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2011-12-29 08:45:00 CET 2011-12-29 08:45:34 CET REGULATED INFORMATION Vacon - Major shareholder announcementsAhlström Capital Oy and DutchCo Gamma Holding B.V.holding in Vacon PlcVacon Plc, Stock Exchange Release, 29 December 2011 at 9.45 am (EET) This is a notice under the Securities Market Act of Finland Chapter 2 Section 10: Ahlström Capital Oy (business ID 1670034-3) and its subsidiary Karhula Osakeyhtiö (business ID 0135950-3) have sold their holding in Vacon Plc to DutchCo Gamma Holding B.V., a fully owned subsidiary of Ahlström Capital Oy. DutchCo Gamma Holding B.V. has informed us that the holding of shares in Vacon Plc has exceeded 1/5 (20 %) due to the abovementioned share purchase. Ahlström Capital has informed us that its direct holding of shares in Vacon Plc has fallen below 1/20 (5 %) due to the share transaction. Vacon Plc has only one class of shares and the total number of shares is 15,295,000. Each share is entitled to one vote. VACON PLC Further information: * President and CEO, Vesa Laisi, Phone +358 (0)40 837 1510, e-mail vesa.laisi(at)vacon.com * Director, Corporate Communications and Investor Relations, Sebastian Linko, +358 (0)40 837 1634, 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 2010, Vacon had revenues of EUR 338 million and globally employed 1,300 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 Main Media Financial Supervisory Authority [HUG#1574152] |
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