CHANGE IN THE NUMBER OF SHARES OF eQ PLC

eQ PLC                                      STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE

24 September 2012 at 5:30 p.m.

CHANGE IN THE NUMBER OF SHARES OF eQ PLC

eQ Plc released on 4 September 2012 information on a directed share issue to a company wholly owned by Mikko Koskimies, the new Managing Director of eQ Asset Management Ltd as of 1 October 2012. Through the share issue, a total of 1,200,000 shares were offered for subscription in deviation from the shareholders' pre-emptive subscription right and the subscription price per share of the new shares was EUR 1.67 per share.

The shares subscribed by the company wholly owned by Mikko Koskimies, a total of 1,200,000 shares, were registered at the Trade Register today 24 September 2012. The shareholder rights have commenced when the new shares have been entered into the Trade Register. The shares entered into the Trade Register will be subject to public trading on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki approximately on 27 September 2012.   

After the Trade Register entry of the new shares, the number of the Company's all shares is 34,497,198 shares. The directed share issue did not affect the Company's share capital.

Helsinki, 24 September 2012

eQ Plc

Janne Larma, CEO

Additional information: Janne Larma, CEO, tel. +358 40 500 4366

Distribution: NASDAQ OMX Helsinki, www.eQ.fi

eQ Group is a Finnish group of companies that specialises in asset management and corporate finance operations. The Group offers services related to mutual funds, private equity funds and hedge funds as well as traditional asset management for institutions and individuals. The assets managed by the Group total approximately EUR 3.6 billion. In addition, Advium Corporate Finance Ltd, which is part of the Group, offers services related to mergers and acquisitions, real estate transactions and equity capital markets.

More information about the Group is available on our website at www.eQ.fi.