Salcomp Plc Stock Exchange Release 12 August 2008 at 8:25 Finnish time SALCOMP TO INVESTIGATE STREAMLINING ITS OPERATIONS Salcomp has started to investigate streamlining its operations in order to meet the tightening competition on the mobile phone charger market. The target is to improve profitability by reducing fixed costs, optimizing the product cost structure and enhancing productivity. As part of this investigation, a possibility to transfer some operations from Finland to China and centralize the Finnish operations to Salo is examined. The employees in Finland were today invited to the codetermination negotiations. The possible impacts on personnel in Finland concern 20 people at the most. Salcomp employs a total of 69 people in Finland, of which 57 people are in Salo and 12 people in Kemijärvi. Salcomp Plc Markku Hangasjärvi President and CEO Further information: Markku Hangasjärvi, President and CEO, tel. +358 40 7310 114 Niilo Oksa, VP, Human Resources, tel. +358 50 326 5434 Distribution: Nordic Exchange, Helsinki The main media www.salcomp.com