Orion Oyj

Report Publication Announcement • Apr 17, 2008

Disclosure 257821

Orion - Company Announcement

Orion Corporation publishes Interim Report Q1/2008 on 25 April 2008

Orion Corporation will publish its Interim Report for the period January-March 2008 on Friday, 25 April 2008. The estimated time of disclosure is 12.00 Finnish time. The release and presentation material will be available after publishing on the Group's homepage at www.orion.fi/investors. Teleconference in English at 14.00 EET A conference call on the Q1/2008 results will be held Friday, 25 April 2008, starting at 14.00 EET, for analysts and the media. The language of the teleconference and the presentation to be held at the start is English. The slide set of the Q1 report is available on www.orion.fi/investors soonest possible after the publication of this Interim Report. The phone numbers to the conference call are: +1 866 966 5335 for US participants +44 203 023 4438 for others The guidance for joining the teleconference is provided on the font page of www.orion.fi/investors. The on-demand recording of the teleconference will be accessible on the homepage later on Friday. It can also be accessed via www.earnings.com or Thomson/CCBN's password-protected event management site, StreetEvents at www.streetevents.com. Silent period The silent period preceding the publication of the result is ongoing and continues until the disclosure. Orion Corporation Timo Lappalainen Jari Karlson CEO CFO Publisher: Orion Corporation www.orion.fi