RAPALA VMC CORPORATION - FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE STATEMENT 2012 PUBLISHED

Rapala VMC Corporation
Stock Exchange Release
March 20, 2013 at 10.00 a.m.

Rapala VMC Corporation's Financial Statements and Corporate Governance Statement
have been published as attachments to this stock exchange release.

These statements and other investor information as well as report on corporate
responsibility are available at the Rapala Group's renewed corporate website at
www.rapalavmc.com in English and Finnish.


RAPALA VMC CORPORATION

Jorma Kasslin
Chief Executive Officer


For further information:
Jussi Ristimäki, Chief Financial Officer, tel. +358 9 7562 540
Olli Aho, Investor Relations, tel. +358 9 7562 540

Distribution: NASDAQ OMX Helsinki and Main Media

Rapala VMC Corporation ("the Group") is a leading fishing tackle company and the
global  market leader in fishing lures,  treble hooks and fishing related knives
and  tools.  The  Group  also  has  a  strong  global  position in other fishing
categories  and it is  one of the  leading distributors of  outdoor, hunting and
winter  sport  products  in  the  Nordic  countries.  The  Group has the largest
distribution  network  in  the  industry.  The main manufacturing facilities are
located  in Finland, France,  Estonia, Russia, China,  Indonesia and the UK. The
Group  brand portfolio includes  the leading brand  in the industry, Rapala, and
other  global brands like VMC, Sufix,  Storm, Blue Fox, Luhr Jensen, Williamson,
Dynamite  Baits, Mora Ice, StrikeMaster, Marttiini and Peltonen. The Group, with
net sales of EUR 291 million in 2012, employs some 2 000 people in 38 countries.
Rapala  VMC Corporation's share is listed and  traded on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki
stock exchange since 1998.

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