AFFECTO PLC STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT 27 August 2007 at 11:00 NOTIFICATION ON A CHANGE IN HOLDINGS REFERRING TO CHAPTER 2, SECTION 10, OF THE FINNISH SECURITIES MARKETS ACT Affecto Plc has today received the following flagging notice: -------------- NOTIFICATION REFERRED TO IN CHAPTER 2, SECTION 9 OF THE SECURITIES MARKET ACT ON A CHANGE IN HOLDINGS Affecto Plc ("Affecto") has on 20 July 2007 launched a public tender offer (the "Tender Offer") for all the issued and outstanding shares in Component Software Group ASA ("Component"). The offer period under the Tender Offer commenced on 25 July 2007 and ended on 22 August 2007. The consideration offered in the Tender Offer is paid as a combination of cash and newly issued shares in Affecto. In connection with the Tender Offer, the undersigned shareholders of Component, Arendals Fossekompani ASA ("AFK"), Norsk Vekst ASA ("NOV") and Norsk Vekst I AS ("NOV I AS"), gave an irrevocable undertaking to accept the Tender Offer. NOV is a wholly owned subsidiary of AFK, and NOV I AS is a wholly owned subsidiary of NOV. NOV and NOV I AS undertook further, pursuant to a consortium agreement with Affecto of 11 June 2007, to purchase Affecto shares issued to other Component shareholders accepting the Tender Offer but preferring full settlement in cash (the "Consortium Offer"). Affecto has today, 27 August 2007, announced the final result of the Tender Offer and confirmed that it will complete the Tender Offer. In accordance with Chapter 2, Section 9 of the Securities Market Act, we hereby notify the Financial Supervision Authority and Affecto that pursuant to the Tender Offer and the Consortium Offer, the joint holding of AFK, NOV and NOV I AS in Affecto upon the settlement of the completion trades of the Tender Offer and the Consortium Offer, respectively, will exceed 5 % of the share capital and voting rights of Affecto as follows: 1. Name of the target company Affecto Plc, Business Identity Code 1069622-4. 2. Date of change in holdings The completion trades with respect to the shares tendered in the Tender Offer and the Consortium Offer will be settled in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Tender Offer by 3 September 2007 at the latest, upon which time title to the shares in Affecto will pass to AFK, NOV and NOV I AS, respectively. 3. Exact proportion of voting rights and share capital in Affecto As a result of the settlement of the completion trades and the registration of related share capital increase in Affecto, the holdings by AFK, NOV and NOV I AS in Affecto will be as follows: Number of Proportion of Proportion of shares share capital voting rights AFK 305,330 1.42 % 1.42 % NOV 732,398 3.40 % 3.40 % NOV I AS 151,541 0.70 % 0.70 % In total 1,189,269 5.53 % 5.53 % The registered share capital of Affecto before the registration of the share capital increase relating to the Tender Offer comprises a total of 17,016,521 shares entitling to 17,016,521 votes. After the registration of said share capital increase Affecto's share capital will comprise a total of 21,516,468 shares entitling to 21,516,468 votes. 4. Shareholders' full name, Registration Number Arendals Fossekompani ASA, Registration Number 910 261 525. Norsk Vekst ASA, Registration Number 952 751 190. Norsk Vekst I AS, Registration Number 979 979 010. In Helsinki on 27 August 2007 Arendals Fossekompani ASA Norsk Vekst ASA Norsk Vekst I AS ------------------- Affecto Plc Hannu Nyman, director, M&A, IR Additional information: Hannu Nyman, tel. +358 205 777 761
NOTIFICATION ON A CHANGE IN HOLDINGS REFERRING TO CHAPTER 2, SECTION 10, OF THE FINNISH SECURITIES MARKETS ACT
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