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2012-11-20 08:30:00 CET 2012-11-20 08:30:36 CET REGULATED INFORMATION Vacon - Major shareholder announcementsDisclosure under Chapter 2, Section 10 of the Securities Market ActVacon Plc, Stock Exchange Release, 20 November, 2012 at 9.30 am (EET) Vacon Plc (ID 1519966-5) has on November 19, 2012, received a disclosure under Chapter 2, Section 9 of the Securities Market Act, according to which the holding of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group's shareholding in Vacon Plc has exceeded the threshold of 5% of the company's shares and voting rights. According to the disclosure, the combined direct and indirect shareholding of Ameriprise Financial and its group is now 772,623 Vacon Plc's shares, which is 5.05% of Vacon Plc's shares and votes. Exceeding the above-mentioned limit is the result of the purchase of shares on November 16, 2012. Vacon Plc has a total of 15,295,000 shares. The company has only one class of shares and each share entitles 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 Vacon in brief: Vacon is driven by a passion to develop, manufacture and sell the best AC drives and inverters in the world - and provide customers with efficient product lifecycle services. Our AC drives offer optimum process control and energy efficiency for electric motors. Vacon inverters play a key role when energy is produced from renewable sources. Vacon has production and R&D facilities in Europe, Asia and North America, and sales offices in 27 countries. Further, Vacon has sales representatives and service partners in nearly 90 countries. The shares of Vacon Plc (VAC1V) are quoted on the main list of the Helsinki stock exchange (NASDAQ OMX Helsinki). www.vacon.com Distribution: NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Financial Supervisory Authority Main Media [HUG#1659310] |
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