- Orion shifted to IFRS reporting as of January 2005. Also the comparative figures for 2004 are in accordance with IFRS.
- The FAS-IFRS reconciliations of the Income Statement and Balance Sheet for the comparative period
1-6/2004 are presented in the end of the Tables section.
- The main IFRS accounting principles applied by the Orion Group were attached to the Interim Report for 1-3/2005. They are provided on the homepage www.orion.fi/investors.
- The figures in this Release have not been audited. Those in the parentheses are for the comparative period.
- The per-share ratios for the comparative periods have been adjusted with the impact of the September 2004 bonus issue.
- The FAS-IFRS reconciliations of the Income Statement and Balance Sheet for the comparative period
1-6/2004 are presented in the end of the Tables section.
- The main IFRS accounting principles applied by the Orion Group were attached to the Interim Report for 1-3/2005. They are provided on the homepage www.orion.fi/investors.
- The figures in this Release have not been audited. Those in the parentheses are for the comparative period.
- The per-share ratios for the comparative periods have been adjusted with the impact of the September 2004 bonus issue.
Espoo, 9 August 2005
Board of Directors of Orion Corporation
Orion Corporation
Jukka Viinanen Jari Karlson
President and CEO CFO
Contact persons:
Jukka Viinanen, President and CEO, Orion Corporation, phone +358 10 429 3710
Jari Karlson, CFO, Orion Group, phone +358 10 429 2883, gsm +358 50 429 2883
A Finnish press conference for the media and institutional investors will be held today starting at 10.30 am in the VR Auditorium, Helsinki. The language of the event is Finnish.
The Finnish presentation can be followed on-line via the Internet homepage www.orion.fi/sijoittajille, or via the Kauppalehti Live web service, www.kauppalehti.fi/live.
A webcast presentation of this Interim Report will become available in English as of early afternoon 9 August 2005 on www.orion.fi/investors, on www.kauppalehti.fi/live, as well as via Thomson/CCBN's web service www.fulldisclosure.com or Thomson's extranet service for institutional investors, www.streetevents.com.
Also, a teleconference in English for questions and answers will be arranged today, Tuesday, 9 August 2005 starting at 14.00 pm Finnish time (12.00 pm GMT). Advice for participating the conference is provided on the front page of www.orion.fi.
Scheduled for the rest of the year:
Interim Report 1-9/2005
Tuesday 8 November 2005 at 8.30 am
Capital Markets Day 2005
Tuesday 22 November 2005 in London
The financial reports of the Orion Group as well as the related material will be available on the company's homepage for investors, www.orion.fi/investors, instantly upon publication.