EFORE PLC APPROVED SHARE SUBSCRIPTION OF THE DIRECTED SHARE ISSUE RELATED TO THE MANAGEMENT SHAREHOLDING PLAN


EFORE PLC   Stock Exchange Release     1 October, 2010   at 3.45 pm             

                                                    
The Board of Directors of Efore Plc has on 25 August 2010 decided on a share    
issue against payment directed to Efore Management Oy, a company owned by the   
members of the Efore Group Executive Management Team. The decision on a share   
issue is based on the authorization granted by the Annual General Meeting of    
Shareholders on 9 February 2010. A total of 2,000,000 new shares in the Company 
were offered for subscription in the share issue. The share subscription period 
was 13 September—8 October 2010, and the subscription price was EUR 0.70/share. 

The Board of Directors of the Company has today decided to approve the          
subscription of 2,000,000 new shares. The subscription price of the new shares, 
EUR 1,400,000, will be credited to the reserve for invested unrestricted equity 
of the Company. Right to dividend and other shareholder rights will commence    
after the new shares have been entered into the Trade Register, around week     
43/2010. The shares will be registered on the book-entry account of the         
subscriber and will be applied for public trading on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd    
after the shares have been entered into the Trade Register, around week 43/2010.

After the Trade Register entry of the new shares, the number of the Efore Plc   
shares will be 42,529,648 shares.                                               



EFORE PLC                                                                       
Board of Directors                                                              


For further information please contact Mr.Vesa Vähämöttönen, President and CEO, 
tel. +358 9 4784 6312                                                           



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Efore Group                                                                     

Efore Group is an international company providing services for ICT and          
industrial electronics. 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 and Estonia. In the fiscal year ending in 
October 2009, consolidated net sales totaled EUR 64.1 million and the Group's   
personnel averaged 565. The company's share is quoted on the Nasdaq OMX Helsinki
Ltd.                                                                            

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