Puuilo Plc: Announcement of a change in shareholding according to Chapter 9, Section 10 of the Finnish Securities Market Act
PUUILO PLC, STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE, 18 March 2026 at 1.00 p.m.
Puuilo Plc has received a notification on 17 March 2026 in accordance with Chapter 9, Section 5 of the Finnish Securities Markets Act. According to the notification, The Capital Group Companies, Inc.’s total indirect holdings in shares and votes of the Company have decreased below the threshold of 5% on 16 March 2026 and is now 4.98%.
| Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: | ||||
% of shares and voting rights (total of 7.A) | % of shares and voting rights through financial instruments (total of 7.B) | Total of both in % (7.A + 7.B) | Total number of shares and voting rights of issuer | |
| Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached | 4.98% Shrs 4.98% Vts | 0.00% Shrs 0.00% Vts | 4.98% Shrs 4.98% Vts | 84,776,953 Shrs 84,776,953 Vts |
| Position of previous notification (if applicable) | 9.84% Shrs 9.84% Vts | 0.00% Shrs 0.00% Vts | 9.84% Shrs 9.84% Vts | |
| Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached: | ||||
| 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) | |
| FI4000507124 Common Stock | 4,224,050 Shrs 4,224,050 Vts | 4.98% Shrs 4.98% Vts | ||
| SUBTOTAL A | 4,224,050 Shrs 4,224,050 Vts | 4.98% Shrs 4.98% Vts | ||
| Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation | |||
| 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 |
| Capital Research and Management Company | below 5% Shrs below 5% Vts | below 5% Shrs below 5% Vts | below 5% Shrs below 5% Vts |
| Total | below 5% Shrs below 5% Vts | below 5% Shrs below 5% Vts | below 5% Shrs below 5% Vts |
Additional information: The Capital Group Companies, Inc. (”CGC”) is the parent company of Capital Research and Management Company (”CRMC”) and Capital Bank & Trust Company (”CB&T”). CRMC is a U.S.-based investment management company that serves as investment manager to the American Funds family of mutual funds, other pooled investment vehicles, as well as individual and institutional clients. CRMC and its investment manager affiliates manage equity assets for various investment companies through three divisions, Capital Research Global Investors, Capital International Investors and Capital World Investors. CRMC is the parent company of Capital Group International, Inc. (”CGII”), which in turn is the parent company of six investment management companies (”CGII management companies”): Capital International, Inc., Capital International Limited, Capital International Sàrl, Capital International K.K., Capital Group Private Client Services Inc, and Capital Group Investment Management Private Limited. CGII management companies primarily serve as investment managers to institutional and high net worth clients. CB&T is a U.S.-based registered investment adviser and an affiliated federally chartered bank. Neither CGC nor any of its affiliates own shares of the Issuer for its own account. Rather, the shares reported on this Notification are owned by accounts under the discretionary investment management of one or more of the investment management companies described above. |
For further information, please contact:
Annu von Weymarn, interim CFO, tel. +358 40 749 0271