Lassila & Tikanoja - Major shareholder announcements

ANNOUNCEMENT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 2 SECTION 10 OF THE SECURITIES MARKETS ACT; OP-POHJOLA GROUP'S HOLDING EXCEEDS 5%

LASSILA & TIKANOJA PLC   MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS ANNOUNCEMENT   12 May 2009 1.00 pm

ANNOUNCEMENT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 2 SECTION 10 OF THE SECURITIES MARKETS ACT;    
OP-POHJOLA GROUP'S HOLDING EXCEEDS 5%
Lassila & Tikanoja plc has received today an announcement pursuant to section   
9, chapter 2, of the Securities Markets Act from OP-Pohjola Group Central       
Cooperative, announcing that the total holding of OP-Pohjola Group of the shares
and votes in Lassila & Tikanoja plc has exceeded the threshold of 5%.           

Issuing company and its business ID: Lassila & Tikanoja plc, 1680140-0          

Complete name and business ID of the entity subject to the notification         
obligation: OP-Pohjola Group Central Cooperative, 0242522-1      

Basis of announcement: Transfer of shares                                       

Date of transaction and exceeding the threshold: 7 May 2009                     

Above threshold: 1/20 (5%) of shares and votes                                  

Current holding of OP-Pohjola Group:                                            
Number of Lassila & Tikanoja plc shares 2,006,462                               
Percentage of shares and votes 5.171%                                           

Breakdown of holding:                                                           
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|                                      | Number of shares |    % of shares and |
|                                      |       and votes  |              votes |
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| Pohjola Insurance Ltd                |          180,000 |              0.464 |
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| A-Insurance Ltd                      |           10,000 |              0.026 |
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| Investment funds managed by OP Fund  |                  |                    |
| Management Company Ltd:              |                  |                    |
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| OP-Delta                             |        1,436,962 |              3.704 |
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| OP-Finland Small Firm                |          103,500 |              0.267 |
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| OP-Focus                             |          204,000 |              0.526 |
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| OP-Climate                           |           72,000 |              0.186 |
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| Total                                |        2,006,462 |              5.171 |
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The registered number of the Lassila & Tikanoja plc shares is 38,798,874 shares,
which entitle to a total of 38,798,874 votes.                                   

LASSILA & TIKANOJA PLC                                                          

Heli Pantzar                                                                    
Finance Director                                                                

For additional information please contact IR Manager Keijo Keränen, tel. +358 50
385 6957.                                                                       


Lassila & Tikanoja specialises in environmental management and property and     
plant support services and is a leading supplier of wood-based biofuels,        
recovered fuels and recycled raw materials. With operations in Finland, Sweden, 
Latvia and Russia, L&T employs 9,100 persons. Net sales in 2008 amounted to EUR 
606 million. L&T is listed on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki.                              


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