LAROX CORPORATION COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT 15.10.2009 11.45 am Outotec has today announced by Stock Exchange Release the following: Outotec has agreed with certain main shareholders of Larox Corporation on share transactions, in which they sell all their Larox series A and B shares to Outotec. The purchase price for the shares shall be paid in the form of new Outotec shares. Upon completion of the share transactions, Outotec will make a mandatory public tender offer for all the remaining Larox series A and B shares. The purchase price for such shares will be paid in the form of new Outotec shares. The shares to be purchased correspond altogether to 94.40 per cent of all the votes in Larox, to 99.99 per cent of all Larox series A shares and to 61.89 per cent of all Larox series B shares. The completion of the Share Transactions is conditional on the receipt of necessary approvals from the competition authorities Outotec stock exchange release can be read at www.outotec.com Larox Corporation Timo Vartiainen Chairman of the Board + 358 400 552237 timo.vartiainen@larox.com Distribution NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd, Central media Larox develops, designs and manufactures industrial filters and is a leading technology company in its field. Larox is a full service solution provider in filtration for separating solids from liquids. It supplies comprehensive aftermarket services throughout the lifespan of the Larox solution. Companies world-wide in mining and metallurgy, chemical processing and related industries benefit from the Larox technologies. Larox operates in over 40 countries and has about 600 employees. Larox has production facilities in Finland and in China, and the Group is headquartered in Lappeenranta, Finland. Net sales in 2008 totaled 208.0 million euros, of which more than 93 % were generated by exports and the company's foreign operations.