Press release

Press release

Telephone conference for press contacts and stock market analysts in connection
with the release of our Summarised Financial Statement 2009 and Interim Report,
fourth quarter as of 31 December 2009.

In connection with the release of AarhusKarlshamns´s Summarised Financial
Statement 2009 and our interim report for the period September - December 2009,
we invite you to a "Press & Analyst Conference" by telephone. The conference
will be chaired by Jerker Hartwall, the Group´s President and C.E.O. and will be
held in English. Anders Byström, CFO will be present. 

Time: Thursday 18 February 2010, at 1.00 p.m., Scandinavian time. 

How to register in advance: 
A link will be published on our website, www.aak.com. Those wishing to attend
the conference are kindly asked to click on the link for registration and fill
in your details and from which country you will call from.  Each participant
will then be allocated the conference call number, a participant user pin,
conference pin and instructions on how to join the conference call. For security
purposes please do not give out your conference details for others to use. All
participants must register individually to join the call. 
For connecting to the conference call you dial the conference number provided on
the confirmation not later than 12.55 p.m. on 18 February.
At the same time, a link to Jerker Hartwall´s presentation material will be
available on our website. 

The Interim Report will be released on 18th February before 08.30 a.m.,
Scandinavian time.

Should you have any questions, please contact: 
Bo Svensson, Vice President and CIO 
Phone: + 46 (0) 40 627 83 31
Mobil: + 46 (0)708 182 193 

AarhusKarlshamn is the world's leading producer 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; Chocolate and Confectionery Fats, Food Ingredients and Technical
Products & Feed. Further information on AarhusKarlshamn can be found on the
company's website www.aak.com