Following the Stock Exchange Announcement by Orion Corporation on 28 December 2001 concerning the Trade Register entry on 28 December 2001 of the conversion of 291,149 Orion Corporation A-shares into B-shares, the Varma-Sampo Mutual Pension Insurance Company has notified Orion Corporation on 31 December 2001 that the ownership of Varma-Sampo in Orion Corporation exceeds 1/20 (one of twenty). Varma-Sampo has not been involved in the share conversion and has not acquired additional Orion shares.
Moreover, Varma-Sampo announces that:
1 the full name and trade register nr. of the company is Orion Corporation, trade reg. nr. 136.003
2 the date on which the ownership exceeded the 1/20 limit meant by Section 9 of Chapter 2 the Securities Market Act was 28 December 2001.
3 The ownership of Varma-Sampo in Orion Corporation is as follows (situation 28 December 2001):
|
Share category |
Number of shares |
% of total votes |
% of total share capital |
|
|
|
|
|
|
A-shares |
1,758,500 |
5.007% |
2.604% |
|
B-shares |
38,300 |
0.006% |
0.057% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
A and B total |
1,796,800 |
5.013% |
2.661% |
The total number of Orion Corporation shares is 67,518,421. The number of A-shares is 33,414,163 and the number of B-shares is 34,104,258. Each A-share provides 20 votes and each B-share one vote. The total number of votes is 702,387,518.
4 The shareholder's full name is Varma-Sampo Mutual Pension Insurance Company, trade reg. nr. 321.855
Orion Corporation
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