Tiimari Oyj Abp - Changes board/management/auditors

Veijo Heinonen appointed commercial director at Tiimari

Tiimari Plc	Stock Exchange Release 16 March 2010 at 08.30 
VEIJO HEINONEN APPOINTED COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR AT TIIMARI                         

M.Sc.(Economics) Veijo Heinonen, 49, has been appointed Commercial Director at 
Tiimari as well as member of the Management Group 16th March 2010. Mr. Heinonen
has 10 years experience of various management positions at retail chain Tradeka
Ltd. and later on at Suomen Lähikauppa Ltd. Mr. Heinonen has served as Director
for the Siwa chain and been responsible for the company's category management. 
Before moving to Tradeka, Mr. Heinonen served at leading consumer goods         
companies, among others as Marketing Director for Valio's icecream business and 
at Unilever Finland.                                                            

Mr. Heinonen will provide the Tiimari organisation with competence in retail    
chain management, category management as well as managing a broad network of    
almost 600 shops. The Commercial Director at Tiimari is responsible for consumer
marketing and shop operations. The area managers at Tiimari, the marketing      
manager as well as the property manager report directly to Mr. Heinonen.        

The Management Group at Tiimari will decrease in size in conjunction with the   
appointment of the Commercial Director, so that the positions of Marketing      
Director and Director for Shop Operations will be abolished. In the future, the 
Management Group will comprise in addition to Mr. Heinonen, Purchasing Director 
Anna Seppälä, CFO Maija Elenius, IT Director Tarja Nikkarikoski and Gallerix    
Managing Director Dan Crewe.                                                    

Hannu Krook                                                                     
CEO                                                                             
Tiimari Plc                                                                     

Further information: CEO Hannu Krook                                            
tel. + 358 (0)3 812911, e-mail hannu.krook@tiimari.fi                           

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Tiimari Plc is a listed company. The group consists of two retail shop concepts:
Tiimari and Gallerix. These two concepts do business in five countries within   
the Baltic Sea region and there are altogether nearly 300 shops. Both concepts  
belong to the forerunners of their market segment.