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OKG AB's Extraordinary shareholders' meeting decides to close Oskarshamn nuclear units 1 and 2 co-owned by Fortum in Sweden

FORTUM CORPORATION STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 14 October 2015 at 13.30 EET

OKG AB's Extraordinary shareholders' meeting today decided to close the units 1
and 2 in Oskarshamn nuclear power plant in Sweden. The decision will not affect
the operation of unit 3 in Oskarshamn, which is the biggest and newest unit. 

The decision means that the modernization project of unit 2 will be
discontinued, and the unit, which has been out of operation since June 2013,
will not be returned into operation. The unit 1 will be will be taken out of
operation and transferred into service mode after the required regulatory
permits have been received. 

Fortum estimated in its stock exchange release on 30 September 2015 that the
closing of the units 1 and 2 before the end of their planned operational
lifetimes will have one-time negative impact of approximately EUR 700 million
on its third quarter 2015 net profit. 

OKG AB is owned by E.ON, Fortum and Karlstad municipality (indirectly through
one of Fortum's Swedish subsidiaries), with E.ON being the majority
shareholder. 

Fortum Corporation
Helena Aatinen
Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications

Further information:
Media: Helena Aatinen, SVP, Corporate Communications, Fortum, tel. +358 10 45
20480 

Analysts and investors: Rauno Tiihonen, Manager, Investor Relations, Fortum,
tel. + 358 50 453 6150 

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generations. Fortum's expertise is in CO2-free and efficient electricity and
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services to private and industrial customers and energy producers. Fortum's
main areas of operation are the Nordic and the Baltic countries, Russia and
Poland. In 2014, the annual sales (excluding the divested electricity
distribution business) totalled EUR 4.1 billion, and comparable operating
profit was EUR 1.1 billion. The company employs approximately 8,000 people.
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