Orthex Corporation, Stock exchange release, 18 August 2025 at 2.00 p.m. EEST On 15 August 2025, Orthex Corporation received notification that the combined holdings of the investment funds managed by Aktia Fund Management Company Ltd - namely, Investment Fund Aktia Capital and Special Investment Fund Aktia Micro Markka ("Aktia Funds") - has exceeded the five (5) percent threshold of all shares and voting rights in Orthex as of 15 August 2025. Total positions of Aktia Funds in the company according to the notification: % of % of shares Total of Total shares and and voting both in % number of voting rights shares rights through and voting financial rights in instruments issuer Resulting Combined Combined 17,758,854 situation on the holdings holdings date Aktia Fund Aktia Fund which threshold Management Management was crossed or Company Company reached Ltd 5.38%, Ltd 5.38%, shares of shares of holdings: holdings: Aktia Aktia Capital Capital 4.43%, 4.43%, Aktia Aktia Mikro Mikro Markka Markka 0.95% 0.95% Position of previous notification (if applicable) 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 Direct Indirect Direct Indirect of shares (SMA (SMA 9:6 and 9:7) (SMA 9:5) (SMA 9:6 and 9:7) 9:5) FI4000480504 955,587 5.38% SUBTOTAL A 955,587 5.38% Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held: Name % of shares % of shares and voting rights Total of both and voting through financial instruments rights Aktia Bank Plc 0 0 0 Aktia Fund 5.38% 0 955,587 Management Company Ltd Additional information: Aktia Fund Management Company Ltd represents Aktia's investment funds in its own name. Since investment funds are not independent legal entities, the Fund Management Company submits flagging notifications on behalf of the funds. The Fund Management Company exercises voting rights in relation to companies in which the investment funds hold shares, whereby the voting rights attached to the shares owned by the investment funds are aggregated. On 4 January 2022, Aktia Bank Plc submitted a notification to the Financial Supervisory Authority stating that it is not required to aggregate its ownership and voting rights with those of the investment funds managed by the Fund Management Company, as the voting rights attached to the shares are exercised independently of the parent company. Further enquiries: Saara Mäkelä, CFO, Orthex Corporation Tel. +358 (0)40 083 8782 saara.makela@orthexgroup.com Distribution: Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd Main media https:/investors.orthexgroup.com/ Orthex in brief Orthex (ORTHEX, Nasdaq Helsinki, Finland) is a leading Nordic houseware company. Orthex offers a broad assortment of practical and durable household products with a mission to make consumers' everyday life easier. Orthex main consumer brands are SmartStore™ in storage products, GastroMax™ in kitchenware and Orthex™ in home and garden products. Orthex aims to be the industry forerunner in sustainability by offering safe and long-lasting products and reducing its carbon footprint by increasing the share of recycled and renewable raw materials. Read more www.orthexgroup.com. Orthex's net sales in 2024 were 89.7 million euros. The company has customers in more than 40 countries and local sales organisations in the Nordics, Germany, France, the UK, and the Benelux. Follow Orthex on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/orthexgroup) | Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/Orthex-Group-933475916759915/?fref=ts) | Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/orthexgroup/)