Orion - Changes in company's own shares

Orion Corporation: Transfer of 65,606 own B-shares on 1 March 2010

Orion - Stock Exchange Release

ORION CORPORATION: TRANSFER OF 65,606 OWN B-SHARES ON 1 MARCH 2010


ORION CORPORATION      STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE   1 MARCH 2010      AT 19.05 P.M.
EET


Orion Corporation: Transfer of 65,606 own B-shares on 1 March 2010

In accordance with a decision by the Board of Directors, Orion Corporation has
on 1 March 2010 transferred altogether 65,606 Orion Corporation B-shares held by
the company as a share bonus for 2009 to the persons employed by the Orion Group
and belonging to the Share-based Incentive Plan of the Orion Group. The transfer
is based on the authorisation by the Annual General Meeting of 23 March 2009.
The price per share of the transferred shares is EUR 16.4705, which is the
volume weighted average quotation of the Orion Corporation B-share on 1 March
2010. Accordingly, the total transaction price of the transferred shares is EUR
1,080,563.62.

After the share transfer, the total number of own B-shares held by Orion
Corporation is 214,424.

Orion Corporation has informed about the Plan in a stock exchange release on 24
January 2007.


Orion Corporation


Timo Lappalainen                   Olli Huotari
President and CEO                 SVP, Corporate Functions



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Orion Corporation
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