Rovio Entertainment Corporation, Stock Exchange Release, August 14, 2023 at 12.00 p.m. EET
Flagging notification in accordance with Chapter 9, Section 10 of the Securities Markets Act
Rovio Entertainment Corporation (the “Company”) has received a notification pursuant to Chapter 9, Section 5 of the Securities Markets Act from Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc (“Morgan Stanley”). According to the notification, the holding of Morgan Stanley in the Company’s shares and votes increased above the 5% threshold on August 10, 2023.
According to the notification, Morgan Stanley holds indirectly a total of 4,439,029 shares corresponding to 5.35 percent of the Company’s shares and votes, and a total of 31,898 shares through financial instruments corresponding to 0.04 percent of the Company’s shares and votes.
Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached:
A: Shares and voting rights
B: Financial instruments according to SMA 9:6a
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 le-gal entity:
Additional information:
Of the total voting rights attached to shares, 532,299 (0.64%) of these are the result of stock borrowing agreements.
ROVIO ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
More information:Rene Lindell, CFOInvestor Relations phone: +358 40 730 3442RovioIR@rovio.com
Distribution:Nasdaq Helsinki LtdKey mediahttps://investors.rovio.com/en
About Rovio:Rovio Entertainment Corporation is a global mobile-first games company that creates, develops and publishes mobile games, which have been downloaded over 5 billion times. Rovio is best known for the global Angry Birds brand, which started as a popular mobile game in 2009, and has since evolved from games to various entertainment, animations and consumer products in brand licensing. Rovio has produced The Angry Birds Movie (2016), and its sequel, The Angry Birds Movie 2 was released in 2019. The company offers multiple mobile games and has eight game studios – one in Espoo (Finland), one in Stockholm (Sweden), one in Copenhagen (Denmark), one in Barcelona (Spain), two in Montreal and one in Toronto (Canada). The studios also include a subsidiary in Izmir (Turkey) called Ruby Games, which was acquired in 2021. Most of the employees are based in Finland where Rovio is headquartered. The company’s shares are listed on the main list of NASDAQ Helsinki stock exchange with the trading code ROVIO.