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Board/Management Information • Sep 12, 2023

Orthex Corporation: Composition of Shareholders' Nomination Board

Orthex Corporation, Stock exchange release, 12 September 2023 at 2.00 p.m. EEST

The four largest shareholders of Orthex Corporation have chosen their representatives to the Shareholders' Nomination Board. As stipulated in its charter, the Nomination Board comprises the representatives of the four largest shareholders and the Chair of the Board of Directors of Orthex Corporation as an expert member.

According to the shareholders' register, the company's four largest shareholders on 31 August 2023 were Conficap Oy (14.0% of shares and votes), Alexander Rosenlew (11.53% of shares and votes), Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company (5.97% of shares and votes) and Thomasset Oy (4.29% of shares and votes).

The composition of Orthex's Shareholders' Nomination Board is the following:

• Maarit Toivanen, CEO and Chair of the Board of Conficap Oy
• Alexander Rosenlew
• Annika Ekman, Head of Direct Equity Investments of Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company
• Mats Söderström, CEO of Thomasset Oy

Maarit Toivanen was elected to chair the Nomination Board. The Nomination Board's expert member is Sanna Suvanto-Harsaae, Chair of the Board of Orthex Corporation.

Orthex's Shareholders' Nomination Board prepares and presents to the Annual General Meeting the proposals on the remuneration and composition of the Board of Directors. The Nomination Board will submit its proposals for the 2024 Annual General Meeting to the Board of Directors by 31 January 2024.

Further enquiries: Alexander Rosenlew, CEO, Orthex Corporation Tel. +358 (0)40 500 3826 alexander.rosenlew@orthexgroup.com

Saara Mäkelä, CFO, Orthex Corporation Tel. +358 (0)40 083 8782 saara.makela@orthexgroup.com

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Orthex in brief

Orthex (ORTHEX, Nasdaq Helsinki, Finland) is a leading Nordic houseware company. Orthex offers a broad assortment of practical and durable household products with a mission to make consumers' everyday life easier. Orthex main consumer brands are SmartStore™ in storage products, GastroMax™ in kitchenware and Orthex™ in home and plant care categories. Orthex aims to be the industry forerunner in sustainability and to become carbon neutral in its production by 2030. Read more www.orthexgroup.com.

Orthex's net sales in 2022 were 84.0 million euros. The company has customers in more than 40 countries and local sales offices in the Nordics, Germany, France, and the UK.

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