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2010-08-02 14:00:02 CEST


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Ilkka-Yhtymä Oyj - Interim report (Q1 and Q3)

Ilkka-Yhtymä Oyj's Interim Report for Q2/2010


Ilkka-Yhtymä Oyj	Interim Report  2 August 2010, at 3:00pm                       

ILKKA-YHTYMÄ OYJ'S INTERIM REPORT FOR Q2/2010                                   

JANUARY-JUNE 2010                                                               
- Net sales: EUR 23.0 million (EUR 24.6 million), down 6.7%                     
- Operating profit: EUR 6.0 million (EUR 4.2 million), up 43.2%                 
- Operating profit excluding Alma Media Corporation and the other associated    
companies amounted to EUR 3.2 million (EUR 4.2 million), a drop of 24.4%        
- Operating profit from the publishing business increased by EUR 0.1 million    
while that of the printing business decreased by EUR 1.0 million                
- Operating profit totalled 26.1% of net sales; 13.7% excluding Alma Media and  
other associated companies (16.9%)                                              
- Pre-tax profits: EUR 6.2 million (EUR 7.0 million), down 12.5%                
- Earnings per share: EUR 0.21 (EUR 0.31)                                       

APRIL-JUNE 2010                                                                 
- Net sales: EUR 11.9 million (EUR 12.6 million), down 6.0%                     
- Operating profit: EUR 3.5 million (EUR 2.4 million), up 46.2%                 
- Operating profit excluding Alma Media Corporation and the other associated    
companies amounted to EUR 1.9 million (EUR 2.4 million), a drop of 20.3%        
- Operating profit from the publishing business increased by EUR 0.04 million   
while that of the printing business decreased by EUR 0.5 million                
- Operating profit totalled 29.4% of net sales; 15.9% excluding Alma Media and  
other associated companies (18.8%)                                              
- Pre-tax profits: EUR 3.6 million (EUR 3.3 million), up 8.8%                   
- Earnings per share: EUR 0.12 (EUR 0.13)                                       


NET SALES AND PROFIT PERFORMANCE                                                

The Group's consolidated net sales for January-June showed a 6.7% decline. Net  
sales came to EUR 23.0 million (EUR 24.6 million in the corresponding period in 
the previous year). External net sales from the publishing business grew by     
2.2%. Advertising revenues grew by 3.4%, and circulation revenues grew by 0.4%. 
External net sales from the printing business fell by 43.7%, partly due to the  
termination of HSS Media Oy's printing contract on 31 December 2009 and the fall
in printing prices. Circulation income accounted for 41% of consolidated net    
sales, while advertising income and printing income represented 46% and 12%,    
respectively.                                                                   

For Q2, net sales fell by 6.0% and totalled EUR 11.9 million (EUR 12.6 million).
External net sales from the publishing business grew by 2.4%. Advertising       
revenues grew by 3.1%, and circulation revenues grew by 0.9%. External net sales
from the printing business fell by 41.4%. Circulation income accounted for 40%  
of consolidated net sales in April-June, while advertising income and printing  
income represented 47% and 12%, respectively.                                   

Other operating income in January-June totalled EUR 0.2 million (EUR 0.2        
million) and in April-June EUR 0.1 million (EUR 0.1 million).                   

Operating expenses for January-June amounted to EUR 20.0 million (EUR 20.6      
million), down by 3.0% year on year. For April-June, operating expenses amounted
to EUR 10.1 million (EUR 10.3 million), down 2.5%. Expenses from materials and  
services decreased due to the decline in printing volumes and the falling prices
of printing materials. As a result of co-determination negotiations conducted in
Ilkka-Yhtymä Group in March 2009, arrangements concerning holiday pay were      
negotiated with the staff. This resulted in cost savings of EUR 0.6 million in  
personnel costs for Q1/2009 and approximately EUR 0.2 million for Q2/2009. With 
respect to Q1/2010, the arrangement reduced personnel costs by approximately EUR
0.1 million.                                                                    

The share of the associated companies' result for January-June was EUR 2.9      
million (EUR 0.02 million). Consolidated operating profit amounted to EUR 6.0   
million (EUR 4.2 million), up by 43.2 per cent year-on-year. The Group's        
operating margin was 26.1 per cent (17.0%). Operating profit excluding Alma     
Media Corporation and the other associated companies amounted to EUR 3.2 million
(EUR 4.2 million), representing 13.7% (16.9%) of net sales. Operating profit    
from publishing grew by EUR 0.1 million. Operating profit from printing         
decreased by EUR 1.0 million, due to a reduction in volumes and the transfer of 
advertisement production to the publishing segment, as well as the costs for    
closing down the operations of the Vaasa printing unit during Q1.               

