Notification on change in ownership according to Chapter 9, Section 5 of the Securities Market Act

Oriola-KD Corporation Stock Exchange Release 31 August 2015 at 4 p.m.

Notification on change in ownership according to Chapter 9, Section 5 of the Securities Market Act

Oriola-KD Corporation ("Oriola-KD") has on August 31, 2015 received from Mariatorp Oy (business ID 1948056-9)("Demerged Company") a disclosure under Chapter 9, Section 5 of the Securities Markets Act, according to which Mariatorp Oy on August 31, 2015 has registered execution of a demerger. All Oriola-KD shares owned by the Demerged Company will transfer to a newly established company Mariatorp Oy (business ID 2690035-7).

After the execution of the demerger, the ownership of the new Mariatorp Oy (business ID 2690035-7) of Oriola-KD Corporation's share capital is 7.76 per cent and total number of voting rights is 7.92 per cent comprising a total of 14,075,000 shares of which 4,500,000 A shares and 9,575,000 B shares.

Oriola-KD's (business ID 1999215-0) share capital comprises 181,486,213 shares, of which 56,578,452 are A shares and 124,907,761 are B shares. Each A share entitles its holder to twenty (20) votes and each B share to one (1) vote. Thus, the total number of votes is 1,256,476,801.

Oriola-KD Corporation

Sari Aitokallio
CFO

For further information, please contact:

Sami Laine
Group Treasurer
tel. +358 40 638 0251

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Corporate Communications
Orionintie 5
FI-02200 Espoo
www.oriola-kd.com

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