Rapala VMC - Financial Calendar

CORRECTION: RAPALA'S FINANCIAL REPORTING IN 2013

Rapala VMC Corporation
Stock Exchange Release
October 23, 2012 at 12:15 p.m.


Correction to year presented in header and in first sentence of the release
published on October 23, 2012 at 10:00 a.m.

In 2013, Rapala VMC Corporation (Rapala) will publish its financial information
as follows:

  * Interim Report for the fourth quarter and full year 2012 on February 6,
  * Interim Report for the first quarter on April 24,
  * Interim Report for the second quarter on July 19, and
  * Interim Report for the third quarter on October 22, 2013.

Rapala's Financial Statement for 2012 will be published in week 12.

RAPALA VMC CORPORATION

Jorma Kasslin
Chief Executive Officer


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

Distribution: NASDAQ OMX Helsinki and Main Media


Rapala VMC Corporation (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, 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's share is listed and traded on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki stock exchange
since 1998.


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Attachments:

Stock Exchange Release.pdf