Nurminen Logistics Oyj - Changes board/management/auditors

Changes in Nurminen Logistics top management and organization

Nurminen Logistics Plc                        Stock Exchange Release 4 October
2011 at 11 a.m. 


Nurminen Logistics reorganizes its operations in order to strengthen the
support of implementation the company strategy. The management of the business
operations is sharpened and developed by dividing the operations into business
units. The reorganization also helps to clarify the responsibilities in the
management of the company. The reorganization does not include any adjustment
needs in personnel costs. 

As a part of reorganization a new Executive Board will be formed. Members of
the new Executive Board are President and CEO Topi Saarenhovi, Senior Vice
President Janne Lehtimäki (area of responsibility: Forwarding and Value Added
Services), Artur Poltavtsev (Railway Logistics), CFO Antti Sallila (Finance,
Mergers and Acquisitions), Senior Vice President Harri Vainikka (Transit
Logistics and Partnerships) and Senior Vice President Hannu Vuorinen (Special
Transports and Projects). The changes in the Executive Board are effective
immediately with the exception that Janne Lehtimäki will start in his new
position on 1 November 2011. 

Senior Vice President Jorma Kervinen has decided to leave Nurminen Logistics.

The new members of the Executive Board are Janne Lehtimäki and Artur
Poltavtsev. Janne Lehtimäki (b. 1970) is currently working as a director of a
business unit at Kuehne + Nagel. He has also held several other positions in
the same company since 2000. Lehtimäki holds a BSc Eng degree. At Nurminen
Logistics Lehtimäki is responsible for i.e. developing the operations of
company's logistics centre in Vuosaari. 

Artur Poltavtsev (b. 1970) is currently working as the General Director of
Nurminen Logistics' Russian subsidiary OOO Huolintakeskus. He will continue
also in this position. Poltavtsev has held several positions at Nurminen
Logistics since 1997. He holds a Master's degree in political science. 

- The new organization and Executive Board create better premises to develop
Nurminen Logistics' profitability and competitiveness as the responsibility for
service products, their content and development is sharpened.  The changes
support our strategy to seek for growth in Russia and other CIS countries,
President and CEO Topi Saarenhovi says. 



NURMINEN LOGISTICS PLC
Topi Saarenhovi
President and CEO

Further information:
Mr. Topi Saarenhovi
President and CEO
Tel. +358 10 545 2431

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Nurminen Logistics Plc
Nurminen Logistics provides high-quality logistics services, such as railway
transports, terminal services, forwarding and special and heavy transports. The
company has collected logistics know-how from three centuries, starting in
1886. Nurminen Logistics' main market areas are Finland, the Baltic Sea region,
Russia and other CIS countries. The company's share is listed on NASDAQ OMX
Helsinki.