For April-June, the share of the associated companies' result was EUR 1.6       
million (EUR 0.01 million). Consolidated operating profit amounted to EUR 3.5   
million (EUR 2.4 million). Operating profit increased 46.2 per cent from the    
corresponding period. The Group's operating margin was 29.4 per cent (18.9%) in 
April-June. Operating profit excluding Alma Media Corporation and the other     
associated companies amounted to EUR 1.9 million (EUR 2.4 million), representing
15.9% (18.8%) of net sales. For the second quarter, operating profit from 
publishing grew by EUR 0.04 million. Operating profit from printing decreased by
EUR 0.5 million.                                                                

Net financial income for January-June amounted to EUR 0.2 million (EUR 2.9      
million), with financial assets at fair value through profit or loss accounting 
for EUR 0.0 million (EUR 0.5 million). Financial income for Q1/2009 includes EUR
2.3 million in dividend income from Alma Media Corporation. On 10 August 2009,  
Ilkka-Yhtymä's holding in Alma Media Corporation increased and the latter became
the former's associated company, as a result of which the dividends received    
(EUR 6.1 million for Q1/2010) have been eliminated in the Consolidated Income   
Statement (IFRS). For April-June, net financial income amounted to EUR 0.1      
million (EUR 0.9 million), with financial assets at fair value through profit or
loss accounting for a loss of EUR 0.1 million (EUR 0.5 million).                

Pre-tax profits for January-June totalled EUR 6.2 million (EUR 7.0 million).    
Direct taxes amounted to EUR 0.7 million (EUR 1.1 million), and the Group's net 
profit for the period totalled EUR 5.4 million (EUR 5.9 million). The Group's   
net profit for the second quarter totalled EUR 3.1 million (EUR 2.5 million).   

BALANCE SHEET AND FINANCING                                                     

The consolidated balance sheet total came to EUR 144.5 million (EUR 76.2        
million), with EUR 96.9 million (EUR 23.9 million) of equity. Following a share 
purchase on 10 August 2009, Ilkka-Yhtymä's holding in Alma Media changed,       
resulting in the latter becoming an associated company. Following this the      
valuation loss (EUR 31.5 million) on available-for-sale shares assigned in the  
fair value reserve under shareholders' equity was transferred to shares in      
associated companies, not recognised through profit or loss. Thereafter, shares 
in associated companies were reported at cost and shareholders' equity was      
increased by the amount transferred. On the reporting date of 30 June 2010, the 
balance sheet value of the holding in the associated company, Alma Media        
Corporation, was EUR 105.7 million and the market value of the shares was EUR   
97.5 million. According to the management's estimate, write-down in this holding
is unnecessary. In order to repay the temporary debt financing used for the     
purchase of shares in Alma Media Corporation and to strengthen the Company's    
capital structure, Ilkka-Yhtymä Oyj executed a share issue in September 2009    
which raised approximately EUR 38.4 million, excluding the expenses entailed by 
the issue.                                                                      

Interest-bearing liabilities at the end of the period totalled EUR 35.5 million 
(EUR 40.0 million). Equity ratio was at 69.3 per cent (33.5%) and shareholders' 
equity per share stood at EUR 3.77 (EUR 1.24). The decrease in financial assets 
for the period totalled EUR 1.8 million (increase EUR 1.5 million), with liquid 
assets at the end of the period totalling EUR 4.8 million (EUR 3.9 million).    

Cash flow from operations for the period came to EUR 4.0 million (EUR 7.6       
million). Cash flow from investments totalled EUR 5.3 million (EUR 1.9 million).

SHARE PERFORMANCE                                                               

The series-I shares of Ilkka-Yhtymä Oyj were listed on the Helsinki Stock       
Exchange in 1981 and have remained listed ever since. The series-II shares have 
been listed since their issue in 1988, and on 10 June 2002 they were listed on  
the Main List of the Helsinki Stock Exchange. At present, the series-II shares  
of Ilkka-Yhtymä Oyj are listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki List, in the Consumer 
Discretionary sector, the company's market value being classified as Mid Cap.   
The series-I shares are listed on the Pre List.                                 

In January-June, 15,457 series-I shares of Ilkka-Yhtymä Oyj were traded,        
accounting for 0.4 per cent of the total number of series-I shares. The total   
value of the shares exchanged was EUR 0.1 million. In total, 2,702,421 series-II
shares were traded, corresponding to 12.7 per cent of the total number of series
II shares. The total value of the shares traded was EUR 18.2 million. The lowest
price at which series-I shares of Ilkka-Yhtymä Oyj were traded during the period
under review was EUR 7.57, and the highest per-share price was EUR 10.21. The   
lowest price at which series-II shares were traded was EUR 6.05 and the highest 
EUR 7.38. The market value of the share capital at the closing rate for the     
reporting period was EUR 169.9 million.                                         

PERSONNEL                                                                       

The Group had an average of 344 (370) employees during the period.              

Ilkka-Yhtymä Group's publishing company I-Mediat Oy held cooperation            
negotiations mainly concerning I-Mediat Oy's technical production and           
information management personnel working in the editorial offices of provincial 
papers. These negotiations began on 17 May 2010 and ended on 7 June 2010.       

The subject of the negotiations were the changes taking place in the editorial  
process related to newspapers and the increase in internal and external         
cooperation. As a result of these negotiations, staff numbers will be reduced by
eight. These personnel effects are estimated to materialise in full during 2011.

RISKS AND RISK MANAGEMENT                                                       

Despite the budding economic recovery, the recession's impact in 2010 on media  
advertising and circulation and printing volumes continues to be difficult to   
predict. Ilkka-Yhtymä's most significant short-term risks are related to the    
development of media advertising and circulation and printing volumes, which    
affect the industry in general. Other business risks are discussed in more      
detail in the 2009 Annual Report.     

