Huhtamäki Oyj - Corporate Action

Increase in share capital and listing of new shares resulting from use of option rights

HUHTAMÄKI OYJ STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 29.3.2012 AT 09:30

A total of 12,300 new shares of Huhtamäki Oyj have been issued based on share
subscriptions with Huhtamäki Oyj's option rights 2006 C under company's Option
Rights 2006 Plan. The corresponding increase in the company's share capital is
EUR 41,820.00. The increase has been entered in the Finnish Trade Register on
March 29, 2012. The company has requested NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd. to list the
new shares for public trading beginning on March 30, 2012. In terms of
shareholder rights, the new shares are identical to the shares of the company
already traded on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd.

Following the increase, Huhtamäki Oyj's registered share capital is EUR
360,657,108.00 and the number of shares outstanding is 106,075,620.

The option rights 2006 B and 2006 C under the Huhtamäki Oyj's Option Rights
2006 Plan entitle to the subscription of a total of 2,200,000 new shares. The
annual subscription period is January 2 - November 15. The period of
subscription for shares will cease for option rights 2006 B on October 31, 2012
and for option rights 2006 C on April 30, 2014.

For further information, please contact:
Sami Pauni, Group Vice President, Legal, and General Counsel, tel.
+358 10 686 7872


HUHTAMÄKI OYJ
Group Communications



Huhtamaki Group is a leading manufacturer of consumer and specialty packaging
with 2011 net sales totaling EUR 2 billion. Foodservice and consumer goods
markets are served by approximately 12,700 people in 59 manufacturing units and
several sales offices in 31 countries. The parent company, Huhtamäki Oyj, has
its head office in Espoo, Finland and its share is quoted on the NASDAQ OMX
Helsinki Ltd. Additional information is available at www.huhtamaki.com.



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