Lassila & Tikanoja - Company Announcement

Lassila & Tikanoja plc: The District Prosecutor has dropped the charges against Pekka Ojanpää who was accused of offences related to occupational health and safety and working hours legislation

Helsinki, Finland, 2014-04-30 15:00 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 
Lassila & Tikanoja plc                Stock exchange release          30 April
2014 4.00 pm 



Lassila & Tikanoja plc: The District Prosecutor has dropped the charges against
Pekka Ojanpää who was accused of offences related to occupational health and
safety and working hours legislation 

Today, 30 April 2014, Lassila & Tikanoja plc has received information according
to which the District Prosecutor for Helsinki has decided to drop the charges
against the company's President and CEO Pekka Ojanpää and eight other current
and former members of Lassila & Tikanoja's management staff who were accused of
offences related to occupational health and safety and working hours
legislation. 

The corporate fine and claim for advantage received remain in force against the
company. 

In the summer of 2012, monitoring by the Regional State Administrative Agency
for South Finland revealed that in a few of Lassila & Tikanoja plc's units in
the Helsinki metropolitan region the legal limits of overtime work had been
exceeded. 

The company notified on 1 July 2013 that, on the basis of the consideration of
charges, the District Prosecutor for Helsinki had decided to press charges
against 21 former and current management staff at Lassila & Tikanoja, including
Pekka Ojanpää, President and CEO since 1 November 2011.  They were accused of
offences related to occupational health and safety and working hours
legislation. These alleged acts are suspected to have occurred between 2009 and
2012. In addition, the prosecutor has demanded that the company pay a corporate
fine of a minimum of EUR 100,000. 



LASSILA & TIKANOJA PLC

Pekka Ojanpää
President and CEO



For additional information, please contact
Timo Leinonen, CFO, tel. +358 400 793 073 (investors and analysts)
Jorma Mikkonen, Director, Corporate Relations and Responsibility, tel. +358 50
045 3454 (media) 

Lassila & Tikanoja is a service company that is transforming consumer society
into an efficient recycling society. In co-operation with our customers, we are
reducing waste volumes, extending the useful lives of properties, recovering
materials and decreasing the use of raw materials and energy. We help our
customers to focus on their core business and protect the environment.
Together, we create well-being and jobs. With operations in Finland, Sweden and
Russia, L&T employs 8,000 persons. Net sales in 2013 amounted to EUR 668.2
million. L&T is listed on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki. 

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