Notification according to Chapter 9, Section 10 of the Securities Markets Act of change in holdings in YIT Corporation shares

YIT Corporation Stock exchange release 19 April 2022 at 2:30 p.m.

Notification according to Chapter 9, Section 10 of the Securities Markets Act of change in holdings in YIT Corporation shares

YIT Corporation has on 19 April 2022 received an announcement under Chapter 9, Section 5 and 6 of the Securities Markets Act, according to which the holding of Virala Oy Ab has exceeded the threshold of 15 per cent. According to the announcement, the holding had exceeded the threshold on 14 April 2022.

According to the announcement, the total number of YIT shares owned directly or through financial instruments by Virala Oy Ab is 15.40%.

YIT has one share series, each share entitling to one vote. The total number of YIT’s shares is 211,099,853 shares.

Total positions of Virala Oy Ab subject to the notification:

 

% shares and voting rights (total of A)

% of shares and voting rights through financial instruments (total of B)

Total of both in % (A+B)

Total number of shares and voting rights of issuer

Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached 

12.22

3.18

15.40

211,099,853

Position of previous notification (if applicable) 

12.22

2.87

15.09

 

Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed:

A: Shares and voting rights:

Class/type of shares

ISIN code (if possible) 

Number of shares and voting rights  

% of shares and voting rights  

 

Direct

(SMA 9:5) 

Indirect

(SMA 9:6 and 9:7) 

Direct

(SMA 9:5) 

Indirect

(SMA 9:6 and 9:7) 

FI 0009800643

-

25,800,000

-

12.22

SUBTOTAL A

25,800,000

12.22

B: Financial instruments according to SMA 9:6a:

Type of financial instrument   

Expiration date   

Exercise/ Conversion Period   

Physical or cash settlement   

Number of shares and voting rights

% of shares and voting rights

Forward contract

20 May 2022

20 May 2022

Physical

6,713,000

3.18

 

 

 

SUBTOTAL B

6,713,000

3.18

Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity:

Name

% of shares and voting rights

% of shares and voting rights through financial instruments

Total of both

Virala Oy Ab

-

3.18

6,713,000

Atine Group Oy

-

-

-

Nidoco AB

-

-

-

Tercero Invest AB

12.22

-

25,800,000

Additional information:
The forward contracts in the notification of major holdings published on 8 April 2022 have been sold, and on the same occasion, forward contracts with expiration date on 20 May 2022 have been acquired. Also, the number of shares associated with the forward contracts has grown to 6,713,000 from 6,056,000 notified on 8 April 2022.

Further information:
Tommi Järvenpää, Vice President, Investor Relations, YIT Corporation, tel. +358 40 576 0288, tommi.jarvenpaa@yit.fi

YIT Corporation

Tommi Järvenpää
Vice President, Investor Relations

Distribution: Nasdaq Helsinki, major media, www.yitgroup.com

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