIFICATION OF A CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP INTEREST UNDER CHAPTER 2, SECTION 10 OF THE FINNISH SECURITIES MARKET ACT

Stockmann has today been notified that Kari Niemistö and Oy Selective Investor Ab, a company controlled by him, that aggregate ownership of voting rights in Stockmann Plc has decreased below 10 per cent in connection with the increase in share capital on August 18, 2009.

1. Name of the target company: Stockmann plc

2. Date of the change in ownership interest: August 18, 2009

3-6. Exact share of Stockmann's share capital and votes

BusinessNumber ofPercentage
identity code,sharesof the shares
personalA+B
identity code
Kari Niemistö061062-175K1,425,4302.12
Oy Selective0687839-12,544,4003.78
Investor Ab Total 3,969,830 5.90

BusinessNumber ofPercentage
identity code,sharesof the voting
personalA+Brights
identity code
Kari Niemistö061062-175K1,425,4304.31
Oy Selective0687839-12,544,4005.12
Investor Ab Total 3,969,830 9.43

The ownership is divided between different series so that the number of Series A shares is 3,001,876 and the number of Series B shares is 967,954, hence the total percentage of the shares is 5.9 and the total percentage of voting rights is 9.43.

STOCKMANN plc

Hannu Penttilä CEO

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