Aktia Bank Plc directs share issue to the company itself without payment

    Aktia Bank Plc directs share issue to the company itself without payment 

Aktia Bank Plc Stock Exchange Release 31 January 2022 at 3.00 p.m.

Aktia Bank Plc directs share issue to the company itself without payment

The Board of Directors of Aktia Bank Plc has today, pursuant to the share issue authorization granted by the Annual General Meeting held on 13 April 2021, resolved on an issue of 75,000 new shares to the company itself without payment. The new shares to be issued to the company will be used for reward payments under the company's incentive programs.

The total number of the company's shares after the share issue is 72,219,018 shares, of which 370,667 shares in total are held by the company.

The new shares will be registered with the Finnish Trade Register on or about 14 February 2022 after which the company without delay will apply for the admission of the new shares to public trading alongside the company's existing shares on the official list of Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd.

Aktia Bank Plc

Further information: Ari Syrjäläinen, General Counsel, tel. [phone]

Distribution: Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd Mass media www.aktia.com

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 900 people around Finland. Aktia's assets under management (AuM) on 30 June 2021 amounted to EUR 15.6 billion, and the balance sheet total was EUR 11.2 billion. Aktia's shares are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd (AKTIA). aktia.com.