Aktia Bank Plc
Stock Exchange Release
26 August 2025 at 3.00 p.m.
Aktia Bank Plc: Disclosure under Chapter 9, Section 10 of the Finnish Securities
Markets Act (Companies controlled by Erkki Etola)
Aktia Bank Plc has received a notification in accordance with Chapter 9, Section
5 of the Finnish Securities Markets Act from Erkki Etola, according to which the
holding of Etola Group Oy, the company controlled by Erkki Etola, exceeds the
15% threshold of the number of shares and voting rights in Aktia Bank Plc.
At the same time the combined holdings of the companies controlled by Erkki
Etola exceed the 15% threshold of the number of shares and voting rights in
Aktia Bank Plc.
Etola Group Oy is controlled by Erkki Etola through direct ownership. Etola Oy
is controlled by Erkki Etola through direct and indirect ownership. Oy Etra
Invest Ab is controlled by Erkki Etola through indirect ownership.
% of % of shares % of Total number of shares
shares and voting total and voting rights of
and rights issuer
voting through
rights financial
instruments
Resulting 19.96 - 19.96 73,267,372
situation on the
date on
which the
threshold was
crossed of
reached
Position of 10.52 - 10.52
previous
notification (if
applicable)
Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold
was crossed:
A: Shares and voting rights
Class / type Number of % of
of shares shares and shares
voting and
rights voting
rights
Direct Indirect (SMA Direct Indirect (SMA 9:6 and 9:7)
(SMA 9:5) 9:6 and 9:7) (SMA
9:5)
FI4000058870 14,625,000 19.96
SUBTOTAL A 14,625,000 19.96
Ownership of the companies controlled by Erkki Etola after rise of disclosure
obligation:
Shareholder % of % of shares Total number of shares, voting
shares and voting rights and financial
and rights instruments
voting through
rights financial
instruments
Erkki Etola - - -
Etola Group 15.15 - 11,100,000
Oy
Etola Oy 0.41 - 300,000
Oy Etra 4.40 3,225,000
Invest Ab
Total 19.96 - 14,625,000
Aktia Bank Plc has a total of 73,267,372 shares, each share representing one (1)
vote.
Aktia Bank Plc
For more information:
Oscar Taimitarha, Director, Investor Relations, Tel. +358 40 562 2315, Email ir
(at) aktia.fi
Distribution:
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Aktia is a Finnish asset manager, bank and life insurer that has been creating
wealth and wellbeing from one generation to the next for 200 years. We serve our
customers in digital channels everywhere and face-to-face in our offices in the
Helsinki, Turku, Tampere, Vaasa and Oulu regions. Our award-winning asset
management business sells investment funds internationally. We employ
approximately 850 people around Finland. Aktia's gross assets under management
(AuM) on 30 June 2025 amounted to EUR 15.9 billion, and the balance sheet total
was EUR 12.2 billion. Aktia's shares are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd (AKTIA).
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