RAUTE CORPORATION STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 21 JANUARY 2009 AT 11:00 a.m. RAUTE'S ANNUAL REVIEW 2008 Raute Corporation has today published an annual review of releases published in the financial year 2008 in accordance with Securities Market Act Chapter 2, Section 10 c. The annual review is available in the investor section of Raute's website at www.raute.com. Some of the information included in the releases might be out of date. RAUTE CORPORATION Arja Hakala Chief Financial Officer FURTHER INFORMATION: Ms. Arja Hakala, CFO, Raute Corporation, tel. +358 3 829 3293, mobile phone +358 400 710 387 RAUTE IN BRIEF: Raute is a technology company serving the wood products industry worldwide. Its most important customers are the plywood and LVL industries. The company is one of the world's leading suppliers of mill-scale projects to these customer industries. The total service concept also includes technology services, with which Raute supports its customers throughout the entire life cycle of their investments. Raute's head office and main production plant are in Nastola, Finland. Its other production plants are in the Vancouver area of Canada, in the Shanghai area of China, and in Jyväskylä and Kajaani, Finland. Net sales in 2007 were EUR 111 million and the number of personnel 570. More information on the company can be found at www.raute.com. DISTRIBUTION: NASDAQ OMX Helsinki, main media, www.raute.com