Rapala VMC - Company Announcement

RAPALA VMC CORPORATION'S ANNUAL SUMMARY 2012

Rapala VMC Corporation
Stock Exchange Release
January 4, 2013 at 2.30 p.m.

Rapala  VMC Corporation  has published  a summary  of releases issued in 2012 in
accordance  with Securities Market Act Chapter  2, 10 c §. The Annual Summary is
available at corporate website www.rapalavmc.com.


RAPALA VMC CORPORATION

Jussi Ristimäki
Chief Financial Officer

For further information:
Jussi Ristimäki, Chief Financial Officer, tel. +358 9 7562 540

Distribution: NASDAQ OMX 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, China,  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 279 million in 2011, employs some 2 000 people in 38 countries.
Rapala  VMC Corporation's share is listed and  traded on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki
stock exchange since 1998.


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Attachments:

Stock Exchange Release.pdf

Annual Summary 2012.pdf