HK Ruokatalo Group Oyj STOCK EXCHANGE BULLETIN 2 Feb. 2007, at 0.50pm CHANGES IN HK RUOKATALO GROUP MANAGEMENT The following changes will be implemented in company management due to the further internationalisation of HK Ruokatalo Group with the acquisition of Scan AB. Esa Mäki, MSc (Agriculture and Forestry), currently executive vice president of the companys meat business, is appointed managing director of HK Ruokatalo Oy, which carries out the company's Finnish operations, effective 1 March 2007. Previously executive vice president of the Poulty Group, Mr Mäki assumed his current post in autumn 2005. He has been with HK Ruokatalo since November 2003. Effective 5 February 2007, Risto Siivonen, MSc (Econ) is appointed senior vice president of corporate development in charge of the strategic development of the business operations and corporate structure of HK Ruokatalo Group. Mr Siivonen has previously worked in private equity investment with Permira in London and Stockholm and in management consulting with The Boston Consulting Group in Stockholm and Helsinki. The Management Team of HK Ruokatalo Group Oyj, which will change its name to HKScan later this spring, will as of 1 March 2007 consist of CEO Kai Seikku as Chairman along with CFO Matti Perkonoja; CMO Antti Lauslahti; managing director of HK Ruokatalo Oy and executive vice president, Finland Esa Mäki; Managing Director of Scan AB and executive vice president, Sweden Magnus Lagergren; and Olli Antniemi, executive vice president, the Baltics. Senior vice president of corporate development Risto Siivonen serves as Secretary to the Management Team. Antti Lauslahti will also continue as executive vice president of commercial and marketing operations of HK Ruokatalo Oy in Finland. HK Ruokatalo Group Oyj Kai Seikku CEO Further information: CEO Kai Seikku. Please leave any messages for him to call with Katja Backman on +358 10 570 2428. DISTRIBUTION: Helsinki Exchanges Main media www.hkruokatalo.fi