ORION CORPORATION STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE   11  MARCH 2010   AT 12.30  P.M. EET

Member of the Board of Directors of Orion Corporation, Academician of Science, Professor, M.D., Ph.D. Leena Palotie has passed away after a serious illness.

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