The Capital Group Companies, Inc. ownership falls below 5% - a notification under Ch. 9, Section 10 of the Securities Market Act

Uponor Corporation       Stock Exchange release  7 January 2014    13.20

The Capital Group Companies, Inc. ownership falls below 5% - a notification under Ch. 9, Section 10 of the Securities Market Act

Uponor Corporation has received a notification referred to in Chapter 9, Section 5 of the Securities Market Act from The Capital Group Companies, Inc., in a letter dated 3 January 2014, stating that the company’s ownership and share of votes in Uponor Corporation (ISIN code FI0009002158) has fallen to below 5 per cent.

As a result of share transactions on 2 January 2014, the total holding and voting power of The Capital Group Companies, Inc. dropped from 3,696,676 shares to 3,616,201 shares, representing an ownership of 4.9396%. The shares are owned by various funds and clients of The Capital Group Companies, Inc. and its affiliates.

Uponor Corporation’s total number of shares amounts to 73,206,944 shares.

The Capital Group Companies, Inc’s taxpayer I.D. is 86-0206507.

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Uponor is a leading international provider of plumbing and indoor climate solutions for residential and commercial building markets across Europe and North America. On 1 July 2013, Uponor and KWH Group merged their infrastructure businesses into a jointly owned company, Uponor Infra, which is a leading supplier of infrastructure pipe systems in Northern Europe, with wide operations internationally. In 2012, the Uponor Group employed approx. 3,000 persons in 30 countries and its net sales exceeded €810 million. Uponor Corporation is listed on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki in Finland. http://www.uponor.com