Notification according to Chapter 9, Section 10 of the Securities Markets Act of change in holdings in Asiakastieto Group Plc's shares

ASIAKASTIETO GROUP PLC, STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 2 JULY 2018 AT 1.30 P.M. EEST

Notification according to Chapter 9, Section 10 of the Securities Markets Act of
change in holdings in Asiakastieto Group Plc's shares

Asiakastieto Group Plc ("Asiakastieto") has on 2 July 2018 received
announcements under Chapter 9, Section 5 of the Securities Markets Act,
according to which the holdings of Sampo plc and Sampo Group have declined below
the threshold of 15 percent as a result of the issue and registration of the
Asiakastieto's new shares announced on 29 June 2018.

According to the notification, the holding of Sampo plc in Asiakastieto is
2,920,000 shares corresponding to approximately 12.19 percent of Asiakastieto's
entire share stock and the holding of Sampo Group is 2,940,230 shares
corresponding to approximately 12.27 percent of Asiakastieto's entire share
stock.

Asiakastieto has one share series, each share entitling to one vote. As a result
of the registration of the new shares, the total number of Asiakastieto's shares
increased to 23,953,964 shares.

The position of Sampo Group subject to the notification:

+----------------------------+------------+-------------+-------+------------+
|                            |            | % of shares |       |            |
|                            |% of shares | and voting  | Total |Total number|
|                            | and voting |   rights    |of both|of shares   |
|Date 2 July 2018            |   rights   |   through   |in % (A|and voting  |
|                            |(total of A)|  financial  | + B)  |rights of   |
|                            |            | instruments |       |issuer      |
|                            |            |(total of B) |       |            |
+----------------------------+------------+-------------+-------+------------+
|Resulting situation on the  |            |             |       |            |
|date on which threshold was |12.27       |-            |12.27  |23,953,964  |
|crossed or reached          |            |             |       |            |
+----------------------------+------------+-------------+-------+------------+
|Position of previous        |19.54       |-            |19.54  |
|notification (if applicable)|            |             |       |
+----------------------------+------------+-------------+-------+
 Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the
 thresholds were crossed:
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|A: Shares and voting rights                                                 |
+---------------+--------------------------+---------------------------------+
|Class/type of  |Number of shares and      |% of shares and voting rights    |
|shares         |voting rights             |                                 |
|ISIN code (if  +-------------+            +-------------+-------------------+
|possible)      |   Direct    |  Indirect  |   Direct    |     Indirect      |
|               |  (SMA 9:5)  |(SMA 9:6 and|  (SMA 9:5)  | (SMA 9:6 and 9:7) |
|               |             |    9:7)    |             |                   |
+---------------+-------------+------------+-------------+-------------------+
|FI4000123195   |2,920,000    |20,230      |12.19        |0.08               |
+---------------+-------------+------------+-------------+-------------------+
|SUBTOTAL A     |2,940,230                 |12.27                            |
+---------------+--------------------------+---------------------------------+-+
|B: Financial Instruments according to SMA 9:6a                                |
+-------------+-----------+------------+------------+--------+-----------------+
|             |           |            |            |Number  |                 |
|Type of      |           |Exercise/   |Physical or |of      |                 |
|financial    |Expiration |Conversion  |cash        |shares  |% of shares and  |
|instrument   |date       |Period      |settlement  |and     |voting rights    |
|             |           |            |            |voting  |                 |
|             |           |            |            |rights  |                 |
+-------------+-----------+------------+------------+--------+-----------------+
|-            |-          |-           |-           |-       |-                |
+-------------+-----------+------------+------------+--------+-----------------+
                                       |SUBTOTAL B  |-       |-                |
                                       +------------+--------+-----------------+


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:

+---------------------+------------------+-----------------------+-------------+
|                     |% of shares and   |% of shares and voting |             |
|Name                 |voting rights     |rights through         |Total of both|
|                     |                  |financial instruments  |             |
+---------------------+------------------+-----------------------+-------------+
|Sampo plc            |12.19             |-                      |12.19        |
+---------------------+------------------+-----------------------+-------------+
|Mandatum SICAV-SIF   |0.01              |-                      |0.01         |
+---------------------+------------------+-----------------------+-------------+
|Mandatum Life        |0.07              |-                      |0.07         |
|Insurance Company    |                  |                       |             |
|Limited / unit-link  |                  |                       |             |
+---------------------+------------------+-----------------------+-------------+


ASIAKASTIETO GROUP PLC

Additional information:
Antti Kauppila

CFO
tel. +358 44 066 3925


Distribution:
Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd
major media
investors.asiakastieto.fi


Asiakastieto Group is one of the leading providers of digital business and
consumer information services in the Nordic countries. The Group's products and
services are primarily used for risk management, finance and administration,
decision-making and sales and marketing purposes. We are operating in Sweden
under the brand UC and in Finland under the brand Suomen Asiakastieto.  At the
end of 2017, the Group had around 70 000 corporate customers as well as
consumers. The Group serves several industries, the largest ones including
finance and banking as well as wholesale and retail sectors and expert service
companies. In 2017, the Group's net sales totaled EUR 131 million and it had
approximately 500 employees. Asiakastieto Group is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki
with the ticker ATG1V. More information about Asiakastieto Group is available at
www.asiakastieto.fi and UC.se.



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