Vacon's Director, Corporate Communications and Investor Relations has resigned

Vacon Plc, Stock Exchange Release, 24 April 2015 at 9.30 a.m. (EET)

Vacon Plc's Director, Corporate Communications and Investor Relations, Sebastian Linko has resigned from the company, and his employment will end on 30 June 2015.

"Sebastian has done a very good job at Vacon, and we are grateful for his contribution to the company," says Vesa Laisi, Vacon's President and CEO.

Linko has been working as Vacon's Director, Corporate Communications and IR since 2008.

VACON PLC

Further information:

• Vesa Laisi, President and CEO, Vacon Plc, phone +358 (0)40 8371 510, vesa.laisi(at)vacon.com
• Sebastian Linko, Director, Corporate Communications and Investor Relations, +358 (0)40 8371 634, sebastian.linko(at)vacon.com

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 32 countries. Further, Vacon has sales representatives and service partners in nearly 90 countries. In 2014, Vacon's revenues amounted to EUR 409.4 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). Vacon is part of Danfoss Group.

Driven by Drives, www.vacon.com

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