LAROX CORPORATION COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT 2 February 2009 AT 10 a.m. Invitation to news conference - Larox Group result for the year 2008 Larox Corporation publishes the result for the year 2008 On Friday 13 February 2009 at approx. 8.30 a.m. and arranges a news conference to investors and analysts on the same day at Event Arena Bank (second floor, name of the meeting room and location is shown on the plasma screen in the Banks entrance lobby), street address Unioninkatu 20 Helsinki, Finland at 11.00 a.m. Mr. Toivo Matti Karppanen, President & CEO, Mr. Jori Halkola, Chief Financial Officer and Mrs. Hanne Peltola, Director, Human Resources and Corporate Communications will be at present. The presentation material will be available after the news conference at www.larox.com/investors. Please give advance notice of your participation by 10 February 2009 to Mr. Jyri Hämäläinen, tel. +358 (0) 20 7687 427; jyri.hamalainen@larox.com or Mrs. Tuula Poutanen, tel. +358 (0)20 7687 211; tuula.poutanen@larox.com You may also take part in the event through a web conference. To register as a participant for the web conference please contact Jyri Hämäläinen for further details. for Larox Corporation Hanne Peltola Director, Human Resources and Corporate Communications Tel. +358 (0) 20 7687 389 or +358 400 237 191 E-mail: hanne.peltola@larox.com Distribution NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd, Central media Larox develops, designs and manufactures industrial filters and is a leading technology company in its field. Larox is a full service solution provider in filtration for separating solids from liquids. It supplies comprehensive aftermarket services throughout the lifespan of the Larox solution. Companies world-wide in mining and metallurgy, chemical processing and related industries benefit from the Larox technologies. Larox operates in over 40 countries and has over 460 employees. Larox Group is headquartered in Lappeenranta, Finland where the Group also has production facilities. Net sales in 2007 totaled 158.3 million euros, of which more than 95 % were generated by exports and the company's foreign operations.