UPM-Kymmene Corporation Stock Exchange Release (Other information disclosed according to the rules of the exchange) September 18, 2026 at 12:20 EEST
The Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority has approved a supplement to WISA Group Plc's demerger and listing prospectus: Lasse von Hertzen appointed as the Chief Financial Officer of WISA Group Plc
The Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority has today, on September 18, 2026, approved a supplement to the Finnish language demerger and listing prospectus concerning the partial demerger of UPM-Kymmene Corporation ("UPM") and application of the shares in WISA Group Plc ("WISA") to be admitted for trading on the regulated market of Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. The planned completion date of the demerger ("Demerger") is October 31, 2026. Trading in the shares of WISA on the regulated market of Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd is expected to begin on November 2, 2026, or as soon as reasonably possible thereafter.
UPM will publish the supplement to the prospectus on behalf of WISA. The supplement relates to the appointment of Lasse von Hertzen as the Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and the member of Group Leadership Team of WISA Group Plc, made by the Board of Directors of UPM. Von Hertzen was previously appointed as the interim CFO of WISA. WISA's Group Leadership Team composition was originally announced on July 16, 2026, in connection with the publication of the demerger and listing prospectus. The supplement also includes other technical amendments.
After the appointment of the CFO, the planned composition of WISA's Group Leadership Team is the following:
The persons appointed to WISA's Group Leadership Team will continue in their current positions at UPM until the completion of the Demerger, in connection with which the appointments will come into effect.
The Finnish-language supplement and its unofficial English translation will be available, together with the previously published demerger and listing prospectus and its unofficial English translation, as of September 17, 2026, at www.upm.fi/jakautuminen and www.upm.com/demerger.
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