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Vacon's Annual Report 2011 published

Vacon Plc, Stock Exchange Release, 5 March 2012 at 5.50 pm (EET)

Vacon has today published its Annual Report 2011 in Finnish and English. The
reports are available as PDF files on the company website in English at
www.vacon.com and in Finnish at www.vacon.fi.

You can order the printed version of the report from the company's website under
Investors > Material subscription or by sending an email to
annualreport@vacon.com. The printed reports will be mailed to the shareholders
only by request, not automatically. The printed reports will be mailed as of the
end of week 13.

Vacon's Corporate Governance Statement and Remuneration Statement 2011 also have
been published today on the company's website at www.vacon.com.

Further information:

  * Sebastian Linko, Director, Corporate Communications and Investor Relations,
    phone +358 (0)40 8371 634, sebastian.linko(at)vacon.com

Vacon in brief:

Vacon is driven by a passion to develop, manufacture and sell the best AC drives
and inverters in the world - and to provide efficient life-cycle services for
its customers. Our AC drives offer optimum process control and energy efficiency
for electric motors. Vacon inverters are a key component in producing energy
from renewable sources. We have R&D and production units in Finland, the USA,
China and Italy, and sales & service offices in 27 countries. In 2011, Vacon had
revenues of EUR 380.9 million and globally employed approximately 1,500 people.
The shares of Vacon Plc (VAC1V) are quoted on the main list of the Helsinki
stock exchange.

www.vacon.com

Distribution:

NASDAQ OMX Helsinki
Financial Supervisory Authority
Main media


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