Invitation to Vacon's first quarter 2014 results briefing and teleconference

Vacon Plc, Stock Exchange Release, 16 April 2014 at 1.00 p.m. (EET)

Vacon will publish its Interim Report January - March 2014 on Wednesday, 23 April 2014 at around 9.30 a.m. Finnish time (EET).

A briefing for the financial analysts and media will be held on the same day at Pörssitalo, Fabianinkatu 14 A, 2nd floor, Helsinki (entrance via Nasdaq OMX Helsinki's reception) at 11:30 a.m. Finnish time Please inform Maija Suutarinen of your participation at maija.suutarinen(at)vacon.com no later than 22 April 2014.

A dial-in conference for investors and investment analysts will be held at 3.00 p.m. on 23 April 2014. President and CEO Vesa Laisi, CFO Ann-Louise Brännback and Director, Corporate Communications and Investor Relations Sebastian Linko will participate in the conference. Please call (Finland Toll +358(0)9 6937 9543) or (UK Toll +44(0)20 3427 1901) and request to be connected to the Vacon call (Confirmation code 3132678). A recording of the conference will be available for seven days at (Finland Toll +358 (0)9 2310 1650) or (UK Toll +44 (0)20 3427 0598) and access code 3132678#.

The presentation material will be available before the start of the briefing at the Vacon's website www.vacon.com > Investors > Reports and presentations.

VACON PLC

Further information:

Vacon in brief

Vacon is driven by a passion to develop, manufacture and sell the best AC drives and inverters in the world - and provide customers with efficient product lifecycle services. Our AC drives offer optimum process control and energy efficiency for electric motors. Vacon inverters play a key role when energy is produced from renewable sources. Vacon has production and R&D facilities in Europe, Asia and North America, and sales offices in 30 countries. Further, Vacon has sales representatives and service partners in nearly 90 countries. In 2013, Vacon's revenues amounted to EUR 403.0 million, and the company employed globally approximately 1,600 people. The shares of Vacon Plc (VAC1V) are quoted on the main list of the Helsinki stock exchange (NASDAQ OMX Helsinki).

Driven by Drives, www.vacon.com

Distribution:

NASDAQ OMX Helsinki
Financial Supervisory Authority
Main media