262 0 Kommentare Decision by the Board of Directors to acquire own shares

ORION CORPORATION STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 25 APRIL 2019 at 12.30 EEST

Decision by the Board of Directors to acquire own shares

The Board of Directors of Orion Corporation decided on 25 April 2019 on a share acquisition based on the authorisation by the Annual General Meeting on 26 March 2019. According to the decision, 250,000 Class B shares of Orion Corporation will be acquired. The acquisition will be started at the earliest on 2 May 2019 and it can continue until further notice. The acquisition of the shares will be executed in accordance with the terms of the authorisation by the Annual General Meeting.

The shares shall be acquired using funds in the company's unrestricted equity at the price of the acquisition moment quoted at trading on regulated market organised by Nasdaq Helsinki Oy ("Stock Exchange"), in proportions not corresponding to the shareholders' holdings. The shares shall be acquired and paid for in accordance with the rules of the Stock Exchange and Euroclear Finland Ltd.

The shares will be acquired to be used as part of the execution of incentive plans of the Orion Group. There is a weighty financial reason for the targeted share acquisition, because the purpose of the incentive plans is to encourage the persons involved in it to sustained commitment and efforts for the benefit of the company and its shareholders.

The terms and conditions of the authorisation to acquire the company's own shares are attached to this release. They were published in the stock exchange release of 26 March 2019 concerning the decisions of the Annual General Meeting of Orion Corporation.

The 2018 Financial Statements documents of Orion Corporation, the decision of the profit distribution made by the Annual General Meeting on 26 March 2019 as well as the Interim Report 1-3/2019 are available on the homepage http://www.orion.fi/en/Orion-group/investors, as provided in the Companies Act.