200,000 Orion A-shares converted into B-shares

In accordance with Section 3 of the Articles of Association of Orion Corporation, 200,000 A-shares have been converted into 200,000  B-shares. The conversion has been entered into the Trade Register on 4 January 2010.

The total number of shares in Orion Corporation is 141,257,828  which, after the conversion, consists of 51,140,668 A-shares and  90,117,160 B-shares.

Orion Corporation

Olli Huotari                                Jari Karlson

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