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2007-04-04 09:05:00 CEST 2007-04-04 09:05:00 CEST REGULATED INFORMATION HK Ruokatalo Group Oyj - Company AnnouncementREGISTRATION DOCUMENT AND 2006 ANNUAL REPORT PUBLISHEDHK Ruokatalo Group Oyj STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 4 April 2007, at 10.05am REGISTRATION DOCUMENT AND 2006 ANNUAL REPORT PUBLISHED HK Ruokatalo Group Oyj acquired the capital stock of the Swedish Scan AB on 29 January 2007. Part of the purchase price was paid with a directed issue by HK Ruokatalo Group to seller Swedish Meats. The Financial Supervision Authority of Finland has approved the Prospectus prepared for the listing of the A Shares issued and consisting of the registration document, securities note and summary in accordance with the Securities Markets Act. The Prospectus has been published on this date in Finnish and as an English translation thereof. The Finnish-language Prospectus is available from HK Ruokatalo Group's head office at Kaivokatu 18, FI-20520 Turku, Finland, from OMX Way at Fabianinkatu 14, FI-00100 Helsinki, Finland and from the company's website at www.hkruokatalo.fi > Company. The English translation may be obtained from the company's head office or viewed at www.hkruokatalo.fi / English The company has applied for listing of the new A Shares. The tentative date for trading to commence is 10 April 2007. As the shares differ from the Company's other A Shares in terms of dividend entitlement, they comprise a class of shares disctinct from other A Shares and are traded under a separate trading code until the estimated record date of 25 April 2007 for distribution of dividend, if any, by HK Ruokatalo Group. The shares will be combined with other A Shares immediately following the aforementioned record date. The pro forma figures in the registration document are based on historical data of HK Ruokatalo Group's and Swedish Meats' financial statements as presented more precisely in the registration document. The central pro forma figures are as follows: HK RUOKATALO GROUP (INCL. SCAN) PRO FORMA 2006 (The figures are unaudited) Net sales EUR 2 057.1 million Operating profit EUR 51.2 million Breakdown of net sales by market area: -Sweden (Scan/Swedish Meats) 55% -Finland 29% -Poland 10% -The Baltics 6% Breakdown of operating profit by market area: -Finland 43% -The Baltics 24% -Sweden (Scan/Swedish Meats) 21% -Poland 12% The unaudited pro forma balance sheet of HK Ruokatalo Group (including Scan) showed total assets of EUR 1 015.6 million. ANNUAL REPORT 2006 PUBLISHED HK Ruokatalo Group's 2006 annual report has been published in Finnish and English. It may be downloaded in PDF format from the company's website at www.hkruokatalo.fi > Company. Printed versions of the annual report will be posted to all registered shareholders with at least 500 HK Ruokatalo Group shares. The report may also be ordered from HK Ruokatalo Group Oyj, Communications, PO Box 50, FI-20521 Turku, Finland, or with the form on our website under Company > Feedback. A summary of HK Ruokatalo Group's stock exchange releases in 2006 appears in the annual report and on the company's website www.hkruokatalo.fi > Company HK Ruokatalo Group Oyj Kai Seikku CEO DISTRIBUTION: Helsinki Exchanges Main media www.hkruokatalo.fi |
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