Espoo, Finland, 2012-01-10 13:15 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- EFORE PLC Stock Exchange Release January 10, 2012 at 2.15 p.m.

The Board of Directors of Efore Plc (Company) decided on a new shareholding plan directed to the members of the Efore Group Executive Management Team on 25 August 2010. The plan enables the participants' considerable long-term shareholding in the Company. The Board of Directors decided today to offer a maximum of 273,842 treasury shares held by the Company in a directed share issue against payment to Efore Management Oy, a holding company owned by the management, in order to expand the shareholding plan and to include a new member of the Efore Group Executive Management Team in the plan. The decision is based on the authorization granted by the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company on 10 February 2011.

In the directed share issue against payment, a maximum of 273,842 treasury shares held by the Company will be offered for subscription by Efore Management Oy. The subscription price of the share is EUR 0.82 per share, which is the trade volume weighted average quotation of the Company's share on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd on 9 January 2012. The share subscription period is 11 January-25 January 2012. The subscribed shares must be paid on 31 January 2012, at the latest.

The number of the Company's shares will not be changed on the basis of the share issue, as treasury shares held by the Company will be transferred in the share issue.

If all shares to be offered are subscribed, the number of treasury shares held by the Company will be 587.693 shares, after the share transfer.

EFORE PLC

Board of Directors

For further information please contact Mr. Vesa Vähämöttönen, President and CEO, tel +358 9 4784 6312.

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Efore Group

Efore Group is an international company which develops and produces demanding power products. Besides Finland, the company's product development and marketing units are located in China and Sweden. Efore's production units are located in China and Estonia. In the fiscal year ending in October 2011, the Group's net sales totaled EUR 88.1 million and its personnel averaged 960. The company's share is quoted on the main list of Helsinki Stock Exchange. www.efore.com

Vesa Vähämöttönen, President and CEO, tel +358 9 4784 6312

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