Efore - Major shareholder announcements

NOTIFICATION ACCORDING TO CHAPTER 9, SECTION 10 OF THE SECURITIES MARKETS ACT

Espoo, Finland, 2013-07-12 10:50 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Efore Plc  Stock
exchange release       July 12, 2013 at 11.50 a.m. 


Efore Plc has today a received a notification of change in holdings. The
holding of Efore Management Oy in Efore Plc have went below 5 per cent on July
12, 2013. 

Basis for the flagging: The decision of Efore Board on the directed share issue
to sellers of Roal Electronics S.p.A on July 10, 2013 (5,243,243 new shares). 

The holdings of Efore Management Oy of the share capital and voting rights in
Efore Plc after the flagging: 


             Number          Proportion         Proportion

                             of share capital  of votes



Shares       2,358,242        4,94%              4,94%


The Business ID of Efore Management Oy is 2355953-6.

The calculation basis for the flagging is the total number of Efore Plc shares
and voting rights registered with the Trade Register. The number of Efore Plc
shares and voting rights registered with the Trade Register totals 47,772,891. 


EFORE PLC

Vesa Vähämöttönen
President and CEO

For further information please contact Mr. Vesa Vähämöttönen, President and
CEO, tel. +358 9 4784 6312 


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Efore Group

Efore Group is an international company which develops and produces demanding
power products. Efore's head office is based in Finland and its production unit
is located in China. Efore is present also in Sweden. In the fiscal year ending
in October 2012, consolidated net sales totaled EUR 78,1 million and the
Group's personnel averaged 888. The company's share is quoted on the Nasdaq OMX
Helsinki Ltd. 
www.efore.com