On 9 April 2014, Pohjola Bank plc received an announcement, in accordance with Chapter 9, Section 5 of the Securities Markets Act, from OP-Pohjola Group Central Cooperative that OP-Pohjola Group Central Cooperative has purchased Pohjola Bank plc shares, based on its bid for the shares, with the result that its holding exceeds two-thirds and the threshold of 90% of all Pohjola Bank plc shares and the threshold of 90% of the votes conferred by the shares. The execution of the trades on 8 April 2014 based on the bid has increased the total shareholding of OP-Pohjola Group Central Cooperative in Pohjola Bank plc to 94.05% of all Pohjola Bank plc shares and the votes conferred by the shares to 96.78% of all the votes.
Offeror's existing shares and votes:
Number of shares: 300,547,394
Proportion of all shares: 94.05%.
Number of votes: 570,713,590.
Proportion of votes: 96.78%.
The number of Pohjola Bank plc's registered shares totals 319,551,415 which represent a total of 589,717,611 votes.