Changes in Oriola-KD's Group Management Team

Oriola-KD Corporation Stock Exchange Release 9 February 2015 at 8.30 a.m.

Changes in Oriola-KD's Group Management Team

Oriola-KD Corporation's Board of Directors has appointed Mr. Thomas Gawell, Vice
President, Pharmaceutical Wholesale Sweden member of Oriola-KD Group's
Management Team as of 6 February 2015. Thomas Gawell was appointed Vice
President of Oriola-KD's Pharmaceutical Wholesale business in Sweden in June
2009 and has previously been a member of the Group Management Team during
2010-2012.

Oriola-KD's Group Management Team as of 6 February 2015:


  * Eero Hautaniemi, President and CEO
  * Lars Birkeland, Vice President, Pharmaceutical Retail, Sweden
  * Thomas Gawell, Vice President, Pharmaceutical Wholesale, Sweden
  * Tuomas Itkonen, CFO
  * Jukka Mäkelä, Vice President, Development
  * Teija Silver, Vice President, HR
  * Kimmo Virtanen, Executive Vice President, Pharmaceutical Wholesale, Finland,
    Sweden and the Baltics


Oriola-KD Corporation

Eero Hautaniemi
President & CEO

Petter Sandström
General Counsel


Distribution:
NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd.
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Released by:
Oriola-KD Corporation
Corporate Communications
Orionintie 5
FI-02200 Espoo, Finland
02200 Espoo
www.oriola-kd.com 

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