eQ PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE
28 March 2019, at 9.00 a.m.
In accordance with a resolution of the board of directors, eQ Plc has applied for listing of 2015 option rights on Nasdaq Helsinki main list to commence on 1 April 2019.
The listing has been applied for eQ Plc’s stock options granted based on the option program 2015 (“eQ Option rights 2015”). Key employees hold a total of 1 575 000 eQ Option rights 2015. The subscription period for the eQ Option rights 2015 will commence on 1 April 2019 and it will end on 1 April 2021. Each eQ Option right 2015 entitles to subscribe for one new share of the company. The share subscription price is currently EUR 3.11 per share. From the subscription price, as per the relevant record date, be deducted the amount of dividends or equity distributed as repayment of equity from the invested non-restricted equity reserve decided before the share subscription.
The new shares subscribed with the option rights will be entered to the Trade Register at least four times per year, once every quarter, provided that the aggregate amount of subscribed shares exceeds 20,000 pcs. However, the entry in the Trade Register will be made at least once a year, after the end of the financial year. The shares subscribed with the option rights entitle holders to dividends and other shareholder rights after the shares have been registered.
The terms and conditions of stock option program 2015 and information on subscribing shares with stock options are available on eQ Plc’s website www.eQ.fi. The issuance of the 2015 stock options was announced as a stock exchange release on 5 November 2015.
Helsinki, 28 March 2019
eQ Plc
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Additional information: Janne Larma, CEO, tel. +358 9 6817 8920
Distribution: Nasdaq Helsinki, www.eQ.fi
eQ Group is a Finnish group of companies specialising in asset management and corporate finance business. eQ Asset Management offers a wide range of asset management services (including private equity funds and real estate asset management) for institutions and individuals. The assets managed by the Group total approximately EUR 9.5 billion. Advium Corporate Finance, which is part of the Group, offers services related to mergers and acquisitions, real estate transactions and equity capital markets.
More information about the Group is available on our website at www.eQ.fi.