Oriola-KD Oyj - Changes board/management/auditors

Changes in Oriola-KD's Group Management Team

Oriola-KD Corporation Stock Exchange Release 13 October 2008 at 8.35
a.m.

Cecilia Marlow M.Sc. (Econ.) (b. 1960) has been appointed Managing
Director of Kronans Droghandel AB and a member of Oriola-KD's Group
Management Team as of 1 November 2008. Current Managing Director of
Kronans Droghandel AB and member of Oriola-KD's Group Management
Team, Birgitta Gunneflo will resign from the company on 1 November
2008.

Cecilia Marlow joined Oriola-KD on 4 August 2008 as Vice President,
Retail, Sweden, to prepare Oriola-KD to market condition after the
deregulation of the pharmacy monopoly in Sweden and to establish a
pharmacy chain in Sweden in 2009."I want to thank Birgitta Gunneflo for her work developing Kronans
Droghandel's operations and welcome Cecilia Marlow to further
continue Oriola-KD's preparation to Swedish market changes", said
Eero Hautaniemi, President and CEO of Oriola-KD Corporation.

Oriola-KD Corporation

Eero Hautaniemi
President and CEO

Kimmo Virtanen
Executive Vice President and CFO

Further information:

Eero Hautaniemi
President and CEO
Tel. +358 10 429 2109
Email: eero.hautaniemi@oriola-kd.com

Pellervo Hämäläinen
Vice President, Communications and IR
Tel. +358 10 429 2497
Email: pellervo.hamalainen@oriola-kd.com

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