Oriola-KD Corporation revises guidance for continuing operations net sales and operating profit excluding non-recurring items

Oriola-KD Corporation Stock Exchange Release 8 December 2014 at 4.00 p.m.

Oriola-KD Corporation revises guidance for continuing operations net sales and
operating profit excluding non-recurring items

Oriola-KD Corporation ("Oriola-KD" or the "Company") has today announced that it
has entered into an agreement to sell its Russian businesses to the Russian
company CJSC "Apteki 36.6"

Oriola-KD revises its guidance for net sales and operating profit excluding non-
recurring items - net sales from continuing operations is estimated to be at the
level of 2013 and operating profit excluding non-recurring items from continuing
operations is estimated to increase from 2013 level.

Oriola-KD classifies its Russian businesses in accordance with IFRS 5 as a
discontinued operation. The Group Consolidated statement of comprehensive income
consists of the result for continuing and discontinued operations. The result
for discontinued operations is presented separately in the Group Consolidated
statement of comprehensive income.

Revised outlook for 2014

Oriola-KD estimates that net sales from continuing operations will be at the
level of 2013 and operating profit excluding non-recurring items from continuing
operations will increase from 2013 level.

Previous outlook on October 23, 2014

Oriola-KD estimates that net sales and operating profit excluding non-recurring
items will decrease from 2013 level.


Oriola-KD Corporation

Tuomas Itkonen
CFO

For further information, please contact:

Tuomas Itkonen
CFO
Mobile +358 40 596 4004
email: tuomas.itkonen@oriola-kd.com


Eero Hautaniemi
President & CEO
Mobile +358 50 429 2109
email: eero.hautaniemi@oriola-kd.com



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