The Group has EUR 35.5 million in interest-bearing loans, EUR 33.2 million of   
which are long-term. The interest rate risk is controlled by taking out both    
fixed-rate and variable-rate loans. On 30 June 2010, the interest on 23% of     
these loans was fixed-rate and on 77% variable-rate. The loans' maturity ranges 
from three to five years. On the reporting date of 30 June 2010, the impact of  
the variable-rate liabilities on profit before taxes would have amounted to EUR 
-/+ 0.3 million had the interest level increased or decreased by a percentage   
point.                                                                          

ILKKA-YHTYMÄ VENTURES INTO NATIONAL CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS BUSINESS          

Arena Partners Ltd, an associated company in which Ilkka-Yhtymä Oyj has a 38%   
stake, and Alma Media Corporation will begin comprehensive cooperation in the   
national classified advertising business. This cooperation will involve Arena   
Partners buying a 35% share of Alma Media's home sales, vehicle and consumer    
advertising marketplace company. Simultaneously, Alma Media will purchase a 35% 
share of Arena Interactive, a subsidiary of Arena Partners specialising in      
mobile services.                                                                

With its decision dated 14 July 2010, the Finnish Competition Authority approved
the cooperation arrangement between Alma Media and Arena Partners. The decision 
contains no conditions. The parties will seek to finalise the arrangement in    
August.                                                                         

The joint venture, Marketplaces, includes Alma Media's Etuovi.com, Autotalli.com
and Mikko.fi classified services.                                               

The regional newspapers of Ilkka-Yhtymä (Ilkka and Pohjalainen), Arena Partners'
other papers and Alma Media's papers will enter into a cooperation agreement on 
using Alma's marketplace services in their respective regions. With this new    
arrangement, customer responsibilities will become mainly regional. The joint   
venture company will have centralised responsibility for product development,   
technology, brands and national sales.                                          

Arena Interactive Oy, jointly owned by Arena Partners Ltd and Alma Media        
Corporation, will continue operating as an independent developer of mobile      
solutions and service provider in the media sector.                             

The new cooperation will have only a minor short-term effect on Ilkka-Yhtymä's  
key financial figures.                                                          

Total net sales for 2009 of the services to be transferred to the new           
Marketplaces company from Alma Media Interactive Oy came to EUR 16.9 million.   
Arena Interactive Oy's net sales in 2009 totalled EUR 1 million.                

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING                             

On 19 April 2010, the Annual General Meeting of Ilkka-Yhtymä Oyj approved the   
financial statements, discharged the members of the Supervisory Board and the   
Board of Directors and the Managing Director from liability, and decided that a 
per share dividend of EUR 0.35 be paid for 2009.                                

The number of members on the Supervisory Board for 2010 was confirmed to be 26. 
Of the Supervisory Board members whose term had come to an end, the following   
were re-elected for the term ending in 2014: Kari Aukia, Vaasa, Sami Eerola,    
Nurmo, Jari Eklund, Helsinki, Johanna Kankaanpää, Ähtäri, Yrjö Kopra, Helsinki, 
Juha Mikkilä, Kurikka and Sami Talso, Mustasaari. Lasse Hautala, Kauhajoki, was 
elected to replace a Supervisory Board member whose term was expiring under     
Article 5 of the Articles of Association (68 years in 2010) until the end of the
term in question (ending in 2011). Lasse Hautala left Ilkka-Yhtymä's Board of   
Directors on 19 April 2010. Satu Heikkilä, Helsinki, was elected to replace a   
Supervisory Board member who resigned during the term of office until the end of
the term in question (ending in 2011).                                          

At the Annual General Meeting it was decided to maintain the payments made to   
the Chairman of the Supervisory Board and the board members at their current    
level: the Chairman will receive a retainer of EUR 1,000 per month and a fee of 
EUR 350 per meeting, and the board members will be paid a fee of EUR 350 per    
meeting attended. The board members' travel expenses are reimbursed in          
accordance with the current maximum level specified by the tax authorities.     

Ernst & Young Oy, Authorised Public Accountants, was elected the auditor, with  
Authorised Public Accountants Tomi Englund and Marja Huhtala as the main        
auditors. Authorised Public Accountants Päivi Virtanen and Johanna              
Winqvist-Ilkka were elected deputy auditors. It was decided that the auditors   
would be reimbursed as per the invoice.                                         

The AGM approved the Board of Directors' proposal on amending the Articles of   
Association. According to the proposal certain changes resulting from amendments
to the Companies Act as well as some other, primarily technical, changes were   
made to the Articles of Association. The current sections 2, 4, 6, 10, 11, 14,  
16 and 17 of the Articles of Association were amended and section 13 was        
removed, resulting in some changes to section numbers.                          

The amendments included the following:                                          
- The relinquishment of the minimum and maximum amounts of share capital and    
shares, and relinquishment of the nominal value of share (section 2).           
- The first paragraph of section 11, concerning the time of the summons to the  
General Meeting, was amended as follows: “The summons to a General Meeting must 
be delivered to shareholders no more than three (3) months and no less than     
three (3) weeks prior to the General Meeting, through the publication of a      
notice in a newspaper published by the company or its subsidiary, and on the    
corporate website. The summons to a General Meeting must, however, be published 
a minimum of nine (9) days prior to the matching date of the General Meeting.”  
- The current section 14 on a single shareholder's number of votes was amended  
as follows: “At a General Meeting, a single shareholder may not use more than   
one twentieth (1/20) of the entire number of votes represented in a meeting.”   
- The number of auditors was reduced to one (current section 17).               

