In accordance with a decision by the Board of Directors, Orion Corporation has on 20 March 2008 transferred altogether 25,164 Orion Corporation B-shares held by the company as a share bonus for 2007 to the persons employed by the Orion Group and belonging to the Share-based Incentive Plan of the Orion Group. The transfer is based on the authorisation by the Annual General Meeting of 2 April 2007. The price per share of the transferred shares is EUR 14.0869, which is the volume weighted average quotation of the Orion Corporation B-share on 20 March 2008. Accordingly, the total transaction price of the transferred shares is EUR 354 482.75. Orion Corporation has informed about the Plan in a stock exchange release on 24 January 2007. After the share transfer, the total number of own B-shares held by Orion Corporation is 324,836, including the B-shares acquired on 20 March 2008 from the stock exchange. Orion Corporation Timo Lappalainen Olli Huotari President and CEO SVP, Corporate Functions Publisher: Orion Corporation Communications Orionintie 1A, 02200 Espoo Homepage: www.orion.fi