HK Ruokatalo Group Oyj STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 6 March 2007, at 10am SCAN ENHANCES OPERATIONS IN SOUTHERN SWEDEN Scan AB, which is part of the HK Ruokatalo Group concern, is establishing a joint venture with Team Ugglarp AB to engage in slaughtering operations at the Team Ugglarp production plant in Hörby, in the heart of the meat-producing region of Skåne. The slaughtering of all beef cattle and sheep procured by Scan in southern Sweden will be centralised in Hörby. The establishment of this joint venture is part of a wider development programme at Scan seeking to enhance the company's cost-effectiveness through e.g. reducing industrial overcapacity. The pending joint venture (50/50) will focus only on slaughtering and will have no impact on its owners competing in procurement or sales. It is projected that the new production company will be ready to launch operations in spring 2008, once certain changes in production have been implemented. Team Ugglarp AB, established in 1969, is one of the largest family- owned businesses in the Swedish meat sector. HK Ruokatalo Group Oyj Kai Seikku CEO Further information: -CEO Kai Seikku, HK Ruokatalo Group Oyj. Please leave any messages for him to call with Katja Backman on +358 10 570 2428 -managing director Magnus Lagergren, Scan AB, tel. +46 702 555 235 DISTRIBUTION: Helsinki Exchanges Main media www.hkruokatalo.fi