2010-06-23 07:00:00 CEST

2010-06-23 07:00:02 CEST


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Affecto Oyj - Company Announcement

AFFECTO PLC'S MANAGEMENT INVESTS IN THE COMPANY'S SHARES AS PART OF THE MANAGEMENT INCENTIVE PLAN


AFFECTO PLC              STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE         23 June 2010 at 08.00

AFFECTO PLC'S MANAGEMENT INVESTS IN THE COMPANY'S SHARES AS PART OF THE
MANAGEMENT INCENTIVE PLAN

The Board of Directors of Affecto Plc (Affecto) has decided on a new incentive
plan  directed  to  the selected members of the Affecto Group  Executive  Team
(Participants). The purpose of the plan is to commit the Participants  to  the
Company by encouraging them to acquire and hold the Company's shares, and this
way  increase  the Company's shareholder value in the long run.  Through  this
incentive  plan, the Participants personally invest a considerable  amount  of
their   own  funds  in  Affecto's  shares.  The  Participants  finance   their
investments  partly themselves and partly by a loan provided by  Affecto.  The
actual  owner risk will be carried out personally by the Participants for  the
part of their personal investment in the plan.

For  the  purpose  of  the share ownership, the Participants  will  acquire  a
limited company named Affecto Management Oy (Affecto Management), whose entire
share  capital  they own. The intention of Affecto Management  is  to  acquire
Affecto  shares  partly  from the market or from the  Participants  at  market
price,  and  partly from Affecto. The number of shares to  be  acquired  is  a
maximum total of 870,000 Affecto shares. The acquisitions will be financed  by
capital  investments in Affecto Management by the Participants, in the maximum
total  amount of EUR 400,000 as well as by a loan provided by Affecto, in  the
maximum  amount of EUR 1,600,000. Some of the Participants will finance  their
capital  investments  in Affecto Management by transferring  a  proportion  of
Affecto's  shares they hold to Affecto Management or by selling  them  to  the
market.  After  the  plan has been implemented in full, the Participants  will
hold  approximately 4.0% in the maximum, of the Affecto shares through Affecto
Management.

As part of the plan, the Board of Directors of Affecto has decided to grant to
Affecto  Management  an  interest-bearing loan in the maximum  amount  of  EUR
1,600,000 to finance the acquisition of the Affecto shares. The loan  will  be
repaid  in  full  by  31  December 2013, at the latest.  Should  the  plan  be
continued  by  one  year at a time in 2013 or 2014, the  loan  period  may  be
extended  respectively. Affecto Management has the right  to  repay  the  loan
prematurely  at  any time and the obligation to repay the loan prematurely  by
selling the Affecto shares it holds, in case the Affecto share price exceeds a
certain level determined in the plan, otherwise than occasionally.

The plan will be valid until the announcement of the Affecto's Q3/2013 interim
report  after  which the plan is intended to be dissolved in a  manner  to  be
determined  later.  The  plan  may  be dissolved,  e.g.,  by  merging  Affecto
Management  with  Affecto,  or  by  selling Affecto  shares  held  by  Affecto
Management  for covering the loan repayment, or otherwise. The  plan  will  be
continued  by  one  year  at  a  time, in case  the  Affecto  share  price  in
October—November  2013  is lower than the average share  price  which  Affecto
Management paid for its Affecto shares.

During  the validity of the plan, the transfer of the Affecto shares  held  by
Affecto  Management  has  been  restricted. The  share  ownership  in  Affecto
Management  by the Participants will mainly be valid until the dissolution  of
the  plan.  If  the  employment or service of a Participant  ends  before  the
dissolution  of  the plan, for reasons related to a Participant,  his  or  her
share in Affecto Management may be redeemed before the dissolution of the plan
without him or her gaining any financial benefit from the plan.

Affecto Plc
The Board of Directors


Further Information:
Mr Aaro Cantell, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Tel. +358 400 706 072
Mr Jukka Ruuska, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, Tel. +358 50 1732

www.affecto.com