2017-03-08 08:00:28 CET

2017-03-08 08:00:28 CET


REGLERAD INFORMATION

Engelska Finska
Rapala VMC - Annual Financial Report

RAPALA VMC CORPORATION - FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE STATEMENT 2016 PUBLISHED 


Rapala VMC Corporation
Stock Exchange Release
March 8, 2017 at 9:00 a.m.

RAPALA VMC CORPORATION - FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE STATEMENT
2016 PUBLISHED

Rapala VMC Corporation's Financial Statements and Corporate Governance Statement
2016 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 on the Group's corporate website at
www.rapalavmc.com in English and Finnish.


RAPALA VMC CORPORATION
Jussi Ristimäki
Chief Executive Officer

For further information:
Jussi Ristimäki, Chief Executive Officer, tel. +358 40 700 1344
Olli Aho, Investor Relations, tel. +358 9 7562 540

Distribution: Nasdaq 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, 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 261 million in 2016, employs some 2 800 people in 40 countries.
Rapala VMC Corporation's share is listed and traded on the Nasdaq Helsinki stock
exchange since 1998.



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