According to an announcement by member of the Solteq Plc board Markku Pietilä, his indirect ownership in the company has not been declared in a manner required by Chapter 2 section 9 of the Securities Market Act. Pietilä has indirectly used his control in Profiz Business Solution Oyj due to the shares of Profiz Business Solution Oyj's holding company being of a different kind. Profiz Business Solution Oyj has announced that its ownership in Solteq Plc exceeded the 5% level on 28.5.2007 and the 10% on 17.12.2007. On these days, Markku Pietilä should have come forward to announce corresponding changes in ownership.
In addition to announcements concerning share of ownership, figures concerning the Board members' ownership in Solteq's statement of accounts are erroneous. In the 2011 statement of accounts, the presented figure is 5.149 thousand shares (42.4% of stock) when it should have been 6.534 thousand shares (53.8% of stock).
Pietilä's indirect ownership was not entered into the insider register.
Pietilä's indirect ownership in Profiz Business Solution Oyj and therefore also in Solteq Plc ended as Profiz Business Solution Oyj's holding company's bylaws changed on 18.2.2012. A notification of change concerning the matter is currently being dealt with at the Trade Register.
SOLTEQ PLC
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Repe Harmanen, CEO
Telephone +358 400 467 717
E-mail repe.harmanen@solteq.com
Antti Kärkkäinen, CFO
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E-mail antti.karkkainen@solteq.com
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