20.04.2007
ANNOUNCEMENTS PURSUANT TO SECURITIES ACT CHAPTER 2, SECTION 9 REGARDING CHANGE IN HOLDINGS
Aspocomp Group Oyj Major shareholder announcements April 20, 2007 at 11:00 am
ANNOUNCEMENTS PURSUANT TO SECURITIES ACT CHAPTER 2, SECTION 9 REGARDING CHANGE IN HOLDINGS
Aspocomp Group Oyj has today received the following notice:
Following the rights offering of Aspocomp Group Oyj, which has resulted in the number of Aspocomp’s shares increasing to 49,905,130 shares, the potential share ownership of Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited has fallen below 10% but will still exceed, if it subscribes for the shares in full on the basis of the warrants issued to it, after such shares subscribed for have been registered in the Finnish Trade Register, 5% of the number of shares and votes carried by the shares of Aspocomp Group Plc. The threshold remains the same even if the number of shares that can be subscribed for is calculated with reference to currently registered number of shares of Aspocomp Group Oyj (as required by the securities legislation).
1. Name of the target company: Aspocomp Group Oyj
2. Time of change in holdings: April 19, 2007
3. Exact portion of the number of shares and votes in Aspocomp Group Oyj
Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited will own, if it uses its right to subscribe for the shares in full on the basis of the warrants issued to it, after the shares subscribed for have been registered in the Finnish Trade Register, the following number of shares in Aspocomp Group Oyj.
| Shares combined | Votes combined | Actual maximum proportion of shares and votes | Proportion of shares and votes (currently regist. number of shares) |
| 4,000,000 | 4,000,000 | 7.42% | 8.02% |
The current number of shares as registered in the Finnish Trade Register consists of the total of 49,905,130 shares and the total number of votes attaching to the shares is 49,905,130.
3. The full names and corporate identity numbers of the company and the share owner
Aspocomp Group Oyj, 1547801-5
Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited, company number 875305 and its registered office at 32/F., 4-4A Des Voeux Road, Central, Hong Kong
For further information, please contact Maire Laitinen, General Counsel,
tel. +358 9 7597 0723.
ASPOCOMP GROUP OYJ
Maija-Liisa Friman
President and CEO
Aspocomp: Innovative interconnection solutions for the electronics industry
The Aspocomp Group offers and develops innovative interconnection solutions for the electronics industry in close cooperation with its customers. We are strongly positioned as a supplier of mobile data terminal equipment components and aim to further bolster our position as a supplier to the automotive industry and data communications networks. We offer our global customers a fast road to mass production through flexible and cost-effective adaptation of new technologies.
The Aspocomp Group’s production facilities are located close to its customers in Finland, China, and Thailand. In 2006, the Group’s net sales stood at EUR 149 million and it had about 3,350 employees.
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