EFORE PLC Stock Exchange Release 12.12.2008 9.05 a.m. EFORE TO ACQUIRE ITS OWN SHARES The Board of Directors of Efore has decided to acquire in one or several tranches a maximum of 700.000 of the company's own shares in accordance with the authorization given to it at the Annual General Meeting on 31 January 2008. The authorization will be effective until the Annual Shareholders' Meeting of 2009. The Board of Directors of Efore decided to deviate from the procedures referred to in Clauses 3.2.1. to 3.2.2. of the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd.'s guidelines 3.2.5. related to own shares of the listed companies, because of the minor trading volume of the company's shares. The trading volume on certain trading day may lead to that the acquisition of own shares of the company can be more than 50 % of the average trading volume of that trading day. The acquisition of own shares shall be effected in a way that no exceptional market movements result from such trading and on that trading day the amount of the shares cannot exceed 5 % of the maximum amount of the share acquisition in accordance with the decision of the company. Shares can be repurchased to develop company's capital structure, for the use of consideration in acquisitions or to finance the purchase of business assets or other acquisitions or use for management compensation scheme or to annul the shares. Shares will be repurchased in public trading on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd. for the market price quoted at the time of the buyback. The acquisition of the company's own shares will start at the earliest on the 19 December 2008. Efore does not own any of its shares yet. EFORE PLC Board of Directors For further information please contact Mr. Reijo Mäihäniemi, President and CEO, on December 12, 2008 at 9 - 11 a.m., tel. +358 9 4784 6312 DISTRIBUTION Nasdaq OMX Helsinki Oy Principal media Efore Group is an international company providing services for ICT, industrial automation and health care industries. Its operations comprise energy saving custom-designed power supplies, 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 2008, consolidated net sales totaled EUR 78,3 million and the Group's personnel averaged 637. The company's share is quoted on the Nasdaq OMX Helsinki Ltd. www.efore.com