Fri April 20 10:00 am 2018 in categories Stock exchange releases, Flagging notifications

Nokian Tyres: Disclosure under chapter 9, section 10 of the securities market act

Nokian Tyres plc Stock Exchange Release April 20, 2018, at 10:00 a.m.

Nokian Tyres has received an announcement from BlackRock, Inc. on April 19, 2018, in accordance with the Finnish Securities Market Act Chapter 9, Section 5.

According to the announcement, the total number of Nokian Tyres shares owned by BlackRock, Inc. and its funds fell below level of 5% of the share capital in Nokian Tyres plc, as result of share transactions concluded on April 18, 2018.

Total positions of BlackRock, Inc. and its funds subject to the notification: 

	% of shares and voting rights (total of A)	% of shares and voting rights through financial instruments (total of B)	Total of both in % (A+B)	Total number of   shares and voting rights of issuer
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	Below 5%	Below 5%	Below 5%	137,277,072
Positions of   previous notification	4.77%	0.51%	5.29%

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

A: Shares and voting rights:

Class/type of shares ISIN code	Number of shares and voting rights	Number of shares and voting rights	% of shares and voting rights	% of shares and voting rights
	Direct (SMA 9:5)	Indirect (SMA 9:6 and 9:7)	Direct (SMA 9:5)	Indirect (SMA 9:6 and 9:7)
FI0009005318		Below 5%		Below 5%
SUBTOTAL A		Below 5%		Below 5%

B: Financial instruments according to SMA 9:6a: 

Type of   financial instrument	Expiration   date	Exercise/Conversion Period	Physical or cash settlement	Number of shares and voting rights	% of shares and voting rights
Securities Lent	N/A	N/A	Physical	Below 5%	Below 5%
CFD	N/A	N/A	Cash	Below 5%	Below 5%
SUBTOTAL B				Below 5%	Below 5%

Nokian Tyres plc

Antti-Jussi Tähtinen
Vice President, Marketing and Communications

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