AFFECTO PLC PRESS RELEASE 24 SEPTEMBER 2008 Affecto improves the efficiency of its Karttakeskus business unit IT service company Affecto will improve the efficiency of its Karttakeskus business unit and starts co-operation negotiations in Finland due to financial, productional and organisational reasons. The negotiations will apply to max. 20 employees working in Karttakeskus responsible for producing Geographic Information Services. The target of the co-operation negotiations is to find means for improving the efficiency in Karttakeskus in order to develop its business to better meet the current market and competition situation. For further information, please, contact: Pekka Eloholma, CEO, tel. +358 205 777 737 Hilkka Remes-Hyvärinen, SVP, Human Resources, +358 205 777 741