Recommendation by the Nomination Committee concerning Board of Directors to be elected by the 2009 AGM of Orion Corporation

The Nomination Committee of Orion Corporation has given its
recommendation to the Board of Directors of the company for the
proposal to the Annual General Meeting of 2009 concerning the
composition of the Board of Directors to be elected. The Committee
recommends that the following proposal be presented to the AGM of
2009:

The number of Board members would be seven. The present members, i.e.
Eero Karvonen, Matti Kavetvuo, Leena Palotie, Vesa Puttonen, Hannu
Syrjänen and Jukka Ylppö would be re-elected and Sirpa Jalkanen would
be elected as a new member for the next term of office. Matti
Kavetvuo would be re-elected as Chairman.

Professor Sirpa Jalkanen, MD, born 1954, is one of the foremost
immunologists and cancer researchers in Finland. She holds the chair
of Professor of Immunology at the University of Turku and as Research
Professor at the National Institute for Health and Welfare.
Additionally, she is Director of 'Host Defence Research', one of the
Centres of Excellence of the Finnish Academy. She is also head of the
Receptor programme of the University of Turku and the MediCity
laboratory.


The Nomination Committee also announces as its recommendation that
the following remunerations be paid to the Board of Directors:

As an annual fee for the term of office of the Board of Directors,
the Chairman would receive EUR 72,000, the Vice Chairman would
receive EUR 49,000 and the other members would receive EUR 36,000
each. As a fee for each meeting attended, the Chairman would receive
EUR 1,200, the Vice Chairman would receive EUR 900 and the other
members would receive EUR 600 each. In accordance with previously
adopted practice, the Chairman would have a telephone as a fringe
benefit, and the travel expenses of all Board members would be paid
in accordance with the travel policy of the company. The
afore-mentioned fees would also be paid to the Chairmen and to the
members of the committees established by the Board, for each
committee meeting attended.

Of the annual fee, 60% would be paid in cash and 40% in Orion
Corporation B-shares, which would be acquired to the members during
30 March - 3 April 2009 from the stock exchange in amounts
corresponding to EUR 28,800 for the Chairman, EUR 19,600 for the Vice
Chairman and EUR 14,400 for each of the other members. The part of
the annual fee that is to be paid in cash corresponds to the
approximate sum necessary for the payment of the income taxes on the
fees and would be paid no later than 30 April 2009. The annual fees
shall encompass the full term of office of the Board of Directors.

The Nomination Committee states that it has not given its
recommendation for the remunerations to the Board of Directors, but
the matter will be proposed by a shareholder at the AGM of 2009.



Orion Corporation



Timo Lappalainen           Olli Huotari
President and CEO         Senior Vice President, Corporate Functions



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