Kojamo plc: 10 largest shareholders after the completion of the Initial Public Offering
Stock Exchange Release June 20, 2018, at 4.30 pm
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The ten largest registered shareholders of the Kojamo plc’s (the “Company”) and their shares of ownership after the completion of the Initial Public Offering are shown in the table below (source: Euroclear Finland Ltd, June 19, 2018).
| Shareholder | Number of Shares | Percentage of Shares and Votes1 |
| 1. The Finnish Industrial Union | 30,424,223 | 12.3 |
| 2. Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company2 | 29,603,392 | 12.0 |
| 3. Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company3 | 27,809,259 | 11.3 |
| 4. Trade Union for the Public and Welfare Sectors | 16,423,576 | 6.6 |
| 5. Finnish Construction Trade Union | 15,635,330 | 6.3 |
| 6. Trade Union PRO | 14,143,481 | 5,7 |
| 7. Service Union United PAM | 14,082,216 | 5.7 |
| 8. Trade Union of Education in Finland | 14,039,068 | 5.7 |
| 9. The Finnish Electrical Workers’ Union | 2,704,781 | 1.1 |
| 10. Union of Health and Social Care Professionals TEHY | 2,479,419 | 1.0 |
| Ten largest registered shareholders, in total | 167,344,745 | 67.7 |
| Other Shareholders4 | 79,799,654 | 32.3 |
| In total | 247,144,399 | 100.0% |
| 1 The Company has a single series of shares, and each share entitles its holder to one vote in the General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company. Percentages are rounded numbers.
2 Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company (“Ilmarinen”) and Nordea Bank Ab (publ), Finnish branch (“Nordea”) have entered into a share lending agreement in connection with the Initial Public Offering of the Company on June 15, 2018, according to which Ilmarinen has on June 19, 2018 lent 4,398,331 existing shares in the Company to Nordea. The registered holdings of Ilmarinen, which amounts to 29,603,392 shares, does not include the lent shares. 3 Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company (“Varma”) and Nordea have entered into a share lending agreement in connection with the Initial Public Offering of the Company on June 15, 2018, according to which Varma has June 19, 2018 lent 4,131,767 existing shares in the Company to Nordea. The registered holdings of Varma, which amounts to 27,809,259 shares, does not include the lent shares. 4 Out of other shareholders, 58,053,175 shares, representing 23.5 percent of shares and votes, are nominee registered. |
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The ten largest registered shareholders of the Company and their shares of ownership before the Initial Public Offering are shown in the table below.
| Shareholder | Number of Shares | Percentage of Shares and Votes1 |
| 1. Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company | 41,480,356 | 18.1 |
| 2. Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company | 38,966,411 | 17.0 |
| 3. The Finnish Industrial Union | 37,115,990 | 16.2 |
| 4. Trade Union for the Public and Welfare Sectors | 20,035,920 | 8.7 |
| 5. Finnish Construction Trade Union | 19,074,300 | 8.3 |
| 6. Trade Union PRO | 17,254,321 | 7.5 |
| 7. Service Union United PAM | 17,179,580 | 7.5 |
| 8. Trade Union of Education in Finland | 17,126,942 | 7.5 |
| 9. Union of Health and Social Care Professionals TEHY | 3,179,360 | 1.4 |
| 10. The Finnish Electrical Workers’ Union | 2,704,781 | 1.2 |
| Ten largest registered shareholders, in total | 214,117,961 | 93.4 |
| Other Shareholders | 15,361,399 | 6.7 |
| In total | 229,479,360 | 100.0 % |
| 1 The Company has a single series of shares, and each share entitles its holder to one vote in the General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company. Percentages are rounded numbers. | ||
Additional information
Jani Nieminen, CEO of Kojamo, +358 20 508 3201
Erik Hjelt, CFO of Kojamo, +358 20 508 3225
Kojamo is Finland’s largest private residential real estate company and a frontrunner in rental housing business. Our mission is to create better urban housing. We operate in Finland’s most significant growth centres and our Lumo brand provides rental housing and new services for urban housing. We actively develop the value and number of our investment properties by developing new properties and our existing property portfolio. We want to be the property market frontrunner and the number one choice for our customers. For more information, please visit kojamo.fi/en/
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