Efore - Major shareholder announcements

NOTIFICATION ACCORDING TO CHAPTER 9, SECTION 10 OF THE SECURITIES MARKETS ACT

Espoo, Finland, 2013-10-10 14:15 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Efore Plc       Stock
Exchange Release   October 10, 2013  3:15 p.m. 


Efore Plc has today received a notification of change in holdings in accordance
with Chapter 9, Section 5 of the Finnish Securities Markets Act as follows: 

The share of Sievi Capital Plc of the total number of shares and voting rights
in Efore Plc has exceeded 15 per cent on 10 October 2013. 

Reason for the flagging notification: Efore Plc's share issue

The shareholding and voting rights of Sievi Capital Plc following the share
issue: 
Number of shares: 10,899,992 shares
Share of total number of shares and voting rights: 19.54%

The calculation basis for the flagging is the total number of Efore Plc shares
and voting rights following the share issue. The number of Efore Plc shares and
voting rights totals 55,772,891 following the share issue. 

Sievi Capital Plc's business ID is 0190457-0.


EFORE PLC

Vesa Vähämöttönen
President and CEO

For further information, please contact Mr Vesa Vähämöttönen, CEO, tel. +358 9
4784 6312. 

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Efore Group

The Efore Group is an international company that develops and produces
demanding power products. Efore's head office is based in Finland, and its
production units are located in China and Tunisia. Sales and marketing
operations are located in Europe, the United States and China. In the fiscal
year ending in October 2012, consolidated net sales totalled EUR 78.1 million,
and the Group's personnel averaged 888. The company's shares are quoted on
Nasdaq OMX Helsinki Oy. www.efore.com