Determination of acquisition costs of Orion Corporation and Oriola-KD Corporation shares for Finnish taxation

Oriola-KD Corporation Stock Exchange Release 13 July 2006 at 11.30 a.m.

According to the confirmation (Nr 1092/39/2006) on 11 July 2006 by the Finnish
National Board of Taxes, the principle to be applied for the determination of
the acquisition costs of the class A and B shares in Orion Corporation and
Oriola-KD Corporation shall be the proportion of the fair values of the shares
based on the weighted average stock prices of the shares during the first
trading day. The two companies were listed on 3 July 2006 as new companies on
the Helsinki Stock Exchange following the demerger of former Orion Corporation.
The share acquisition cost is used for the calculation of capital gains and/or
losses from share transactions for the basis of Finnish taxation. 

The acquisition cost of the class A share of new Orion Corporation is 87.24% of
the original acquisition cost of the demerged Orion Corporation's class A
share. Respectively the acquisition cost of the class A share of new Oriola-KD
Corporation is 12.76% of the original acquisition cost of the demerged Orion
Corporation's class A share. 

The acquisition cost of the class B share of new Orion Corporation is 87.70% of
the original acquisition cost of the demerged Orion Corporation's class B
share. Respectively the acquisition cost of the class B share of new Oriola-KD
Corporation is 12.30% of the original acquisition cost of the demerged Orion
Corporation's class B share. 

Oriola-KD Corporation

Eero Hautaniemi
President and CEO

Henry Haarla
Legal Counsel

For further information:

Kimmo Virtanen, CFO
Tel. +358 10 429 2069

Distribution:
Helsinki Stock Exchange
Media

Publisher:
Oriola-KD Corporation
Corporate Administration
Harmaaparrankuja 1, 02200 Espoo
Homepage: www.oriola-KD.fi