Biotie Therapies Corp.          Stock Exchange Release    4 January 2012 at 11.00 a.m.

Change in the number of votes relating to Biotie Therapies Corp.'s shares

The Swiss subsidiary of Biotie Therapies Corp. ("Biotie" or the "Company"), Biotie Therapies Holding AG (previously Synosia Therapeutics Holding AG) has conveyed  Biotie shares  Biotie shares against consideration pursuant to the option programs as follows:

December 2011 Total
(5-12/2011)
Options outstanding % of the total amount of shares
137,152 4,872,788 9,759,192 2.5

The conveyance of Biotie shares relates to the option plan of Synosia Therapeutics Holding AG (currently Biotie Therapies Holding AG, "Synosia") acquired by Biotie in February 2011. According to such Synosia share option plan, options have been granted to employees, former directors and consultants. In connection with the completion of the acquisition of Synosia, the option plan was amended so that instead of shares in Synosia an aggregate maximum of 14,912,155 shares in Biotie may be subscribed based on the plan. Biotie issued these 14,912,155 shares to its current subsidiary Synosia in connection with the acquisition to be further conveyed to the option holders when they potentially exercise their option rights in accordance with the terms and conditions of the option program.

The conveyed shares previously held by the Company's subsidiary have not carried any voting rights.  The parent company Biotie does not own any treasury shares. The conveyance does not affect the number of registered shares.

After the conveyances the changes are as follows:  

The increase of vote of the Company
December 2011
A total amount of voting rights: The number of the Company´s share held by the Group
December 2011:
The total number of registered shares
137,152 377,555,090 10,039,367 387,594,457

Turku, 4 January 2012

Biotie Therapies Corp.

Timo Veromaa
President and CEO

For further information, please contact:

Virve Nurmi, Biotie Therapies Corp.
tel. +358 2 274 8900
e-mail: virve.nurmi@biotie.com

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