Raisio - Company Announcement

RAISIO'S SHARE-BASED INCENTIVE SCHEME 2009

Raisio plc, Stock exchange release 19 December 2008 at 10.15 am Finnish time    

RAISIO'S SHARE-BASED INCENTIVE SCHEME 2009                                      

Raisio plc's Board of Directors decided on May 2008 to set up a three-year      
share-based incentive scheme as a part of the incentive and reward system       
offered to Raisio's key personnel. The goal is to integrate the targets of      
shareholders and key employees in order to increase the company's market        
capitalization, to enhance the key employees' commitment to the company and to  
offer them a competitive reward system based on share ownership.                

The scheme gives authorisation during three years to distribute a maximum of    
1,600,000 of Raisio plc's free shares already in the company's possession after 
the share repurchases carried out in 2005-2007. Rewards are paid as a           
combination of shares and cash. Cash payments are to cover the taxes and fiscal 
fees arising from share-based rewards.                                          

Raisio plc's Board of Directors has on 19 December 2008 decided on share-based  
incentive system for second earnings period which is the financial year 2009.   
Earnings criteria to be applied are return on capital employed and profit before
one-off items and taxes. The maximum number of shares to be distributed is      
600,000 free shares. The amount earned in rewards will be determined on the     
basis of the achievement of targets after the financial statements have been    
prepared in the spring of 2010. Any rewards will be paid to those covered by the
scheme in August 2010. Shares distributed as part of the scheme are subject to a
disposal restriction and return obligation, which last until 31 December 2011   
and will be applied if the employee's employment or job contract end prior to   
the expiration of the disposal restriction. The scheme covers 55 people in the  
second earnings period.                                                         

RAISIO PLC                                                                      

Heidi Hirvonen                                                                  
Communications Manager                                                          
tel. +358 50 567 3060                                                           

Further information:                                              
Call requests to Mr Simo Palokangas, Chairman of the Board, will be forwarded by
Heidi Hirvonen.                                                                 



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