The AGM authorised the Board of Directors to decide upon a share issue and/or   
granting stock options and/or other special rights and upon their conditions.   
The maximum number of Series II shares issued is 7,700,000, corresponding to    
around 30 per cent of the company's total shares and 36.05 per cent of Series II
shares at present. This authorisation includes the right to issue shares and/or 
stock options and/or other special rights as distinct from the shareholders'    
pre-emptive rights, under conditions prescribed by law, and the right to decide 
upon a free issue to the company itself. The authorisation is valid for five    
years from the date of the AGM's decision.                                      

The AGM authorised the Board of Directors to decide in 2010 upon a donation,    
totalling a maximum of EUR 100,000, to be made towards charitable or similar    
causes, and authorised the Board of Directors to decide upon the recipients,    
purposes of use and other terms of these donations.                             

The proposal by Osakesäästäjien Keskusliitto ry (Shareholders Association) to   
wind up the Supervisory Board was not approved.                                 

In its meeting of 24 May 2010, the Supervisory Board elected Professor Riitta   
Viitala as new member to the Board of Directors of Ilkka-Yhtymä Oyj. Lasse      
Hautala was elected Chairman of the Supervisory Board while Perttu Rinta will   
continue as its Vice Chairman. At its membership meeting, the Board of Directors
re-elected Seppo Paatelainen as its Chairman, while Timo Aukia will continue as 
Vice Chairman.                                                                  

FLAGGING ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                          

As a result of a share purchase completed on 19 April 2010, Pohjois-Karjalan    
Kirjapaino Oyj's holding in Ilkka-Yhtymä Oyj's share capital increased to 5.9524
per cent of the share capital and 1.4236 per cent of the voting rights.         

EVENTS AFTER THE REPORT PERIOD                                                  

After the report period, the Finnish Competition Authority approved the         
cooperation arrangement between Alma Media and Arena Partners in a ruling dated 
14 July 2010. The decision contains no conditions. The parties will seek to     
finalise the arrangement during August.                                         

OUTLOOK FOR 2010                                                                

Despite the budding economic recovery, the recession's impact in 2010 on media  
advertising and circulation and printing volumes continues to be difficult to   
predict. The slow growth of media advertising is expected to continue in Finland
towards the end of the year. Newspaper circulation income is expected to remain 
at almost the previous year's level due to price increases. Due to the          
recession, printing business volumes have declined substantially in Finland as  
media advertising and exports decrease.                                         

Net sales for Ilkka-Yhtymä Group are expected to contract slightly as the net   
sales of the printing business decrease. Net sales for the publishing business, 
on the other hand, are forecast to increase slightly.                           

Group operating profit from Ilkka-Yhtymä's own operations and operating profit  
as a percentage of net sales, excluding the share of Alma Media Corporation's   
and other associated companies' profit, are expected to decrease to some extent 
from their 2009 levels. In addition, the year's results will depend on          
interest-rate trends, any trading in securities and the price performance of    
securities investments. Furthermore, the associated company Alma Media          
Corporation (20.3% stake in it) will have a significant impact on Group         
operating profit and profit.                                                    

In the current economic climate, major uncertainties remain, related to the     
predictability of both net sales and operating profit.                          



SUMMARY OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND NOTES                                       

DRAFTING PRINCIPLES                                                             

This interim report, issued by Ilkka-Yhtymä Group, was prepared in accordance   
with the requirements of the IAS 34 Interim Financial Reporting standard.       

Since 1 January 2010, the Group has complied with the following new or updated  
standards and interpretations:                                                  

- IFRS 3 Business combinations and IAS 27 Consolidated and Separate Financial   
Statements. These changes will have an impact should the Group acquire          
controlling interests or make changes to its subsidiaries' interests            
(acquisitions or relinquishments). The change has no impact on the interim      
report.                                                                         
- Improvements on IFRS standards (April 2009). These changes will, for the most 
part, become effective in 2010. Several minor changes have no bearing on the    
interim report.                                                                 
- IFRIC 17 Distributions of Non-Cash Assets to Owners. The interpretation has no
impact on the interim report.                                                   

In other respects, the interim report was compiled in compliance with the same  
accounting principles as the previous financial reports. The principles and     
formulae for the calculation of the indicators, presented on page 57 of the 2009
annual report, remain unchanged.                                                

The figures in the interim report have been presented unaudited.                


CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT                                                   

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| (EUR 1,000)   |   4-6/ |   4-6/ | Chang |   1-6/ |   1-6/ | Change |   1-12/ |
|               |   2010 |   2009 |    e  |   2010 |   2009 |      % |    2009 |
|               |        |        |     % |        |        |        |         |
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| NET SALES     | 11 859 | 12 616 |    -6 | 22 959 | 24 621 |     -7 |  48 811 |
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| Change in     |     -4 |    -23 |    82 |     -5 |     -8 |     34 |     -10 |
| inventories   |        |        |       |        |        |        |         |
| of finished   |        |        |       |        |        |        |         |
| and           |        |        |       |        |        |        |         |
| unfinished    |        |        |       |        |        |        |         |
| products      |        |        |       |        |        |        |         |
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| Other         |     97 |     99 |    -2 |    220 |    194 |     14 |     369 |
| operating     |        |        |       |        |        |        |         |
| income        |        |        |       |        |        |        |         |
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| Materials and | -3 242 | -3 899 |   -17 | -6 549 | -7 809 |    -16 | -15 211 |
| services      |        |        |       |        |        |        |         |
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| Employee      | -4 418 | -4 190 |     5 | -8 794 | -8 334 |      6 | -16 940 |
| benefits      |        |        |       |        |        |        |         |
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| Depreciation  |   -804 |   -793 |     1 | -1 581 | -1 601 |     -1 |  -3 411 |
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| Other         | -1 598 | -1 439 |    11 | -3 096 | -2 895 |      7 |  -6 145 |
| operating     |        |        |       |        |        |        |         |
| costs         |        |        |       |        |        |        |         |
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| Share of      |  1 593 |     11 | 14220 |  2 850 |     24 |  11637 |   3 019 |
| associated    |        |        |       |        |        |        |         |
| companies'    |        |        |       |        |        |        |         |
| profit        |        |        |       |        |        |        |         |
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| OPERATING     |  3 482 |  2 382 |    46 |  6 004 |  4 193 |     43 |  10 482 |
| PROFIT        |        |        |       |        |        |        |         |
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| Financial     |     72 |    883 |   -92 |    163 |  2 856 |    -94 |   3 013 |
| income and    |        |        |       |        |        |        |         |
| expenses      |        |        |       |        |        |        |         |
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| PROFIT BEFORE |  3 554 |  3 266 |     9 |  6 167 |  7 048 |    -13 |  13 495 |
| TAXES         |        |        |       |        |        |        |         |
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| Income tax    |   -420 |   -729 |   -42 |   -736 | -1 103 |    -33 |  -1 995 |
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| PROFIT FOR    |  3 134 |  2 537 |    24 |  5 431 |  5 946 |     -9 |  11 500 |
| THE PERIOD    |        |        |       |        |        |        |         |
| UNDER REVIEW  |        |        |       |        |        |        |         |
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| Earnings per  |   0.12 |   0.13 |    -7 |   0.21 |   0.31 |    -31 |    0.55 |
| share,        |        |        |       |        |        |        |         |
| undiluted     |        |        |       |        |        |        |         |
| (EUR)*)       |        |        |       |        |        |        |         |
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| The undiluted | 25 665 | 19 308 |       | 25 665 | 19 308 |        |  20 997 |
| share         |        |        |       |        |        |        |         |
| average,      |        |        |       |        |        |        |         |
| adjusted for  |        |        |       |        |        |        |         |
| the share     |        |        |       |        |        |        |         |
| issue (to the |        |        |       |        |        |        |         |
| nearest       |        |        |       |        |        |        |         |
| thousand)*)   |        |        |       |        |        |        |         |
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*) There are no factor diluting the figure.                                     

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME                                  

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| (EUR 1,000)   |   4-6/ |   4-6/ | Chang |   1-6/ |   1-6/ | Change |   1-12/ |
|               |   2010 |   2009 |   e % |   2010 |   2009 |      % |    2009 |
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| PROFIT FOR    |  3 134 |  2 537 |    24 |  5 431 |  5 946 |     -9 |  11 500 |
| THE PERIOD    |        |        |       |        |        |        |         |
| UNDER REVIEW  |        |        |       |        |        |        |         |
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| OTHER         |        |        |       |        |        |        |         |
| COMPREHENSIVE |        |        |       |        |        |        |         |
| INCOME:       |        |        |       |        |        |        |         |
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| Available-for |        | -2 856 |   100 |        |   -695 |    100 |         |
| -sale assets  |        |        |       |        |        |        |         |
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| Share of      |     78 |        |       |    125 |        |        |     195 |
| associated    |        |        |       |        |        |        |         |
| companies'    |        |        |       |        |        |        |         |
| other         |        |        |       |        |        |        |         |
| comprehensive |        |        |       |        |        |        |         |
| income        |        |        |       |        |        |        |         |
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| Income tax    |        |        |       |        |        |        |         |
| related to    |        |        |       |        |        |        |         |
| components of |        |        |       |        |        |        |         |
| other         |        |        |       |        |        |        |         |
| comprehensive |        |        |       |        |        |        |         |
| income        |        |        |       |        |        |        |         |
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| Other         |     78 | -2 856 |   103 |    125 |   -695 |    118 |     195 |
| comprehensive |        |        |       |        |        |        |         |
| income, net   |        |        |       |        |        |        |         |
| of tax        |        |        |       |        |        |        |         |
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| TOTAL         |  3 212 |   -319 |  1106 |  5 556 |  5 251 |      6 |  11 695 |
| COMPREHENSIVE |        |        |       |        |        |        |         |
| INCOME FOR    |        |        |       |        |        |        |         |
| THE PERIOD    |        |        |       |        |        |        |         |
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For Q2/2009, no deferred tax asset was recorded related to Alma Media's shares  
(10.3% holding exceeding one year).                                             



CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET                                                      

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| (EUR 1,000)                   |    6/2010 |    6/2009 |  Change  |   12/2009 |
|                               |           |           |        % |           |
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| ASSETS                        |           |           |          |           |
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| NON-CURRENT ASSETS            |           |           |          |           |
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| Intangible rights             |     1 212 |       898 |       35 |     1 198 |
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| Goodwill                      |       314 |       314 |          |       314 |
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| Investment properties         |       443 |       477 |       -7 |       496 |
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| Property, plant and equipment |    16 281 |    18 546 |      -12 |    17 218 |
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| Shares in associated          |   106 192 |       558 |    18939 |   109 167 |
| companies                     |           |           |          |           |
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| Available-for-sale assets     |     5 926 |    42 722 |      -86 |     5 566 |
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| Non-current trade and other   |        30 |        58 |      -48 |        58 |
| receivables                   |           |           |          |           |
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| Other tangible assets         |       214 |       214 |          |       214 |
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| TOTAL NON-CURRENT ASSETS      |   130 613 |    63 787 |      105 |   134 232 |
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| Current assets                |           |           |          |           |
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| Inventories                   |       547 |       874 |      -37 |       622 |
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| Trade and other receivables   |     4 609 |     4 563 |        1 |     2 862 |
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| Income tax assets             |     1 174 |       941 |       25 |       224 |
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| Financial assets at fair      |     2 734 |     2 216 |       23 |     2 472 |
| value                         |           |           |          |           |
| through profit or loss        |           |           |          |           |
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| Cash and cash equivalents     |     4 812 |     3 857 |       25 |     6 648 |
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| TOTAL Current assets          |    13 876 |    12 451 |       11 |    12 828 |
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| Total assets                  |   144 489 |    76 238 |       90 |   147 060 |
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| SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY AND      |           |           |          |           |
| LIABILITIES                   |           |           |          |           |
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| SHAREHOLDER'S EQUITY          |           |           |          |           |
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| Share capital                 |     6 416 |     3 666 |       75 |     6 416 |
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| Fair value reserve and other  |    48 522 |   -19 342 |      351 |    48 522 |
| reserves                      |           |           |          |           |
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| Retained earnings             |    41 932 |    39 610 |        6 |    45 359 |
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| SHAREHOLDER'S EQUITY          |    96 871 |    23 934 |      305 |   100 298 |
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| NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES       |           |           |          |           |
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| Deferred tax liability        |     1 362 |     1 643 |      -17 |     1 505 |
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| Non-current interest-bearing  |    33 204 |    37 749 |      -12 |    33 204 |
| liabilities                   |           |           |          |           |
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| NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES       |    34 566 |    39 392 |      -12 |    34 709 |
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| CURRENT LIABILITIES           |           |           |          |           |
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| Current interest-bearing      |     2 273 |     2 273 |          |     4 545 |
| liabilities                   |           |           |          |           |
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| Accounts payable and other    |     9 865 |     9 641 |        2 |     7 160 |
| payables                      |           |           |          |           |
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| Income tax liability          |       914 |       997 |       -8 |       347 |
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| CURRENT LIABILITIES           |    13 052 |    12 911 |        1 |    12 053 |
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| SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY AND      |   144 489 |    76 238 |       90 |   147 060 |
| LIABILITIES TOTAL             |           |           |          |           |
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CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW STATEMENT                                                

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| (EUR 1,000)                            |     1-6/  |      1-6/  |     1-12/  |
|                                        |      2010 |       2009 |       2009 |
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| CASH FLOW FROM OPERATIONS              |           |            |            |
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| Profit for the period under review     |     5 431 |      5 946 |     11 500 |
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| Adjustments                            |      -712 |       -183 |       -634 |
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| Change in working capital              |     1 148 |      1 071 |        571 |
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| CASH FLOW FROM OPERATIONS              |     5 866 |      6 833 |     11 438 |
| BEFORE FINANCE AND TAXES               |           |            |            |
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| Financial income and expenses          |      -600 |         41 |       -116 |
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| Direct taxes paid                      |    -1 262 |        722 |       -242 |
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| CASH FLOW FROM OPERATIONS              |     4 004 |      7 596 |     11 081 |
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| CASH FLOW FROM INVESTMENTS             |           |            |            |
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| Investments in tangible and            |      -529 |       -668 |     -1 470 |
| intangible assets, net                 |           |            |            |
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| Acquisition of shares in associated    |      -137 |            |    -35 701 |
| companies                              |           |            |            |
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| Other investments, net                 |      -360 |       -101 |       -459 |
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| Granted loans                          |           |        -19 |        -19 |
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| Repayments of loan receivables         |        28 |            |            |
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| Dividends received from investments    |     6 334 |      2 661 |      2 704 |
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| CASH FLOW FROM INVESTMENTS             |     5 335 |      1 873 |    -34 945 |
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| CASH FLOW BEFORE FINANCING ITEMS       |     9 339 |      9 470 |    -23 865 |
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| CASH FLOW FROM FINANCING               |           |            |            |
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| Share issue                            |           |            |     38 410 |
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| Change in current loans                |    -2 273 |     -3 585 |     -1 313 |
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| Change in non-current loans            |           |            |     -4 545 |
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| Dividends paid and other profit        |    -8 903 |     -4 348 |     -4 360 |
| distribution                           |           |            |            |
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| CASH FLOW FROM FINANCING               |   -11 176 |     -7 933 |     28 193 |
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| INCREASE (+) OR DECREASE (-)IN         |    -1 837 |      1 537 |      4 328 |
| FINANCIAL ASSETS                       |           |            |            |
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| Liquid assets at the beginning of the  |     6 648 |      2 321 |      2 321 |
| financial period                       |           |            |            |
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| Liquid assets at the end of the        |     4 812 |      3 857 |      6 648 |
| financial period                       |           |            |            |
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GROUP KEY FIGURES

