Rapala VMC - Company Announcement

ANNUAL SUMMARY 2009

Rapala VMC Corporation
Stock Exchange Release
January 29, 2010 at 10.00


Rapala VMC Corporation has published a summary of releases issued in 2009 in
accordance with Securities Market Act Chapter 2, 10 c §. The Annual Summary is
available at www.rapala.com.

RAPALA VMC CORPORATION

Jouni Grönroos
Chief Financial Officer

For further information, please contact:
Jouni Grönroos, Chief Financial Officer, +358 9 7562 540

Distribution: NASDAQ OMX Helsinki and Main Media

Rapala 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
and China. The Group brand portfolio includes the leading brand in the industry,
Rapala, and other global brands like VMC, Storm, Blue Fox, Luhr Jensen,
Williamson, Marttiini and Sufix. The Group, with net sales of EUR 243 million in
2008, employs some 2000 people in 30 countries. Rapala's share is listed and
traded on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki stock exchange since 1998.



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Attachments:

StockExchangeRelease_Annual_Summary_2009.pdf

Annual_Summary_2009_ENG.pdf