Affecto Oyj - Major shareholder announcements

NOTIFICATION ON A CHANGE IN HOLDINGS REFERRING TO CHAPTER 2, SECTION 10, OF THE FINNISH SECURITIES MARKETS ACT

Due to a technical change, OP-Rahastoyhtiö exceeded 5% and OP-Pohjola decreased
below 5%. 

Helsinki, 2011-06-13 15:25 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AFFECTO PLC  --  STOCK
EXCHANGE RELEASE  -- 13 June 2011 at 16.20 

NOTIFICATION ON A CHANGE IN HOLDINGS REFERRING TO CHAPTER 2, SECTION 10, OF THE
FINNISH SECURITIES MARKETS ACT 

Affecto Plc has received notifications, pursuant to the Finnish Securities
Markets Act, Chapter 2, Section 9, from OP-Rahastoyhtiö Oy (OP Fund Management
Company Ltd) and OP-Pohjola osk (OP-Group Central Cooperative). 

Based on the announcements, OP-Pohjola, the parent company of OP-Rahastoyhtiö,
will apply as of 13 June 2011 the exception mentioned in 2§ 4 of the Ministry
of Finance Decree 154/2007 for OP-Rahastoyhtiö. In future, OP-Pohjola will not
combine the holdings of OP-Pohjola and its subsidiaries with the holdings of
the funds managed by OP-Rahastoyhtiö, as OP-Rahastoyhtiö uses the voting rights
of its funds independently from the parent company OP-Pohjola. 

Due to this technical change

  -- the holding of shares by OP-Pohjola in Affecto Plc has decreased below 5%.
  -- the holding of shares by funds managed by OP-Rahastoyhtiö in Affecto Plc
     has exceeded 5%.

Issuing company: Affecto Plc
Date on which the change in holdings took place: 13 June 2011

Notifying company: OP-Rahastoyhtiö Oy (OP Fund Management Company Ltd), Company
ID 0743962-2 
Shareholder: OP-Suomi Pienyhtiöt mutual fund, Company ID 1753300-6
Shares and voting rights: 1 675 185 shares, 7.79 %

Notifying company: OP-Pohjola osk (OP-Group Central Cooperative), Company ID
0242522-1 
Shares and voting rights: 0 shares

Affecto's share capital comprise a total of 21 516 468 shares.
Each share has one vote.



Affecto Plc
Hannu Nyman, director, M&A, IR



www.affecto.com




         Hannu Nyman, tel. +358 205 777 761