Orion Corporation: Jukka Ylppö Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors. Compositions of Board committees

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ORION CORPORATION: VICE CHAIRMAN AND BOARD COMMITTEES 23 MARCH 2009


ORION CORPORATION      STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE    23 MARCH 2009





Orion Corporation: Jukka Ylppö Vice Chairman of the Board of
Directors. Compositions of Board committees


The Board of Directors of Orion Corporation, which was elected today
at the Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders, has re-elected
Jukka Ylppö as Vice Chairman.
The compositions of the Board committees were decided to be as
follows:


Remuneration Committee:
Matti Kavetvuo (Chairman)
Vesa Puttonen
Hannu Syrjänen

Audit Committee:
Vesa Puttonen (Chairman)
Eero Karvonen
Jukka Ylppö

R&D Committee:
Leena Palotie (Chairman)
Sirpa Jalkanen
Eero Karvonen
Matti Kavetvuo
Jukka Ylppö


The members to the Nomination Committee will be elected later.

The Board of Directors has assessed the independence of its members
and concluded that all the members are independent of the company and
its significant shareholders.



Orion Corporation



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President and CEO                        Senior Vice President,
Corporate Functions




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