Change in Silmäasema's Management Team

Silmäasema Oyj                
Stock Exchange Release                       
19 December 2018 at 09:00 EET

Anna Seppälä, Commercial Director and a member of Silmäasema's management team, has resigned from the company. Seppälä will continue in her current role and as a member of the management team until 31 March 2019. Her successor will be announced later.

"Anna has had a key role in growing Silmäasema to become a nationwide eyesight and eye healthcare expert chain. I would like to warmly thank Anna for her systematic and long-term work and wish her the best success also going forward", says Anu Kankkunen, Interim CEO of Silmäasema.

Additional information

Anu Kankkunen, Interim CEO, CFO tel. +358 50 669 69

SILMÄASEMA OYJ

Anu Kankkunen
Interim CEO, CFO

Tuukka Hirvonen
Head of Communications and Investor Relations

Silmäasema is a Finnish company, which offers all products and services for optical retail and eye healthcare nationwide. Silmäasema is the largest private eye clinic provider offering eye surgeries and the second largest optical retail chain in Finland. The Silmäasema chain has over 150 stores and 14 eye clinics in Finland as well as ten stores in Estonia. The Silmäasema chain employs close to 1,000 eye healthcare professionals. Silmäasema's Group net sales were EUR 118.3 million in 2017 and adjusted EBITDA was EUR 11.8 million.