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Vacon's Annual Report 2008 published

Vacon Plc, Stock Exchange Announcement, March 11, 2009 at 3.30 p.m.:

Vacon has today published its Annual Report 2008 in Finnish and
English. The reports are available as PDF files on the company web
site in English at www.vacon.com and in Finnish at www.vacon.fi.

You can order the printed version of the report from the company's
website under Investors > Material subscription or by sending an
email to annualreport@vacon.com . Unlike the previous years, the
printed reports will be mailed only to those who order it. The
printed reports will be mailed during the week 12.

Vacon in brief:
Vacon is driven by a passion to design, manufacture and sell only the
best AC drives on the planet. AC drives can be used to control
electric motors or to help generate power from renewable sources.
Vacon has R&D and production facilities in Finland, the United
States, China and Italy, and sales offices in more than 25 countries.
In 2008, revenues totalled EUR 293.2 million, and Vacon employed ca
1,200 persons worldwide. Vacon's shares (VAC1V) are listed and
publicly traded on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.

Driven by Drives, www.vacon.com

VACON PLC

Further information:
Sebastian Linko, Director, Corporate Communications +358 40 8371 634,
email sebastian.linko@vacon.com


Distribution:
NASDAQ OMX Helsinki
Main media
Financial Supervision Authority

Attachments:

Vacon Financial Statement 2008.pdf

Vacon Annual Report 2008.pdf