Press Releases

Orion Oyj Orion Corporation will publish its Interim Report for the period of January-June 2008 on Tuesday, 5 August 2008. The estimated time of disclosure is 12.00 Finnish time. The release and the presentation material will be available after publishing on the Group's homepage at www.orion.fi/investors.

Teleconference in English at 14.00 EET A conference call for analysts and the media on the Q2/2008 result will be held on Tuesday, 5 August 2008, starting at 14.00 EET. The language of the teleconference and the presentation is English.

The phone numbers to the conference call are: +1 866 966 5335 for US participants +44 203 023 4438 for others

The guidance for joining the teleconference is provided on the font page of www.orion.fi/investors. The on-demand recording of the teleconference will be accessible on the homepage later on Tuesday. It can also be accessed via www.earnings.com or Thomson/CCBN's password-protected event management site, StreetEvents at www.streetevents.com.

Silent period The silent period preceding the publication of the result is ongoing and continues until the disclosure.



Orion Corporation



Jari Karlson Olli Huotari CFO Senior VP, Corporate Functions




Publisher: Orion Corporation www.orion.fi

Orion Oyj

http://www.orion.fi

ISIN: FI0009800320

Stock Identifier: XHEL.ORN