HKScan Corporation    Stock Exchange Release               21 December 2016                at 4:25 p.m.

Notification pursuant to Chapter 9, section 5 of the Securities Markets Act

HKScan Corporation has on 21 December 2016 received a notification from Lantmännen ek för regarding changes in holdings in accordance with Chapter 9, section 5 of the Finnish Securities Markets Act.

According to the notification, the total amount of HKScan Corporation shares owned by Lantmännen ek för has exceeded the threshold of five (5) per cent and the share of voting rights has exceeded the threshold of ten (10) per cent on 21 December 2016. According to the notification, the reason for the notification was an acquisition of shares and voting rights.

Lantmännen ek för's position according to the notification:

 

  % of shares and
voting rights
Total number of shares and voting
rights of the issuer
Resulting situation on the
date on which threshold was
crossed or reached
5.97% of shares and
10.10% of voting rights
55 026 522 shares and
157 626 522 voting rights
Position of previous
notification
No previous holdings No previous holdings

 

 

Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed:
 

A: shares and voting rights

 

 

  Number of shares and voting rights % of shares and voting rights
Class/type of
shares, ISIN code
Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
A shares, ISIN code
FI0009006308
2 619 750 0 4.76% of all the shares and
1.66% of all the voting
rights
0
K shares, ISIN code
FI0009006662
665 000 shares and
13 300 000 voting
rights
0 1.21% of all the shares
and 8.44% of all the voting
rights
0
SUBTOTAL A 3 284 750 shares and
15 919 750 voting
rights
0 5.97% of all the shares and
10.10 % of all the voting
rights
0

 

 

HKScan’s shares are divided into two share series as follows: 49 626 522 A shares (90.19 per cent of the total number of shares) and 5 400 000 K shares (9.81 per cent of the total number of shares). Each A share entitles to one (1) vote, and each K share entitles to twenty (20) votes.

HKScan Corporation
Jari Latvanen
President and CEO

For further details, kindly contact Jari Latvanen, President and CEO or Tuomo Valkonen, CFO, HKScan Corporation. Please submit a call-back request via Marja-Leena Dahlskog, SVP Communications, HKScan Corporation, marja-leena.dahlskog(at)hkscan.com or tel. +358 10 570 2142.

HKScan is the leading Nordic meat expert. We produce, market and sell high-quality, responsibly-produced pork, beef, poultry and lamb products, processed meats and convenience foods under strong brand names. Our customers are the retail, food service, industrial and export sectors, and our home markets comprise Finland, Sweden, Denmark and the Baltics. We export to close to 50 countries. In 2015, HKScan had net sales of approximately EUR 1.9 billion and some 7 400 employees.

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