2007-06-25 23:48:54 CEST

2007-06-25 23:48:54 CEST


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Salcomp Oyj - Major shareholder announcements

NORDSTJERNAN'S HOLDING IN SALCOMP INCREASES TO 29.9%


Salcomp Plc    Stock Exchange Announcement 26 June 2007, at 00:50 Finnish time  

NORDSTJERNAN'S HOLDING IN SALCOMP INCREASES TO 29.9%                            

In accordance with Chapter 2, Section 9 of the Securities Markets Act Salcomp   
Plc (business ID code 1509923-4) has on 25 June 2007 received the attached      
flagging notification from Nordstjernan AB regarding the changes in the holding 
in Salcomp.                                                                     

”SHAREHOLDER'S NOTIFICATION	                                                    

Nordstjernan AB (”Nordstjernan”) and EQT II B.V. (”EQT”) have today, 25 June    
2007, entered into an agreement pursuant to which Nordstjernan shall acquire    
shares in Salcomp Oyj (”Salcomp”) exceeding 1/4 of the share capital and votes. 

In accordance with paragraph 2 section 9 of the Securities Markets Act, we      
hereby disclose the following information to the Financial Supervision Authority
and Salcomp:                                                                    

1.Name of target company                                                        

Salcomp Plc, business identification number 1509923-4                           

2. Agreed date of change in the ownership                                       

The acquisition will be completed on 27 June 2007 and 3 July 2007 at the latest.

3. The exact proportion of the share capital and votes in Salcomp               

Upon completion, Nordstjernan shall hold 11,653,581 shares, which corresponds to
29.9 per cent of the share capital and votes, in Salcomp.                       

4. Complete name and registration number of the shareholder                     

Nordstjernan AB, Sweden, registration number 556000-1421.                       

According to the same agreement, Nordstjernan has received from EQT an option to
purchase EQT's remaining shares in Salcomp exercisable 9 - 16 August 2007 and   
granted to EQT an option to sell to Nordstjernan EQT's remaining shares in      
Salcomp exercisable 17 - 24 August 2007. If either Nordstjernan or EQT chooses  
to exercise their options, Nordstjernan's holding in Salcomp will exceed 1/2 of 
the share capital and votes in Salcomp. The completion of such acquisition by   
Nordstjernan may be subject to approval by the relevant competition authorities.

If either of the above options is exercised, Nordstjernan will have a total     
holding of 20,382,131 shares, which corresponds to 52.3 per cent of the share   
capital and votes, in Salcomp.                                                  

Pursuant to the agreement, EQT and Nordstjernan have undertaken to refrain from 
convening any general meetings of Salcomp to be held on or before 31 August 2007
and Nordstjernan is restricted from purchasing any other than the above shares  
in Salcomp on or before 31 August 2007 and from selling any shares in Salcomp on
or before 30 September 2007.                                                    

Helsinki, 25 June 2007                                                          

NORDSTJERNAN AB”                                                                

Salcomp Plc                                                                     

Markku Hangasjärvi                                                              
President and CEO                                                               

Further information:                                                            
Antti Salminen, tel. +358 40 535 1216                                           

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