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2009-02-20 14:00:13 CET 2009-02-20 14:00:45 CET REGULATED INFORMATION Vacon - Major shareholder announcementsNotification of a change in shareholding under the Finnish Securities Markets ActVacon Plc, Stock exchange announcement, 20 February 2009 at 3.00 p.m.: Vacon Plc has received information to the effect that Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group's shareholding in Vacon Plc has exceeded the threshold of 5% of the company's shares and voting rights. The combined direct and indirect shareholding of Ameriprise Financial and its group remains at 783,288 shares representing 5.121 percent of the shares and voting rights. On February 18, 2009 Ameriprise Financial and its group, of which Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Limited is the holding company in the UK, bought 55,500 shares. Vacon Plc has only one class of shares and the total number of shares is 15,295,000. Each share is entitled to one vote. Vacon in brief: Vacon was established in 1993 from a passion to develop and produce AC drives globally. It is a matter of honour for Vacon to offer customers efficient, reliable and easy to use means for improving process control and saving energy and costs. Vacon's solutions represent clean technology. They can be used to control the speed of electric motors used by industry and municipal engineering, and in power generation using renewable energy. Vacon provides AC drives in the power range 0.25 kW - 5 MW. Revenues in 2008 totalled EUR 293.2 million. VACON PLC Vesa Laisi President and CEO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: * Mr. Vesa Laisi, President and CEO, Vacon Plc, phone: +358 (0)40 8371 510, e-mail: vesa.laisi@vacon.com * Mr. Mika Leppänen, Vice President, Finance & Control, phone: +358 (0)40 8371 235, e-mail: mika.leppanen@vacon.com Distribution: Nasdaq OMX Nordic Exchange, Helsinki Financial Supervision Authority Media |
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