150,000 Orion A-shares converted into B-shares


ORION CORPORATION      STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 4 JULY 2014 at 09.30 EEST              

150,000 Orion A-shares converted into B-shares

In accordance with Section 3 of the Articles of Association of Orion Corporation, 150,000 A-shares have been converted into 150,000 B-shares. The conversion has been entered into the Trade Register on 4 July 2014.

The total number of shares in Orion Corporation is 141,257,828 which, after the conversion, consists of 41,372,816 A-shares and 99,885,012 B-shares.

  
Orion Corporation

Olli Huotari
SVP, Corporate Functions
   Jari Karlson
CFO

                                                                       
                                                                       

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Orionintie 1A, FI-02200 Espoo, Finland
Homepage: www.orion.fi

Orion is a globally operating Finnish company developing pharmaceuticals and diagnostic tests - a builder of well-being. Orion develops, manufactures and markets human and veterinary pharmaceuticals, active pharmaceutical ingredients and diagnostic tests. The company is continuously developing new drugs and treatment methods. Pharmaceutical R&D focuses on central nervous system drugs, oncology and critical care drugs, and Easyhaler® pulmonary drugs.

Orion's net sales in 2013 amounted to EUR 1,007 million and the company had about 3,500 employees. Orion's A and B shares are listed on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki.