Vacon - Total number of voting rights and capital

Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company holding in Vacon Plc

Vacon Plc, Stock Exchange Release, 6 September 2011 at 10.00 am

This is a notice under the Securities Market Act of Finland Chapter 2. Section
10:

Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company (ID 0107638-1) has informed us that
the holding of shares by Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company has exceeded
5 % of the share capital and the voting rights of Vacon Plc on September
5, 2011. Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company now owns 769,877 shares,
which represents 5.03 % of the share capital and the voting rights of Vacon Plc.

Vacon 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

For more information please contact:

  * Mr Vesa Laisi, President and CEO, phone: +358 (0)40 8371 510

Vacon in brief:

Vacon is driven by a passion to design, manufacture and sell only the best AC
drives on the planet - and nothing else. AC drives can be used to control
electric motors or to help generate power from renewable sources. Vacon has R&D
and production units in Finland, the United States, China and Italy, and sales
offices in 27 countries. In 2010, Vacon had revenues of EUR 338 million and
globally employed 1,300 people. Vacon's shares (VAC1V) are listed and publicly
traded on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.

Driven by Drives, www.vacon.com

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