Amer Sports - Prospectus/Announcement of Prospectus

Amer Sports supplements the Prospectus relating to the Rights Offering

STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE
October 2, 2009 at 2:05 pm

NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY,
IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN OR INTO AUSTRALIA, CANADA, HONG KONG, JAPAN,
SOUTH AFRICA OR THE UNITED STATES.

Amer Sports Corporation ("Amer Sports") has decided to supplement the
prospectus relating to the rights offering, dated September 28, 2009
("Prospectus"). The Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority has on
October 2, 2009 approved a document relating to supplementing of the
Prospectus ("Supplementary Document"), which refers to the
appointment of a new Amer Sports Executive Board member.

Mr. Antti Jääskeläinen (born 1972, Finnish citizen) has been named
Amer Sports' Chief Development Officer. The newly created position
has been established to strengthen Amer Sports' management in
strategic planning and execution. Mr. Jääskeläinen will join Amer
Sports on December 1, 2009.

Mr. Jääskeläinen holds an MBA from INSEAD, France, as well as Masters
Degrees in economics and engineering from the Helsinki School of
Economics and Helsinki University of Technology. He is joining Amer
Sports from Stora Enso Group, where he currently works as SVP & Head
of the Biorefining Unit and previously served as SVP & Head of Group
Strategy. Earlier in his career, Mr. Jääskeläinen also worked at
McKinsey & Company and at Nokia.

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

The Finnish language Supplementary Document approved by the Finnish
Financial Supervisory Authority will be available on Amer Sports
website at www.amersports.com as of October 2, 2009. The
Supplementary Document will also be available at the subscription
places of the rights offering and at the reception of NASDAQ OMX
Helsinki Ltd as of October 5, 2009.

AMER SPORTS CORPORATION
Communications

Ms Maarit Mikkonen
Communications Manager
Tel. +358 9 7257 8306, e-mail: maarit.mikkonen@amersports.com
www.amersports.com

DISTRIBUTION:
NASDAQ OMX Helsinki
Major media
www.amersports.com

AMER SPORTS CORPORATION
Amer Sports (www.amersports.com) is the world's leading sports
equipment company 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.

DISCLAIMER:
J.P. Morgan and Pohjola Corporate Finance are acting exclusively for
Amer Sports and no one else in connection with the rights offering.
They will not regard any other person (whether or not a recipient of
this release) as their respective clients in relation to the rights
offering and will not be responsible to anyone other than Amer Sports
for providing the protections afforded to their respective clients,
nor for giving advice in relation to the rights offering or any
transaction or arrangement referred to herein. No representation or
warranty, express or implied, is made by J.P. Morgan or Pohjola
Corporate Finance as to the accuracy, completeness or verification of
the information set forth in this release, and nothing contained in
this release is, or shall be relied upon as, a promise or
representation in this respect, whether as to the past or the future.
J.P. Morgan and Pohjola Corporate Finance  assume no responsibility
for its accuracy, completeness or verification and, accordingly,
disclaim, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and
all liability which they may otherwise be found to have in respect of
this release. This document is an advertisement for the purposes of
applicable measures implementing Directive 2003/71/EC (such
Directive, together with any applicable implementing measures in the
relevant home Member State under such Directive, the "Prospectus
Directive"). A prospectus prepared pursuant to the Prospectus
Directive will be published in connection with any offering of
securities, and will be available at subscription locations in
Finland.

The information contained herein is not for release, publication or
distribution, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, in or into
Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, South Africa or the United
States. The information contained herein does not constitute an offer
of securities for sale in the United States, nor may the securities
be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an
exemption from registration as provided in the United States
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
thereunder. There is no intention to register any portion of the
offering in the United States or to conduct a public offering of any
securities in the United States.

The information contained herein shall not constitute an offer to
sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any
sale of the securities referred to herein in any jurisdiction in
which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to
registration, exemption from registration or qualification under the
securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

This communication does not constitute an offer of securities to the
public in the United Kingdom. No prospectus has been or will be
approved in the United Kingdom in respect of the securities.
Consequently, this communication is directed only at (i) persons who
are outside the United Kingdom, (ii) persons who have professional
experience in matters relating to investments falling within Article
19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial
Promotion) Order 2005 (the "FP Order") and (iii) high net worth
entities falling within Article 49(2) of the FP Order, and other
persons to whom it may lawfully be communicated, (all such persons
together being referred to as "relevant persons"). Any investment
activity to which this communication relates will only be available
to, and will only be engaged with, relevant persons. Any person who
is not a relevant person should not act or rely on this document or
any of its contents.

Any offer of securities to the public that may be deemed to be made
pursuant to this communication in any EEA Member State that has
implemented the Prospectus Directive is only addressed to qualified
investors in that Member State within the meaning of the Prospectus
Directive.

Copies of this announcement are not being made and may not be
distributed or sent into Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, South
Africa or the United States.

Attachments:

Amer Sports supplements the Prospectus relating to the Rights Offering.pdf