Notification of a change in ownership interest under chapter 2, section 10 of the Finnish Securities Market act

Helsinki, Finland, 2012-08-14 16:00 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- STOCKMANN plc, Major shareholders announcements 14.8.2012  at 17:00

Stockmann has today been notified that Konstsamfundet r.f.'s (Business identity code 0200196-3) aggregate ownership of voting rights in Stockmann plc has increased above 15 per cent in connection with a purchase of shares on 14 August 2012.

1. Name of the target company: Stockmann plc

2. Date of the change in ownership interest: 14 August 2012

3. Exact share of Stockmann's share capital and votes:

The ownership is divided in two share series so that the number of Series A shares is 5.043.849 and the number of Series B shares is 1.720.999.

Further information:
Jukka Naulapää, Director, legal affairs, tel. +358 9 121 3850

www.stockmanngroup.com


STOCKMANN plc

Hannu Penttilä
CEO


Distribution:
Nasdaq OMX
Principal media