Disclosure under Chapter 9, Section 10 of the Securities Markets Act regarding change in holdings

Optomed Plc Stock Exchange Release 5 June 2023 at 13.30, Helsinki

Disclosure under Chapter 9, Section 10 of the Securities Markets Act regarding change in holdings

Optomed Plc (“Optomed” or the “Company”) has received a notification in accordance with the Chapter 9, Section 5 of the Finnish Securities Markets Act (as amended, the “SMA”) from Cenova Capital (“Notifier”). According to the notification, the total holdings in Optomed shares and votes held by Notifier through its funds (Shanghai Cenova Innovation Venture Fund (Limited Partnership), Alnair Investment and Cenova China Healthcare Fund IV, L.P.) has decreased to 9.96 per cent of all of the registered shares in Optomed on 2 June 2023.

 

The total number of the Company’s registered shares amounts to 16,541,355 shares. Each share entitles to one vote.

 

The total position of Notifier subject to the notification:

 

	% of shares and voting rights (total of A)	% of shares and voting rights through financial instruments (total of B)	Total of both in % (A+B)
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	9.96 %	-	9.96 %
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	14.36 %	-	14.36 %

 

Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached:

 

A: Shares and voting rights

 

Class/type of shares   ISIN code	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)
FI4000410881	1,647,771	-	9.96 %	-
SUBTOTAL A	2,211,664		9.96 %

 

Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation as contained in the notification

 

The complete chain of controlled undertakings through which the shares, 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
Cenova China Healthcare GP IV Limited	0% of shares and 100% voting rights	-	0% of shares and 100% voting rights of Cenova China Healthcare Fund IV, L.P
Shanghai Cenova Bioventure Equity Investment Fund Management Enterprise	1% of shares and 100% voting rights	-	1% of shares and 100% voting rights of Shanghai Cenova Innovation Venture Fund (Limited Partnership)
Shanghai Cenova Innovation Venture Fund (Limited Partnership)	100%	-	100% of Alnair Investment

 

 

Further enquiries

Sakari Knuutti, CFO, Optomed Plc, [email protected]

 

www.optomed.com

 

Optomed in Brief 

Optomed is a Finnish medical technology company and one of the leading providers of handheld fundus cameras. Optomed combines handheld screening devices fundus cameras with software and artificial intelligence with the aim to transform the diagnostic process of blinding eye-diseases such as rapidly increasing diabetic retinopathy. In its business Optomed focuses on eye-screening devices and software solutions related R&D in Finland and sales through different channels in over 60 countries.