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Competition authorities approve merger of Oriola-KD s and Lifco AB s dental businesses
30.7.2007
Oriola-KD Corporation Stock Exchange Announcement 30 July 2007 at 10.15 a.m. The Finnish and Swedish competition authorities approved on Friday, 27 July 2007 the merger of Oriola-KD's and Lifco AB's dental businesses which will gradually become effective in Finland, Sweden, Denmark and the Baltics by early 2008 through a joint company where Lifco will have 70 per cent and Oriola-KD 30 per cent of the shares as was told in Oriola-KD's stock exchange release of 7 June 2007. The combination is estimated to have a positive effect on Oriola-KD's profit as of the last quarter of 2007. Oriola-KD Corporation Eero Hautaniemi President and CEO Henry Haarla General Counsel Distribution: Helsinki Stock Exchange Principal media Published by: Oriola-KD Corporation Corporate Communications Orionintie 5 FI-02200 Espoo www.oriola-kd.com