Okmetic Oyj - Company Announcement

ACQUITTAL FOR THE PRESIDENT IN INSIDER MATTER RELATED TO SHARE TRADES BY LSO OSUUSKUNTA

OKMETIC OYJ   STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE      20 JANUARY 2012         AT 9.30 A.M.

ACQUITTAL FOR THE PRESIDENT IN INSIDER MATTER RELATED TO SHARE TRADES BY LSO
OSUUSKUNTA

The Helsinki Court of Appeal has decided not to change the acquittal for
President Kai Seikku rendered by the Helsinki District Court on 20 December
2010 and has dismissed the prosecutor's claims on negligent abuse of insider
information. The charge was related to Seikku's actions while he was still
working for his previous employer HKScan Oyj.

OKMETIC OYJ

Board of directors

For further information, please contact:

President Kai Seikku, Okmetic Oyj,
tel. +358 400 200 288, email: kai.seikku@okmetic.com

Distribution:

NASDAQ OMX Helsinki
Principal media
www.okmetic.com

OKMETIC IN BRIEF

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Okmetic is a technology company which supplies tailor-made silicon wafers for
sensor and semiconductor industries and sells its technological expertise to the
solar cell industry. 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 OMX Helsinki under the code OKM1V. For
more information on the company, please visit our website at www.okmetic.com.


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