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|                                 |       6/2010 |       6/2009 |      12/2009 |
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| Earnings/share (EUR)            |         0.21 |         0.31 |         0.55 |
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| Shareholders' equity/share      |         3.77 |         1.24 |         3.91 |
| (EUR)                           |              |              |              |
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| Average number of personnel     |          344 |          370 |          366 |
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| Investments (EUR 1,000) *)      |        1 507 |          564 |       37 427 |
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| Interest-bearing debt (EUR      |       35 477 |       40 022 |       37 749 |
| 1,000)                          |              |              |              |
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| Equity ratio, %                 |         69.3 |         33.5 |         69.0 |
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| Adjusted average number of      |   25 665 208 |   19 307 920 |   20 997 391 |
| shares during the period        |              |              |              |
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| Adjusted number of shares on    |   25 665 208 |   19 307 920 |   25 665 208 |
| the balance sheet date          |              |              |              |
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*) Includes investments in tangible and intangible assets and shares in         
associated companies and in available-for-sale financial assets.                
Taxes included in the income statement are taxes corresponding to the result for
the period under review.                                                        


STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN CONSOLIDATED SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY (EUR 1,000)           

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| Change in  |  Share |     Fair | Invested |    Other |  Retained |     Total |
| shareholde | capita |    value | unrestri | reserves |  earnings |           |
| rs' equity |      l |  reserve |    cted  |          |           |           |
|  1-6/2009  |        |          |   equity |          |           |           |
|            |        |          |     fund |          |           |           |
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| SHAREHOLDE |  3 666 |  -31 509 |          |   12 862 |    38 064 |    23 083 |
| RS' EQUITY |        |          |          |          |           |           |
| 1.1.       |        |          |          |          |           |           |
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| Comprehens |        |     -695 |          |          |     5 946 |     5 251 |
| ive income |        |          |          |          |           |           |
| for the    |        |          |          |          |           |           |
| period     |        |          |          |          |           |           |
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| Dividend   |        |          |          |          |    -4 400 |    -4 400 |
| distributi |        |          |          |          |           |           |
| on         |        |          |          |          |           |           |
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| TOTAL      |  3 666 |  -32 204 |          |   12 862 |    39 610 |    23 934 |
| SHAREHOLDE |        |          |          |          |           |           |
| RS' EQUITY |        |          |          |          |           |           |
| 6/2009     |        |          |          |          |           |           |
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| Change in  |  Share |     Fair | Invested |    Other |  Retained |     Total |
| shareholde | capita |    value | unrestri | reserves |  earnings |           |
| rs' equity |      l |  reserve |    cted  |          |           |           |
|  1-6/2010  |        |          |   equity |          |           |           |
|            |        |          |     fund |          |           |           |
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| SHAREHOLDE |  6 416 |          |   48 498 |       24 |    45 359 |   100 298 |
| RS' EQUITY |        |          |          |          |           |           |
| 1.1.       |        |          |          |          |           |           |
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| Comprehens |        |          |          |          |     5 556 |     5 556 |
| ive income |        |          |          |          |           |           |
| for the    |        |          |          |          |           |           |
| period     |        |          |          |          |           |           |
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| Dividend   |        |          |          |          |    -8 983 |    -8 983 |
| distributi |        |          |          |          |           |           |
| on         |        |          |          |          |           |           |
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| TOTAL      |  6 416 |          |   48 498 |       24 |    41 932 |    96 871 |
| SHAREHOLDE |        |          |          |          |           |           |
| RS' EQUITY |        |          |          |          |           |           |
| 6/2010     |        |          |          |          |           |           |
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GROUP CONTINGENT LIABILITIES                                                    

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| (EUR 1,000)                  |            6/2010 |      6/2009 |     12/2009 |
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| Collateral pledged for own   |                   |             |             |
| commitments                  |                   |             |             |
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| Mortgages on company assets  |             1 245 |       1 245 |       1 245 |
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| Mortgages on real estate     |             8 801 |       8 801 |       8 801 |
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| Pledged shares               |            33 633 |      25 540 |      39 309 |
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SEGMENT INFORMATION                                                             

