Beltton-Yhtiöt - Changes board/management/auditors

BELTTON APPOINTS JANI PURORANTA AS CHIEF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

Jani Puroranta, M.Sc. (Econ.), MBA, has been appointed Beltton-Group's Chief    
Business Development Officer and a member of the Group Management as of January 
2, 2008. Together with the Group's top management, Puroranta will be responsible
for strategy development and acquisitions.                                      "The position of Chief Business Development Officer is new in our Group. We want
to strongly enhance our investments in growth, profitability, and               
internationalization. In addition to developing our strategy, I believe that    
having Puroranta in the company will accelerate the integration of our          
acquisitions, among other things", says Heikki Vienola, CEO of Beltton-Group    
Plc.                                                                            "Working at Beltton is a very interesting and welcome challenge for me. I       
believe that my international experience in management and expert positions will
be very beneficial to continuing Beltton's success. I expect Beltton to grow    
strongly in Finland and rest of Scandinavia in the near future. This requires,  
in addition to acquisitions, organic growth and even possibly finding completely
new, mainstay business areas. I believe a solid co-operation with the Group     
Management and the business area leaders will bring forth good results for      
instance in the form of finding new synergies”, tells Puroranta, who starts as  
Chief Business Development Officer in January.                                  
Born in 1974, Jani Puroranta transfers to Beltton-Group from McKinsey & Company,
an international management consulting firm. From 2002 to 2004 Puroranta worked 
at OMX Exchanges as Senior Vice President, Business Development & Support and as
a member of OMX Exchanges management team, among other things. In addition,     
Puroranta has earlier worked as Partner at Privanet Capital and in various      
management positions at Helsinki Exchanges.                                     


BELTTON-GROUP PLC                                                               


Heikki Vienola                                                                  
CEO                                                                             



Further information:                                                            

Heikki Vienola, CEO                                                             
Tel. +358 9 5259 0050 or +358 50 65 110                                         
e-mail: heikki.vienola@beltton.fi                                               

Sirpa Väisänen, IR Officer                                                      
Tel. +358 9 5259 0050 or +358 400 943 243                                       
e-mail: sirpa.vaisanen@beltton.fi                                               


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