AAK’s plant in Port Newark has been temporarily shut down since Monday due to
the Hurricane Sandy. As a result of the severe weather conditions the plant has
no supply of electricity and parts of the plant are flooded. No employees have
been injured.

AAK’s initial assessment is that there is no major damage to the plant however
production needs to be closed for a short period in order to restore the site.
The company is working to limit the effects of the standstil and to resume full
production as soon as possible.

Production at the Oasis Foods plant has also been temporarily interrupted since
Monday as the plant has no supply of electricity. Minor parts of the site are
water damaged. As soon as electricity has returned to the plant AAK expects
production to be resumed within days. No employees have been injured.

AAK will conduct a thorough evaluation as soon as the authorities allows further
access to the currently restricted area in Port Newark. The company expects to
publish further information on the situation and on potential related costs when
releasing the Q3 Interim report on November 7, 2012.

AAK has insurance cover for the business interruption.

For further information, please contact:
Fredrik Nilsson
Director Investor Relations
Phone: + 46 40 627 83 34
Mobile: + 46 708 95 22 21

The information is that which AarhusKarlshamn AB (publ) is obliged to publish
under the provisions of the Stock Exchange and Clearing Operations Act and/or
the Trading in Financial Instruments Act. The information was released to the
media for publication on 31 October 2012 at 5.15 pm CET.

AarhusKarlshamn is one of the world’s leading producers of high value-added
speciality vegetable fats. These fats are characterized by a high technological
content and are used as substitute for butter-fat and cocoa butter, transfree
solutions for fillings in chocolate and confectionery products, and in the
cosmetics industry. AarhusKarlshamn has production facilities in Denmark,
Mexico, the Netherlands, Sweden, Great Britain, Uruguay and the US. The company
is organised in three Business Areas; Food Ingredients, Chocolate and
Confectionery Fats and Technical Products & Feed. Further information on
AarhusKarlshamn can be found on the company’s website www.aak.com