Atria Baltic records impairment losses for fixed assets and goodwill            

Atria is launching an efficiency improvement programme in Estonia, seeking to   
achieve annual savings of approximately EUR 1 million in its cost structure. In 
order to achieve the savings, Atria is closing the Ahja plant and centralising  
the production to the Valga and Vastse-Kuuste production plants. Approximately  
40 employees will be laid off from the Ahja plant.                              

As a result of the goodwill impairment testing and the closing of the Ahja      
plant, the company's Board of Directors has decided to record impairments of EUR
5.8 million in total: EUR 3.0 million pertaining to goodwill, EUR 0.8 million to
trademarks, and EUR 2.0 million to buildings and machinery.                     

In addition, the Board of Directors has decided to reduce the book value of the 
company's estate in Lithuania by EUR 1.4 million.                               

The impairments will have no effects on the cash flow, and they will be recorded
in the performance of the year 2009 as a non-recurrent item.                    

For more information, please contact Mr Juha Gröhn, Executive Vice President,   
Atria Finland and Baltic, tel. +358 400 684 224.                                

ATRIA PLC                                                                       

Matti Tikkakoski                                                                
President and CEO                                                               


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