Amer Sports - Company Announcement

Amer Sports full-year results weakens from last year

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June 17, 2009 at 11:30 am

Amer Sports full-year outlook is clouded by the uncertainty in
consumer demand in general. Pre-orders in winter sports equipment for
the next season are at last year's level, reflecting market share
gains on the important European market.

In Amer Sports other businesses, profitability in 2009 is affected by
the challenging market conditions. This is particularly the case in
the US and for the Fitness segment. Unless market conditions start to
improve materially during the rest of the year, Amer Sports' current
view is that the operating profit for the full-year 2009 will be
below last year's level. (In February Amer Sports anticipated its
results to improve thanks to a better cost efficiency in the Winter
Sports Equipment business in particular)

Amer Sports publishes its Q2 results on 6 August 2009.

For further information, please contact:
Mr Tommy Ilmoni, Vice President, IR and Corporate Communications,
tel. +358 9 7257 8233


AMER SPORTS CORPORATION
Communications

Ms Maarit Mikkonen
Communications Manager
Tel. +358 9 7257 8306, e-mail: maarit.mikkonen@amersports.com
www.amersports.com


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AMER SPORTS CORPORATION
Amer Sports (www.amersports.com) is the world's leading sports
equipment company with internationally recognized brands including
Salomon, Wilson, Precor, Atomic, Suunto, Mavic and Arc'teryx. All
Amer Sports companies develop and manufacture technically advanced
products that improve the performance of active sports participants.
The Group's business is balanced by its broad portfolio of sports and
presence in all major markets.

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