Vacon - Changes in company's own shares

Vacon to start repurchases of own shares

Vacon Plc, Stock Exchange Release, 1 August 2012 at 10.30 (EET)

The Board of Directors of Vacon Plc has decided to utilize the authorization
given by the Annual General Meeting held on 27 March 2012 to repurchase the
company's shares.

The maximum number of shares to be acquired is 60,000 corresponding to about
0.39% of the total number of Vacon's shares and votes. The repurchases will
decrease the distributable capital and reserves of the company. Vacon currently
holds a total of 23,227 own shares, corresponding to approximately 0.15% of the
total number of the shares and votes.

The share repurchases will start on 8 August 2012 at the earliest, and end by
the end of 2012 at the latest. The shares shall be acquired through public
trading on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki exchange at the market price prevailing at
the time of repurchase.

Vacon's Board of Directors has an authorization to acquire 1,450,000 of the
company's own shares, which is valid until 30 June 2013.

Further information:

  * Vesa Laisi, President and CEO, Vacon Plc, phone +358 (0)40 8371 510,
    vesa.laisi(at)vacon.com
  * Sebastian Linko, Director, Corporate Communications and Investor Relations,
    Vacon Plc, phone +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).

Driven by Drives, www.vacon.com

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NASDAQ OMX Helsinki
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