Affecto Oyj - Major shareholder announcements

Correction to the flagging notice published on 16 January 2012

Helsinki, 2012-01-24 09:40 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AFFECTO PLC  --  STOCK
EXCHANGE RELEASE  --  24 JANUARY 2012 at 10.40 

Correction to the flagging notice published on 16 January 2012

As a deviation from the notice published on 16 January 2012, the ownership of
Evli Group in Affecto has not yet decreased below 5%, but will do that later
when a forward contract done on 13 January 2012 matures. 

The corrected flagging notice:

Affecto Plc has received from Evli Group a notification, pursuant to the
Finnish Securities Markets Act, Chapter  2, Section 9, according to which the
holding of shares by Evli Group in Affecto Plc has exceeded 5% of Affecto Plc's
share capital and voting rights. 

The issuing company: Affecto Plc
Date on which the change in holdings took place: 13 January 2012



Shareholder                                                   Shares  Percent
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Evli Bank Plc (0533755-0)                                    408 000    1.90%
Funds managed by Evli Fund Management Company (0744659-0)    770 513    3.58%
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Total                                                      1 178 513    5.48%



Additionally, Evli Bank Plc has sold 408 000 Affecto shares with a forward
contract. Evli Group's ownership will decrease below 5% when the forward
contract matures. 

Affecto Plc's share capital consists of 21 516 468 shares.
Each share has one vote.



Affecto Plc
Hannu Nyman, SVP M&A, IR



www.affecto.com




         Additional information:
         Hannu Nyman, tel. +358 205 777 761