EFORE PLC Stock Exchange Release December 4, 2008 at 9.00 a.m. CHANGES IN THE EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT TEAM OF EFORE GROUP Ilkka Starck, M.Sc (Eng), (40) has been appointed as Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing and as a member of the Efore Executive Management Team as of January 1, 2009. Ilkka Starck will join Efore from IMB where he acted as Sales Director and was responsible for IBM SolidDB World Wide sales operations. Prior to this Starck held several executive sales and marketing positions in the companies such as Solid Information Technology Oy, F-Secure Oy and Ericsson Ab. He will report to Reijo Mäihäniemi, President and CEO of Efore Group. EFORE PLC Reijo Mäihäniemi President and CEO For further information please contact Reijo Mäihäniemi, President and CEO, tel. +358 9 4784 6312. DISTRIBUTION Nasdaq OMX Helsinki Principal media Efore Group Efore is an international company providing services for the telecommunications, industrial automation and health care industries. Its operations comprise custom-designed power supply solutions, power systems, manufacturing of demanding electronics, and related service and maintenance. Efore's head office is in Espoo, Finland. Besides Finland, the company's product development and marketing units are located in China, the USA and Sweden. Its production units are located in China, Estonia and the USA. In the fiscal year ending in October 2007, consolidated net sales totaled EUR 80,2 million and the Group's personnel averaged 766. The shares of the parent company Efore Plc are listed at Nasdaq OMX Helsinki. www.efore.com