HUHTAMÄKI OYJ STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 16.12.2008 AT 8:45 Suresh Gupta, Senior Vice President, Flexibles Asia-Oceania, has been appointed as Executive Vice President, Flexibles Global and member of the Group Executive Team starting on January 1, 2009. Suresh Gupta has been the Managing Director & CEO of The Paper Products Ltd., Huhtamäki Oyj's subsidiary in India as of May 1, 1994, and also held his current position as of June 1, 2006. Peter Wahsner, Senior Vice President, Films Global, has been appointed as Executive Vice President, Films Global and member of the Group Executive Team starting on January 1, 2009. Peter Wahsner has held his current position as of March 3, 2008. George Lai, Executive Vice President, Rigid and Molded Fiber Asia-Oceania-Africa, has decided to leave the Group as of December 31, 2008, to pursue his career outside of Huhtamaki Group. Following the aforementioned changes, the members of the Group Executive Team are Jukka Moisio (Chairman), Chief Executive Officer; Timo Salonen, Chief Financial Officer; Juha Salonen, Senior Vice President, Administration and General Counsel; Clay Dunn, Executive Vice President, Americas and Rough Molded Fiber Global; Suresh Gupta, Executive Vice President, Flexibles Global; Eric Le Lay, Executive Vice President, Foodservice Europe-Asia-Oceania; and Peter Wahsner, Executive Vice President, Films Global. For further information please contact: Jukka Moisio, CEO, Tel. +358 (0)10 686 7801 HUHTAMÄKI OYJ Group Communications Huhtamaki Group is a leading manufacturer of consumer and specialty packaging with 2007 net sales totaling EUR 2.3 billion. Consumer goods and foodservice markets are served by some 15,000 people in 65 manufacturing units and several sales offices in 35 countries. The parent company, Huhtamäki Oyj, has its head office in Espoo, Finland and is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd. Additional information is available at www.huhtamaki.com.