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Vincent Wauters appointed Amer Sports Senior Vice President, Supply Chain and Information Technology

Mr. Vincent Wauters has been named Amer Sports Senior Vice President,
Supply Chain and Information Technology. The newly created position
has been established to reinforce the company's efforts in developing
synergies through common platforms in the areas of Supply Chain and
Information Technology. Mr. Wauters will join Amer Sports on
September 1, 2008.

Mr. Wauters holds a Post Graduate degree in geopolitics from U:L:B
Brussels University, Belgium. He is joining Amer Sports from Newell
Rubbermaid (www.newellrubbermaid.com) in Paris, France, where he held
the position of Vice President, Supply Chain, EMEA. Mr. Wauters will
relocate to Helsinki, Finland and will be based at Amer Sports
headquarters.

Mr. Wauters will report to Mr. Roger Talermo, Amer Sports' President
and CEO and will be a member of Executive Board.

For further information, please contact:
Mr. Max Alfthan, Senior Vice President, Communications, Amer Sports
Corporation,
tel. +358 9 7257 8216


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AMER SPORTS CORPORATION
Amer Sports (www.amersports.com) is the world's leading sports
equipment company with internationally recognized brands including
Wilson, Atomic, Suunto, Precor and Salomon. 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.

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