Exercise of Stockmann’s Loyal Customer share options 2008 and increase in share capital

Stockmann plc
Changes in share capital and votes

Exercise of Stockmann’s Loyal Customer share options 2008 and increase in share
capital

Helsinki, Finland, 2012-06-29 08:00 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- STOCKMANN plc,
Changes in share capital and votes 29.6.2012 at 9:00 EET 

The Board of Directors of Stockmann plc has approved share subscriptions as a
result of exercise of Stockmann's Loyal Customer share options 2008 during the
share subscription period 2 May - 31 May 2012. A total of 204 688 Stockmann
Series B shares with a par value of EUR 2.00 were subscribed for, and the
subscription right was used by 5 321 of Stockmann's Loyal Customers. In
consequence, the Company's share capital was increased by EUR 409 376. 

As a result of the increase, the share capital now totals EUR 144 091 034 and
the total number of Series B shares is 41 417 954. The shares have been entered
into the Trade Register and become subject to trade on the share list of Nasdaq
OMX Helsinki Oy together with old shares today, on 29 June 2012. For the new
shares subscribed with share options, all shareholder rights commence from the
date on which they are entered into the Trade Register. 

The subscription price for the share was EUR 11.28 less the amount of dividend
per share decided after the beginning of the period for determination of the
share subscription price (1 February - 28 February 2009). This year the
subscription price was EUR 8.29 per share. 

The last possibility to subscribe shares with Stockmann's Loyal Customer share
options 2008 was in May 2012. If the shares were not subscribed, the options
expired and became worthless. In addition to the shares registered now,
additional share subscriptions with Loyal Customer share options will be
approved in autumn 2012. 

Further information:
Saara Lifflander, Lawyer, +358 9 121 3227

www.stockmanngroup.com


STOCKMANN plc

Hannu Penttilä
CEO


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