NET SALES BY SEGMENT                                                            

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| (EUR 1,000)    |   4-6/ |   4-6/ | Chang |   1-6/ |   1-6/ | Chang |   1-12/ |
|                |   2010 |   2009 |    e  |   2010 |   2009 |    e  |    2009 |
|                |        |        |     % |        |        |     % |         |
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| Publishing     |        |        |       |        |        |       |         |
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| External       | 10 444 | 10 201 |     2 | 20 268 | 19 838 |     2 |  39 655 |
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| Inter-segments |     30 |     46 |   -34 |     79 |     72 |    11 |     171 |
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| Publishing     | 10 474 | 10 247 |     2 | 20 348 | 19 909 |     2 |  39 826 |
| total          |        |        |       |        |        |       |         |
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| Printing       |        |        |       |        |        |       |         |
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| External       |  1 414 |  2 414 |   -41 |  2 690 |  4 782 |   -44 |   9 151 |
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| Inter-segments |  1 891 |  2 256 |   -16 |  3 777 |  4 409 |   -14 |   8 881 |
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| Printing total |  3 305 |  4 670 |   -29 |  6 468 |  9 191 |   -30 |  18 032 |
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| Non-allocated  |        |        |       |        |        |       |         |
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| External       |      1 |      1 |   -21 |      1 |      1 |   -13 |       5 |
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| Inter-segments |    488 |    754 |   -35 |    975 |  1 509 |   -35 |   3 011 |
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| Non-allocated  |    488 |    755 |   -35 |    976 |  1 510 |   -35 |   3 016 |
| total          |        |        |       |        |        |       |         |
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| Elimination    | -2 409 | -3 057 |   -21 | -4 832 | -5 989 |   -19 | -12 064 |
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| Group net      | 11 859 | 12 616 |    -6 | 22 959 | 24 621 |    -7 |  48 811 |
| sales total    |        |        |       |        |        |       |         |
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OPERATING PROFIT BY SEGMENT                                                     

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| (EUR 1,000)    |   4-6/ |   4-6/ | Chang |   1-6/ |   1-6/ | Chang |   1-12/ |
|                |   2010 |   2009 |    e  |   2010 |   2009 |    e  |    2009 |
|                |        |        |     % |        |        |     % |         |
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| Publishing     |  1 669 |  1 625 |     3 |  3 039 |  2 961 |     3 |   5 582 |
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| Printing       |    404 |    954 |   -58 |    448 |  1 446 |   -69 |   2 615 |
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| Non-allocated  |  1 409 |   -196 |   819 |  2 517 |   -215 |  1273 |   2 285 |
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| Group          |  3 482 |  2 382 |    46 |  6 004 |  4 193 |    43 |  10 482 |
| operating      |        |        |       |        |        |       |         |
| profit total   |        |        |       |        |        |       |         |
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ASSETS BY SEGMENT                                                               

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| (EUR 1,000)                  |  1-6/2010 |  1-6/2009 |   Change  | 1-12/2009 |
|                              |           |           |         % |           |
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| Publishing                   |    15 050 |    13 983 |         8 |     8 648 |
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| Printing                     |    13 522 |    16 497 |       -18 |    14 871 |
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| Non-allocated                |   115 917 |    45 758 |       153 |   123 540 |
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| Group assets total           |   144 489 |    76 238 |        90 |   147 060 |
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CHANGES IN PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT                                        

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| (EUR 1,000)                  |      1-6/ |      1-6/ |   Change  |     1-12/ |
|                              |      2010 |      2009 |         % |      2009 |
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| Carrying amount at the       |    17 218 |    19 805 |       -13 |    19 805 |
| beginning of the financial   |           |           |           |           |
| period                       |           |           |           |           |
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| Increase                     |       830 |       179 |       363 |       530 |
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| Decrease                     |      -404 |        -1 |     50970 |        -2 |
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| Depreciation for the         |    -1 363 |    -1 438 |        -5 |    -3 054 |
| financial period             |           |           |           |           |
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| Transfers between items      |           |           |           |       -61 |
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| Carrying amount at the end   |    16 281 |    18 546 |       -12 |    17 218 |
| of the financial period      |           |           |           |           |
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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS                                                      

The following related party transactions were carried out:                      

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| (EUR 1,000)                        |      6/2010 |      6/2009 |     12/2009 |
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| Sales of goods and services        |             |             |             |
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| To associated companies            |         115 |         115 |         239 |
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| To other related parties           |         393 |         322 |         711 |
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| Purchases of goods and services    |             |             |             |
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| From associated companies          |         291 |         292 |         560 |
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| From other related parties         |          13 |             |           2 |
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| Non-current trade and other        |             |             |             |
| receivables                        |             |             |             |
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| Loan receivables from associated   |             |          28 |          28 |
| companies                          |             |             |             |
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| Trade receivables                  |             |             |             |
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| From associated companies          |          22 |          16 |          16 |
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| From other related parties         |          16 |          62 |          52 |
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| Accounts payable                   |             |             |             |
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| To associated companies            |          15 |             |           2 |
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Transactions with related parties are conducted at fair market prices.          


Employee benefits to management                                                 

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| (EUR 1,000)                        |      6/2010 |      6/2009 |     12/2009 |
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| Salaries and other short-term      |         377 |         418 |         837 |
| employee benefits                  |             |             |             |
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The management comprises the Board of Directors, Supervisory Board, Managing    
Director, and Group Executive Team. The figures stated on the basis of the cash 
method do not differ significantly from those based on the accrual method.      


General statement                                                               

This report contains certain statements that are estimates based on the         
management's best knowledge at the time they were made. For this reason, they   
involve a certain amount of inherent risk and uncertainty. The estimates may    
change in the event of significant changes in general economic and business     
conditions.                                                                     

Seinäjoki, 2 August 2010                                                        


ILKKA-YHTYMÄ OYJ                                                                

Board of Directors                                                              



Matti Korkiatupa                                                                
Managing Director                                                               


For more information:                                                           
Matti Korkiatupa, Managing Director, Ilkka-Yhtymä Oyj                           
Tel. +358 (0)500 162 015                                                        

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