SCANFIL PLC'S BUSINESS TRANSFER EFFECTIVE AS OF 1 MAY 2008

SCANFIL PLC                STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE          30.4.2008  2.30 P.M. 


SCANFIL PLC'S BUSINESS TRANSFER EFFECTIVE AS OF 1 MAY 2008                      

Scanfil plc's Board of Directors has accepted the business transfer agreement   
and decided execute the business transfer on 1 May 2008 according to the        
authorisation given by Annual General Meeting on 3 April 2008. With a business  
transfer the company will be split up to an investment company Scanfil plc and a
sub-concern Scanfil EMS Oy engaged in the contract manufacturing business.      

Scanfil EMS Oy's extra ordinary general meeting held on 30 April 2008 has       
accepted the business transfer agreement. According to the decision of the      
Meeting the members of the Board of Directors of Scanfil EMS Oy are the same as 
Scanfil plc's. In it's organizing meeting the Board Of Directors appointed Harri
Takanen as the President of Scanfil EMS Oy. He will continue also as the        
President of Scanfil plc. The operative organisation of Scanfil plc will        
transfer in its totality to Scanfil EMS Oy. Jorma J. Takanen will continue as   
CEO of Scanfil Oyj and as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of both        
companies.                                                                      

                                                                                


SCANFIL PLC                                                                     

Harri Takanen                                                                   
President                                                                       


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President Harri Takanen, tel +358 8 4882 111                                    



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Scanfil plc is a global contract manufacturer and systems supplier for          
communication and industrial electronics with over 30 years experience in       
demanding contract manufacturing.                                               

Scanfil offers contract-manufacturing services as a systems supplier to the     
telecommunication industry, mainly to wireless communication sector, as well as 
to the industrial electronics industry. Main telecommunication products are     
among others integrated enclosure systems for mobile phone and ADSL networks and
assembly and testing of modules related to enclosure systems. Examples of       
industrial electronics products include box-built tested devices, various       
electronic modules, backplanes and assembled circuit boards as well as cable    
assemblies. Production plants are situated in China, Hungary, Estonia and       
Finland.