Vacon - Company Announcement

Vacon's CFO Pia Aaltonen-Forsell to start maternity leave

Vacon Plc, Stock Exchange Release, 25 November 2013 at 1.00 pm (EET)

Vacon's CFO Pia Aaltonen-Forsell will be starting her maternity leave in
February 2014. For the duration of her maternity leave, Ann-Louise Brännback,
M.Sc. Econ. (born 1964), has been appointed Chief Financial Officer of Vacon Plc
and member of the company's Executive Management Team.

Ann-Louise Brännback has held several managing positions in finance and control
in the Vacon Group including Group Controller. Most recently she has acted as
Director, Business Control Product Operations and been a member of the Vacon's
Product Operation's Management Team. In prior to Vacon, Ann-Louise had various
finance and control positions in Wärtsilä, KPMG and Leinolat Oy."We are very happy to welcome Ann-Louise to join Vacon's Executive Management
Team and IR Team. Her long experience from working in finance and control, and
in a listed company will provide her with good qualifications to succeed in this
position," says Vesa Laisi, Vacon's President and CEO.

VACON PLC

Further information:

  * Vesa Laisi, President and CEO, phone +358 (0)40 8371 510,
    vesa.laisi(at)vacon.com
  * Sebastian Linko, Director, Corporate Communications and Investor Relations,
    +358 (0)40 8371 634, 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 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. In
2011, Vacon's revenues amounted to EUR 380.9 million, and the company employed
globally approximately 1,500 people. The shares of Vacon Plc (VAC1V) are quoted
on the main list of the Helsinki stock exchange (NASDAQ OMX Helsinki).



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