Amer Sports - Changes board/management/auditors

Amer Sports: Changes in Group management

Amer Sports Corporation
STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE
June 13, 2012 at 9:00 am

Vincent Wauters, Amer Sports' SVP Supply Chain and IT, has been nominated
General Manager for Arc'teryx Inc effective June 13, 2012. Antti Jääskeläinen,
Amer Sports' Chief Development Officer, will assume leadership for the Group
Supply Chain and IT on top of his current responsibilities.

Vincent Wauters has been responsible for Amer Sports Supply Chain and IT since
2008. In his new role, Mr. Wauters will develop Arc'teryx in line with Amer
Sports' strategy to grow faster in Softgoods, leveraging scale and synergies and
driving the Group's integration. Mr. Wauters will report to Andy Towne,
President of Amer Sports' Apparel and will no longer be a member of the Group
Executive Board.

Antti Jääskeläinen, Amer Sports' Chief Development Officer since 2009, has been
responsible for leading the Group strategy and business development. In his new
extended role, Mr. Jääskeläinen will continue to be a member of the Group
Executive Board and report to Heikki Takala, President and CEO."Vincent Wauters has successfully led the Group Supply Chain and IT into a
world-class operation with an integrated and scalable model. In his new role he
will take Arc'teryx into its next accelerated growth chapter by leveraging the
Group capabilities, whilst continuing to build on the strong Arc'teryx
foundation with authentic, premium positioning and outstanding, innovative
product," says Andy Towne, President of Amer Sports' Apparel."These moves accelerate our strategy execution through increasing scale and
synergies and further integration of both the Arc'teryx operation as well as our
Supply Chain and IT. I'm pleased about the fact that we have in the Group strong
talents with proven track records of achievement, and further development
potential through new responsibilities", says Heikki Takala, President and CEO
of Amer Sports.

For further information, please contact:
Päivi Antola, Director, Corporate Communications and IR, tel. +358 9 7257 8233

DISTRIBUTION:
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AMER SPORTS
Amer Sports (www.amersports.com) is one of the world's leading sports equipment
companies 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. Amer Sports' shares are
quoted on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki.


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