Announcement of a change in shareholding according to Chapter 9, Section 10 of the Finnish Securities Market Act
Qt Group Plc | Stock Exchange Release | May 18, 2026 at 4:45 pm EEST
Qt Group Plc hereby announces that it has on 18 May, 2026 received a flagging notice from The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. According to the received flagging notice The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. has on 14 May, 2026 crossed 5% threshold of shares and voting rights through financial instruments. Flagging notice provides the following information:
| Total positions of the party subject to the notification obligation: | ||||
| % of shares and voting rights | % of shares and voting rights through financial instruments | Total of both in % | Total number of shares and voting rights of issuer | |
| Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached | 0.15% | 5.24% | 5.39% | 25,470,211 |
| Position of previous notification (if applicable) | 0.40% | 4.81% | 5.21% | |
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) | ||||||
| FI4000198031 | 38,299 | 0.15% | |||||||
| SUBTOTAL A | 38,299 | 0.15% | |||||||
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| 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 | ||||
| Securities lending | Open | Physical | 688,937 | 2.70% | |||||
| Swap | 03/08/2033 | Cash | 164,327 | 0.65% | |||||
| Swap | 20/08/2035 | Cash | 88,172 | 0.35% | |||||
| Swap | 07/03/2029 | Cash | 70,017 | 0.27% | |||||
| Swap | 20/04/2029 | Cash | 60,202 | 0.24% | |||||
| Swap | 10/04/2029 | Cash | 53,793 | 0.21% | |||||
| Swap | 08/05/2029 | Cash | 49,643 | 0.19% | |||||
| Swap | 15/01/2030 | Cash | 28,393 | 0.11% | |||||
| Swap | 19/02/2029 | Cash | 26,543 | 0.10% | |||||
| Swap | 15/01/2036 | Cash | 23,997 | 0.09% | |||||
| Swap | 30/04/2036 | Cash | 20,233 | 0.08% | |||||
| Swap | 19/02/2036 | Cash | 17,534 | 0.07% | |||||
| Swap | 05/12/2030 | Cash | 17,319 | 0.07% | |||||
| Swap | 16/04/2035 | Cash | 7,650 | 0.03% | |||||
| Swap | 10/06/2031 | Cash | 4,739 | 0.02% | |||||
| Swap | 15/09/2027 | Cash | 3,188 | 0.01% | |||||
| Swap | 04/06/2027 | Cash | 3,156 | 0.01% | |||||
| Swap | 06/11/2028 | Cash | 2,964 | 0.01% | |||||
| Swap | 06/03/2029 | Cash | 809 | 0.003% | |||||
| Swap | 20/02/2029 | Cash | 733 | 0.003% | |||||
| Swap | 13/05/2036 | Cash | 662 | 0.003% | |||||
| Swap | 07/05/2029 | Cash | 385 | 0.002% | |||||
| Swap | 08/05/2028 | Cash | 369 | 0.001% | |||||
| Swap | 12/05/2036 | Cash | 330 | 0.001% | |||||
| SUBTOTAL B | 1,334,094 | 5.24% | |||||||
Information in relation to the party subject to the notification obligation and 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 |
| The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | |||
| GSAM Holdings LLC | |||
| GSAMI Holdings I LLC | |||
| GSAMI Holdings II Ltd | |||
| Goldman Sachs Asset Management International Holdings Ltd | |||
| Goldman Sachs Asset Management International | |||
| The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | |||
| GSAM Holdings LLC | |||
| Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. | |||
| The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | |||
| Goldman Sachs (UK) L.L.C. | |||
| Goldman Sachs Group UK Limited | |||
| Goldman Sachs International | |||
| The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | |||
| Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | |||
| The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | |||
| Goldman Sachs Bank USA | |||
| Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE | |||
Additional information:
Mika Pälsi, General Counsel, Qt Group Plc
Tel. +358 9 8861 8040, mika.palsi@qt.io
Distribution:
Nasdaq Helsinki
Key media
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