Ixonos Oyj : DISCLOSURE NOTIFICATION UNDER CHAPTER 9, SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES MARKETS ACT AND PERMANENT EXEMPTION FROM THE OBLIGATION TO MAKE A MANDATORY PUBLIC TENDER OFFER UNDER CHAPTER 11, SECTION 26 OF THE SECURITIES MARKET ACT 17 January 2013

Helsinki, Finland, 2013-01-17 16:59 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ixonos Plc          Stock Exchange Release          17 January 2013 at 18:00

On 17 January 2013, Ixonos Plc ("Ixonos" or "Company") has received the following disclosure notification, pursuant to the Securities Markets Act, of a potential change in a portion of holdings:

Turret Oy Ab's ("Turret") portion of Ixonos' voting rights and total number of shares may exceed 30 per cent should Turret subscribe for all shares to which its subscription commitment in Ixonos' rights issues, announced on 16 January 2013, ("Rights Issue") applies. On 16 January 2013 Turret held 3,440,471 Ixonos shares, which is equivalent to 22.8 per cent of Ixonos' share capital and voting rights.

Should Turret subscribe for all shares to which its subscription commitment and

underwriting undertaking in the Rights Issue apply and the Rights Issue being otherwise fully subscribed for, Turret will hold 10,408,717 Ixonos shares, which is equivalent to 29.5 per cent of Ixonos' share capital and voting rights.

Before the Rights Issue, Ixonos has 15,102,484 shares and votes. If the Rights Issue is fully subscribed for, Ixonos will have 35,239,129 shares and votes.

The Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority has granted a permanent exemption under Chapter 11, Section 26 of the Securities Market Act to Turret from the obligation to make a mandatory public tender offer for the remaining shares in Ixonos and securities issued by the Company entitling to shares in the Company pursuant to Chapter 11, Section 19 of the Securities Market Act in the event that Turrets's shareholding would, based on the subscription commitment, corresponding to Turrets's pro rata ownership in the Company, exceed 30 per cent of the votes in the Company as a result of the Rights Issue.

Helsinki, 17 January 2013

IXONOS PLC                                                                     

Timo Leinonen

CFO

For additional information, please contact:

Timo Leinonen CFO, Senior Vice President. [phone] email. [e-mail]

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