Aspocomp and Cibo-Print sign agreement

Aspocomp Oulu Oy and Cibo-Print Oy have today signed a Business Purchase Agreement in relation to purchase of the business operations of a factory located in Teuva including the PCB trading operations of Cibo-Print Oy. The transaction is intended to be completed approximately on 2 January 2012. As a result of completion of the purchase of the business operations all 42 employees of Teuva factory will be transferred to Aspocomp as long-service employees. The purchase price payable for the business operations comprises of 1,440,000 shares in Aspocomp Group Plc and a cash consideration of approximately 250,000 euros. If the Extraordinary General Meeting of Aspocomp Group Plc to be held on 20 December 2011 resolves to approve the reverse share split in accordance with the proposal of the Board, correspondingly the number of shares to be transferred as a part of the consideration is reduced to 144,000 shares. The final amount of purchase price is determined based on the inventory to be done before the completion and the amount of salary related debts to be assigned at the completion date. Assuming that the purchase of the business operations is completed, it is estimated that the net sales of Aspocomp will increase by over 20 percent during the financial year 2012 compared to the financial year 2011. It is estimated that the transaction will have a slight positive impact on the earnings per share in 2012.