OKMETIC OYJ STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 19 DECEMBER 2014 AT 2.00 P.M. CHANGE IN OKMETIC'S EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT GROUP Petri Antola, Senior Vice President, Technology Projects and Solar Materials, leaves Okmetic's Executive Management Group as of 19 December 2014. This is due to the diminished weight of solar business, led by Antola, in Okmetic's business. Solar material and technology sales will be merged to the sales organisation of the company. Hence the change, Okmetic's Executive Management Group is reduced by one member. From 19 December 2014 onwards, the members of the Executive Management Group include Kai Seikku, President, and Senior Vice Presidents Atte Haapalinna, Products, Juha Jaatinen, Finance, IT and Communications, Jaakko Montonen, Supply Chain, Markus Virtanen, Human Resources, Quality, and Environment, and Anna-Riikka Vuorikari-Antikainen, Customers and Markets. OKMETIC OYJ Kai Seikku President For further information, please contact: President Kai Seikku, Okmetic Oyj, tel. +358 9 5028 0232, email: kai.seikku@okmetic.com Distribution: Nasdaq Helsinki Principal media www.okmetic.com OKMETIC IN BRIEF Okmetic is a technology company which supplies tailor-made silicon wafers for sensor and semiconductor industries and sells its technological expertise. Okmetic provides its customers with solutions that boost their competitiveness and profitability. Okmetic's silicon wafers are part of a further processing chain that produces end products that improve human interaction and quality of life. Okmetic's products are based on high-tech expertise that generates added value for customers, innovative product development and an extremely efficient production process. Okmetic has a global customer base and sales network, production plants in Finland and the US and contract manufacturers in Japan and China. Okmetic's shares are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki under the code OKM1V. For more information on the company, please visit our website at www.okmetic.com. [HUG#1882073]