ROBIT PLC CHANGES ITS CFO ROBIT PLC COMPANY REL

ROBIT PLC COMPANY RELEASE 22 DECEMBER 2016 AT 11.00 A.M.

ROBIT PLC CHANGES ITS CFO

Ilkka Miettinen, M.Sc. Econ. (born 1963) has been appointed Robit Plc's new CFO. Miettinen will start in Robit Plc in February 2017. Miettinen has a long experience and career in corresponding CFO positions as well as in business development in the following companies: Vexve Oy, Metso Mining and Construction HQ, Pilkington Group and as an auditor in PWC.

Miettinen will be nominated also as a member of Robit Plc's global management team.

The present CFO, Mika Leppänen will leave the company.

ROBIT PLC

Harri Sjöholm, Chairman

Further information:

Robit Plc

Harri Sjöholm, Chairman +358 400 622 092 harri.sjoholm@robit.fi

Certified Advisor Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) Helsinki Branch Tel. +358 9 6162 8101

Robit is a Finnish company selling and servicing global customers in drilling consumables for applications in tunneling, geothermal heating and cooling, construction, and mining industries. The company's business is divided into Top Hammer, Down-the-Hole and Digital Services business units. Robit has 18 own offices and active sales networks in 115 countries and production in Finland, South Korea, Australia and UK. The company is listed in Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd's First North Finland marketplace with trading code ROBIT. For more information, see www.robit.fi .

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