Orion - Company Announcement

Orion Corporation: Organising meeting of the Board of Directors

Orion Corporation       Stock Exchange Release   31 March 2011     at 4.25 p.m.
EEST



In its organising meeting, the Board of Directors of Orion Corporation, which
was elected today by the Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders, has elected
Matti Kavetvuo as Vice Chairman.
The compositions of the Board committees were decided to be as follows:

Remuneration Committee:
Hannu Syrjänen (Chairman)
Heikki Westerlund
Jukka Ylppö

Audit Committee:
Heikki Westerlund (Chairman)
Eero Karvonen
Jukka Ylppö

R&D Committee:
Sirpa Jalkanen (Chairman)
Eero Karvonen
Matti Kavetvuo
Hannu Syrjänen
Heikki Westerlund
Jukka Ylppö


The members to the Nomination Committee will be elected later.

The Board of Directors has assessed the independence of its members and
concluded that all the members are independent of the company and its
significant shareholders.


Orion Corporation

Timo Lappalainen                          Olli Huotari
President and CEO                        Senior Vice President, Corporate
Functions



Publisher:
Orion Corporation
Communications
Orionintie 1A, 02200 Espoo
Homepage: www.orion.fi


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