Efore - Changes in company's own shares

EFORE TO ACQUIRE ITS OWN SHARES

EFORE PLC                   Stock Exchange Release  12.12.2008   9.05 a.m.      


EFORE TO ACQUIRE ITS OWN SHARES                                                 

The Board of Directors of Efore has decided to acquire in one or several        
tranches a maximum of 700.000 of the company's own shares in accordance with the
authorization given to it at the Annual General Meeting on 31 January 2008. The 
authorization will be effective until the Annual Shareholders' Meeting of 2009. 

The Board of Directors of Efore decided to deviate from the procedures referred 
to in Clauses 3.2.1. to 3.2.2. of the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd.'s guidelines     
3.2.5. related to own shares of the listed companies, because of the minor      
trading volume of the company's shares. The trading volume on certain trading   
day may lead to that the acquisition of own shares of the company can be more   
than 50 % of the average trading volume of that trading day. The acquisition of 
own shares shall be effected in a way that no exceptional market movements      
result from such trading and on that trading day the amount of the shares cannot
exceed 5 % of the maximum amount of the share acquisition in accordance with the
decision of the company.                                                        

Shares can be repurchased to develop company's capital structure, for the use of
consideration in acquisitions or to finance the purchase of business assets or  
other acquisitions or use for management compensation scheme or to annul the    
shares.                                                                         

Shares will be repurchased in public trading on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd. for
the market price quoted at the time of the buyback.                             
The acquisition of the company's own shares will start at the earliest on the 19
December 2008.                                                                  

Efore does not own any of its shares yet.               

EFORE PLC                                                                       
Board of Directors                                                              


For further information please contact Mr. Reijo Mäihäniemi, President and CEO, 
on December 12, 2008 at 9 - 11 a.m., tel. +358 9 4784 6312                      

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Efore Group is an international company providing services for ICT, industrial  
automation and health care industries. Its operations comprise energy saving    
custom-designed power supplies, power systems, manufacturing of demanding       
electronics, and related service and maintenance.                               

Efore's head office is in Espoo, Finland. Besides Finland, the company's product
development and marketing units are located in China, the USA and Sweden. Its   
production units are located in China, Estonia and the USA. In the fiscal year  
ending in October 2008, consolidated net sales totaled EUR 78,3 million and the 
Group's personnel averaged 637. The company's share is quoted on the Nasdaq OMX 
Helsinki Ltd.                                                                   

www.efore.com