HKScan Oyj - Changes board/management/auditors

MANAGEMENT TRANSITION AT HK RUOKATALO OY

HKScan Corporation     STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE, 7 December 2007 at 1pm


MANAGEMENT TRANSITION AT HK RUOKATALO OY

A new managing director will step in at HK Ruokatalo Oy, the company carrying
out HKScan's Finnish operations. Mr Jari Leija, executive vice president of HK
Ruokatalo's poultry business, has been appointed managing director and member
of the HKScan management team effective 7 December 2007. Outgoing managing
director Esa Mäki will return to his earlier post in heading and developing HK
Ruokatalo's poultry business. 

Mr Leija joined HK Ruokatalo in 1993. Prior to his current position as
executive vice president of the poultry business, Mr Leija's responsibilities
at HK Ruokatalo included production and logistics. 

The aim of the transition is to capitalise on the overall experience and
expertise of Mr Leija in the deployment of the final stages of the Finnish
restructuring effort. 


HKScan Corporation

Kai Seikku
CEO


Further information:
CEO Kai Seikku of HKScan and managing director Jari Leija of HK Ruokatalo Oy.
Please leave any messages for either to call with Katja Backman on +358 (0)10
570 2428. 


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