Oriola-KD Corporation Stock Exchange Release 22 December 2011 at 11.00 am Lars Birkeland M.Sc. (Econ.) (b. 1964) has been appointed Managing Director of Kronans Droghandel Apotek AB and member of Oriola-KD's Group Management Team as of 9 January 2012. Mr. Birkeland has previously served as Managing Director of the Norwegian Apotek 1 pharmacy chain, and he has 11 years' experience from the pharmaceutical retail and wholesale businesses within the Tamro Group. Lars Birkeland also has over 10 years of retail experience from the USA. The acting Managing Director of Kronans Droghandel Jonas Levin will assume the responsibility for marketing, assortment and purchasing operations at Kronans Droghandel. Kronans Droghandel Apotek AB is a jointly owned company of Oriola-KD and KF (Kooperativa Förbundet). Oriola-KD has 80 per cent and KF 20 per cent ownership of the pharmacy company. Oriola-KD Corporation Eero Hautaniemi President and CEO Kimmo Virtanen Executive Vice President and CFO Further information: Eero Hautaniemi President and CEO Tel. +358 10 429 2109 Email: eero.hautaniemi@oriola-kd.com Pellervo Hämäläinen Vice President, Communications and IR Tel. +358 10 429 2497 Email: pellervo.hamalainen@oriola-kd.com Distribution: NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd. Key media Released by: Oriola-KD Corporation Corporate Communications Orionintie 5 FI-02200 Espoo, Finland www.oriola-kd.com [HUG#1573311]