Payment Arrangement for Terminal Leases and Directed Share Issue in Nurminen Logistics Plc

Nurminen Logistics Plc                           Stock Exchange Release  4 June 2015 at 1.00 p.m

Nurminen Logistics Plc has agreed with Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company on an arrangement concerning the lease payment schedule of terminals located at the Vuosaari harbor as well as in Luumäki, Niirala and Vainikkala. A proportion of leases allocated for years 2015–2021 will, as an advanced payment, be paid to Ilmarinen by means of 13.5 million euro loans granted by Ilmarinen to the company. The rest of the originally agreed lease will yet be paid during the lease period. As part of the agreement related to the lease payments, Nurminen Logistics Plc will arrange a 1.7 million euro share issue. The Board of Directors of Nurminen Logistics Plc has decided on a directed share issue in order to allow the immediate implementation of the agreement and to minimize the arrangement costs. The decision on the share issue is based on the authorization granted by the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on 7 April 2015.

In the share issue, a maximum total of 1,416,668 new shares in the company were offered, in deviation from the shareholders’ pre-emptive right, for subscription to certain members of the Board of Directors and the President and CEO of the company and/or the companies, in which they exercise control. The shares were subscribed as follows: Juha Nurminen and JN Uljas Oy, in which he exercises control, 1,291,667 shares in total, and Jukka Nurminen, Tero Kivisaari and Russian Capital Management Oy, in which Olli Pohjanvirta exercises control, each 41,667 shares.

The share subscription price is EUR 1.20 per share. The share subscription price is based on the share price level of the company’s share, rounded up to the nearest full ten cents. The trade volume weighted average quotation of the company’s share in NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd during 27 April–26 May 2015 is EUR 1.18 per share. The share subscription price will be credited to the reserve of the company’s invested unrestricted equity.

Nurminen Logistics Plc

Olli Pohjanvirta
President and CEO

For more information, please contact: Mr. Olli Pohjanvirta, President and CEO, tel. +358 10 545 2431

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Nurminen Logistics is a listed company established in 1886 that offers logistics services. The company provides high-quality railway transports, project transport services, special transports and forwarding and cargo handling services to its customers. The main market areas of Nurminen Logistics are Finland, Russia and its neighbouring countries.