Oriola-KD Oyj - Changes board/management/auditors

Changes in Oriola-KD's Group Management Team

Oriola-KD Corporation Stock Exchange Release 10 April 2012 at 9.00 a.m.

Mr. Jukka Niemi, Vice President, Pharmaceutical Wholesale Finland and the
Baltics, and member of Oriola-KD's Group Management Team leaves Oriola-KD and
the position of managing director of Oriola Oy on 1 May 2012.

The search for Jukka Niemi's successor starts immediately. Eero Hautaniemi,
President & CEO of Oriola-KD Corporation, assumes the position of acting Vice
President, Pharmaceutical Wholesale Finland and the Baltics as of 1 May 2012.


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

Distribution:
NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd.
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Released by:
Oriola-KD Corporation
Corporate Communications
Orionintie 5
FI-02200 Espoo, Finland
www.oriola-kd.com




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