LAROX CORPORATION COMPANY ACCOUNCEMENT 27.1.2010 AT 10.30 AM Invitation to news conference - Larox Group result for the year 2009 Larox Corporation publishes the result for the year 2009 on Tuesday 9 February 2010 at approx. 8.00 a.m. and arranges a news conference to investors and analysts on the same day at Scandic Simonkenttä (meeting room Tapiola, location is shown in the entrance lobby), street address Simonkatu 9, Helsinki, Finland, at 10.30 a.m. Mr. Juhana Ylikojola, President & CEO, Mr. Jori Halkola, Chief Financial Officer and Mrs. Hanne Peltola, Director, Human Resources and Corporate Communications will be at present. The presentation material will be available after the news conference at www.larox.com. Please give advance notice of your participation by 3 February 2010 to Mr. Jyri Hämäläinen, tel. +358 (0) 20 7687 427 or jyri.hamalainen@larox.com You may also take part in the event through a web conference. To register as a participant for the web conference please contact Jyri Hämäläinen by email for further details. for Larox Corporation Jori Halkola CFO & Vice President, Corporate Service Phone +358 (0)207 68 7228 or +358 (0)40 516 7690 E-mail: jori.halkola@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.