Lassila & Tikanoja Oyj

Board/Management Information • Oct 27, 2011

President and CEO of Lassila & Tikanoja plc Pekka Ojanpää to take on the position on 1 November 2011

President and CEO of Lassila & Tikanoja plc Pekka Ojanpää to take on the position on 1 November 2011

Helsinki, Finland, 2011-10-27 07:39 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lassila & Tikanoja
plc Stock exchange release 27 October 2011 8.35 am

Pekka Ojanpää, who has been appointed as President and CEO of Lassila &
Tikanoja plc, will take on the position earlier than announced previously.
Ojanpää will take up the duties as of Tuesday 1 November 2011 instead of 13
December 2011 as announced previously.

LASSILA & TIKANOJA PLC

Board of Directors

For additional information, please contact Heikki Bergholm, Chairman of the
Board of Directors, tel. +358 500 227 193.

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 10,000 persons. Net sales in 2010 amounted to
EUR 598 million. L&T is listed on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki.

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