LÄNNEN TEHTAAT PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE April 12, 2007 APETIT KALA PLANS TRANSFER OF PRODUCTION AND PACKAGING FROM KERAVA TO KUOPIO Lännen Tehtaat subsidiary Apetit Kala Oy is Finland's leading producer of fresh fish products with production facilities in Kuopio, Kerava and Kustavi. The company has been cutting costs by making processes more efficient and improving the division of labour among the factories. If, however, constant competitiveness is to be guaranteed and profitability improved, further steps will need to be taken. In order to improve productivity and increase cost-effectiveness Apetit Kala Oy is planning to transfer the fish production and packaging operations at Kerava to Kuopio. Terminating production at Kerava is a continuation of the company's plan to focus production operations on Kuopio. The company has already decided to halt production at Kustavi and transfer the operations there to Kuopio by the summer. The company has today initiated codetermination negotiations concerning the issue with the personnel at Kerava, where there are at this moment 26 people working in production and packaging, including hired personnel. The negotiations will affect 14 permanent employees at Apetit Kala. It is thought that 14 new jobs will be created at Kuopio. By focusing production operations on Kuopio the company is aiming for annual savings of some EUR 0.5 million, which that would be fully realized from the beginning of 2008. Transferring the production will require investment of about EUR 0.5 million at Kuopio. The plan is to carry this out by the autumn. Apetit Kala's net sales in 2006 amounted to EUR 58.9 million and the profit after financial items was EUR 0.6 million. At the end of the year the company employed about 380 people, some 110 of whom were working in the fish factories, while the rest, approximately 270, were working in the Kalatori business. LÄNNEN TEHTAAT PLC Martti Karppinen CEO Further information is available from: Martti Karppinen, CEO, Lännen Tehtaat plc, tel + 358 10 402 4001 Samuli Eskola, Managing Director, Apetit Kala Oy, tel. + 358 10 402 4501 Distribution: Helsinki Stock Exchange Main media www.lannen.fi