CITYCON OYJ Stock Exchange Release 18 March 2009 at 16.30 hrs Thom Wernink was elected Chairman and Tuomo Lähdesmäki Deputy Chairman of Citycon's Board of Directors in the Board meeting held after the Annual General Meeting that took place earlier today. The following Board members were elected to the Board of Directors' committees: Audit Committee Raimo Korpinen (Chairman) Gideon Bolotowsky Per-Håkan Westin Thom Wernink Ariella Zochovitzky Compensation Committee Tuomo Lähdesmäki (Chairman) Gideon Bolotowsky Thom Wernink Investment Committee Thom Wernink (Chairman) Amir Bernstein Raimo Korpinen Dor J. Segal Per-Håkan Westin Nomination Committee Tuomo Lähdesmäki (Chairman) Claes Ottosson Thom Wernink Independence of the members of the Board of Directors In the Board of Directors' opinion, all Board members are independent of the company and Gideon Bolotowsky, Raimo Korpinen, Tuomo Lähdesmäki, Thom Wernink and Per-Håkan Westin independent of significant shareholders. Helsinki, 18 March 2009 CITYCON OYJ Petri Olkinuora CEO For further information, please contact: Petri Olkinuora, CEO Tel. +358 20 766 4401 or mobile +358 400 333 256 petri.olkinuora@citycon.fi Distribution: NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Major media www.citycon.com