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Decisions by the Annual Cooperative Meeting

OP-Pohjola Group Central Cooperative 		                                         
COMPANY RELEASE, Decisions by the Annual Cooperative Meeting                    
27 March 2009, 2.30 pm                                                          


Decisions by the Annual Cooperative Meeting                                     

The Annual Cooperative Meeting of OP-Pohjola Group Central Cooperative, held in 
Helsinki on 27 March 2009, discharged those accountable from liability and      
elected the persons as required and shown below. At is first meeting following  
election, the Supervisory Board elected Paavo Haapakoski to act as Chairman.    

Supervisory Board                                                               

The Meeting re-elected the following Supervisory Board members, who were due to 
resign, for the term ending in 2012: Päivi Nerg, Director of Administration;    
Jukka Hulkkonen, Managing Director; Jussi Ruuhela, Managing Director; Kyösti    
Harju, maanviljelysneuvos (Finnish honorary title); Marjo Partio, Managing      
Director; Heikki Rosti, Managing Director; Markku Salomaa, Managing Director;   
Timo Viitanen, Principal; Timo Levo, Managing Director; Antti Hult, Managing    
Director; Juhani Suoramaa, rakennusneuvos (Finnish honorary title); Markku      
Lehtosaari, kunnallisneuvos (Finnish honorary title); Irja Hirsinummi, Managing 
Director; Mauri Kontu, entrepreneur; and Harri Sailas, Managing Director. The   
new members elected to the Supervisory Board were as follows: Jorma Vierula,    
Forest Officer; Jarmo Partanen, Professor; Kari Manninen, Managing Director;    
Jorma Pitkälä, maakuntaneuvos (Finnish honorary title); Tomi Korpisaari,        
Managing Director; Paavo Pelkonen, Professor; and Jarmo Tuovinen, Managing      
Director. In addition, the Meeting elected Leif Laine, Managing Director, for   
the term ending in 2011, replacing Jari Laaksonen, Managing Director. The       
Supervisory Board comprises 34 members.                                         

At its first meeting following election, the Supervisory Board elected Paavo    
Haapakoski, liikuntaneuvos (Finnish honorary title), to act as Chairman and     
Jaakko Pehkonen, Professor, and Jukka Hulkkonen, Managing Director, to act as   
Vice Chairmen.                                                                  

Auditor                                                                         

The Annual Cooperative Meeting re-elected KPMG Oy Ab, a firm of authorised      
public accountants, the auditor of OP-Pohjola Group Central Cooperative and     
OP-Pohjola Group for the financial year 2009.                                   

OP-Pohjola Group Central Cooperative                                            

Markku Koponen                                                                  
Senior Vice President                                                           

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