HK Ruokatalo Group Oyj STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 4 April 2007, at 10.05am
REGISTRATION DOCUMENT AND 2006 ANNUAL REPORT PUBLISHED
HK Ruokatalo Group Oyj acquired the capital stock of the Swedish Scan
AB on 29 January 2007. Part of the purchase price was paid with a
directed issue by HK Ruokatalo Group to seller Swedish Meats.
The Financial Supervision Authority of Finland has approved the
Prospectus prepared for the listing of the A Shares issued and
consisting of the registration document, securities note and summary
in accordance with the Securities Markets Act. The Prospectus has been
published on this date in Finnish and as an English translation
thereof. The Finnish-language Prospectus is available from HK
Ruokatalo Group's head office at Kaivokatu 18, FI-20520 Turku,
Finland, from OMX Way at Fabianinkatu 14, FI-00100 Helsinki, Finland
and from the company's website at www.hkruokatalo.fi > Company. The
English translation may be obtained from the company's head office or
viewed at www.hkruokatalo.fi / English
The company has applied for listing of the new A Shares. The tentative
date for trading to commence is 10 April 2007. As the shares differ
from the Company's other A Shares in terms of dividend entitlement,
they comprise a class of shares disctinct from other A Shares and are
traded under a separate trading code until the estimated record date
of 25 April 2007 for distribution of dividend, if any, by HK Ruokatalo
Group. The shares will be combined with other A Shares immediately
following the aforementioned record date.
The pro forma figures in the registration document are based on
historical data of HK Ruokatalo Group's and Swedish Meats' financial
statements as presented more precisely in the registration document.
The central pro forma figures are as follows:
HK RUOKATALO GROUP (INCL. SCAN) PRO FORMA 2006
(The figures are unaudited)
Net sales EUR 2 057.1 million
Operating profit EUR 51.2 million
Breakdown of net sales by market area:
-Sweden (Scan/Swedish Meats) 55%
-Finland 29%
-Poland 10%
-The Baltics 6%
Breakdown of operating profit by market area:
-Finland 43%
-The Baltics 24%
-Sweden (Scan/Swedish Meats) 21%
-Poland 12%
The unaudited pro forma balance sheet of HK Ruokatalo Group (including
Scan) showed total assets of EUR 1 015.6 million.
ANNUAL REPORT 2006 PUBLISHED
HK Ruokatalo Group's 2006 annual report has been published in Finnish
and English. It may be downloaded in PDF format from the company's
website at www.hkruokatalo.fi > Company. Printed versions of the
annual report will be posted to all registered shareholders with at
least 500 HK Ruokatalo Group shares. The report may also be ordered
from HK Ruokatalo Group Oyj, Communications, PO Box 50, FI-20521
Turku, Finland, or with the form on our website under Company >
Feedback.
A summary of HK Ruokatalo Group's stock exchange releases in 2006
appears in the annual report and on the company's website
www.hkruokatalo.fi > Company
HK Ruokatalo Group Oyj
Kai Seikku
CEO
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