Instructions for holders of nominee-registered shares and Swedish Depository Receipts

Holders of nominee-registered shares

Holders of nominee-registered shares have the right to participate in the Extraordinary General Meeting by virtue of shares based on which they would be entitled to be registered in the shareholders’ register of the company held by Euroclear Finland Oy on 27 June 2024. In addition, the right to participate in the Extraordinary General Meeting requires that the shareholder has been registered on the basis of such shares into the temporary shareholders’ register held by Euroclear Finland Oy at the latest by 10.00 am on 4 July 2024. As regards nominee-registered shares, this constitutes a due registration for the Extraordinary General Meeting.

A holder of nominee-registered shares is advised to request without delay necessary instructions regarding the registration in the temporary shareholders’ register of the company, the issuing of proxy documents and voting instructions as well as registration for the Extraordinary General Meeting from their custodian bank. The custodian bank shall register a holder of nominee-registered shares who wants to participate in the Extraordinary General Meeting into the temporary shareholders’ register of the company at the latest by the date stated above.

Holders of Swedish Depository Receipts (SDR)

Holders of Swedish depository receipts (SDRs) have the right to participate in the Extraordinary General Meeting by virtue of shares represented by the SDRs based on which they would be entitled to be registered in the shareholders’ register of the company held by Euroclear Finland Oy on the record date of the Extraordinary General Meeting on 27 June 2024. In addition, the right to participate in the Extraordinary General Meeting requires that the holder of the SDRs has been registered, on the basis of such shares represented by the SDRs, into the temporary shareholders’ register held by Euroclear Finland Oy at the latest by 10.00 am on 4 July 2024, and the request regarding such registration must be delivered to the issuer of the SDRs and all necessary actions taken at the latest by 10.00 am on 28 June 2024. As regards holders of SDRs, this constitutes a due registration for the Extraordinary General Meeting.

A holder of SDRs is advised to request without delay necessary instructions regarding the registration in the temporary shareholders’ register of the company and the issuing of proxy documents and voting instructions from their custodian bank which the holder of the SDRs has appointed to hold the SDRs on their account. Said custodian bank shall take necessary actions to the effect that a holder of SDRs who wants to participate in the Extraordinary General Meeting is registered into the temporary shareholders’ register of the company at the latest by 10.00 am on 4 July 2024.

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