In accordance with the Securities Market Act Section 9 Chapter 2,Varma-Sampo Mutual Pension Insurance Company has notified Orion Corporation today as follows:
Varma-Sampo Mutual Pension Insurance Company has sold 100.000 Orion Corporation A-shares on 14 May 2002. Following the transactions, Varma-Sampo's share of total votes in Orion Corporation has fallen below 1/20 (one of twenty).
Moreover, Varma-Sampo announces that:
1 the full name and business identity code of the company is Orion Corporation, business identity code 0112283-5
2 the date on which the ownership has fallen below the 1/20
limit meant in Section 9 of Chapter 2 of the Securities Markets Act was 14 May 2002.
3 The ownership of Varma-Sampo in Orion Corporation is as follows (situation 15 May 2002):
|
Share category |
Number of shares |
% of total votes |
% of total share
capital |
|
A-shares |
1,658,500 |
4.745% |
2.456% |
|
B-shares |
38,300 |
0.006% |
0.057% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
A- and B-shares
total |
1,696,800 |
4.751% |
2.513% |
4 The shareholder's full name is Varma-Sampo Mutual Pension Insurance Company, business identity code 0533297-9.
Orion Corporation
Pauli Torkko
Executive Vice President
Henry Haarla
General Counsel
Publisher:
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