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

Ilkka-Yhtymä Oyj's Interim Report for Q3/2010


Ilkka-Yhtymä Oyj	Interim Report  1 November 2010, at 3:00pm                     

ILKKA-YHTYMÄ OYJ'S INTERIM REPORT FOR Q3/2010                                   

JANUARY-SEPTEMBER 2010                                                          
- Net sales: EUR 33.9 million (EUR 36.0 million), down 5.8%                     
- Operating profit: EUR 9.8 million (EUR 7.0 million), up 40.8%                 
- Operating profit excluding Alma Media Corporation and the other associated    
companies amounted to EUR 5.0 million (EUR 5.8 million), a drop of 13.4%        
- Operating profit from the publishing business increased by EUR 0.7 million    
while that of the printing business decreased by EUR 1.4 million                
- Operating profit totalled 28.9% of net sales; 14.8% excluding Alma Media and  
other associated companies (16.1%)                                              
- Pre-tax profits: EUR 10.0 million (EUR 10.0 million), up 0.2%                 
- Earnings per share: EUR 0.34 (EUR 0.43)                                       

JULY-SEPTEMBER 2010                                                             
- Net sales: EUR 11.0 million (EUR 11.4 million), down 3.7%                     
- External net sales from publishing increased by EUR 0.6 million (6.1%) and    
external net sales from printing decreased by EUR 1.0 million (-49.7%)          
- Operating profit: EUR 3.8 million (EUR 2.8 million), up 37.2%                 
- Operating profit excluding Alma Media Corporation and the other associated    
companies amounted to EUR 1.9 million (EUR 1.6 million), a drop of 14.4%        
- Operating profit from the publishing business increased by EUR 0.6 million    
while that of the printing business decreased by EUR 0.4 million                
- Operating profit totalled 34.8% of net sales; 17.1% excluding Alma Media and  
other associated companies (14.4%)                                              
- Pre-tax profits: EUR 3.8 million (EUR 2.9 million), up 30.6%                  
- Earnings per share: EUR 0.13 (EUR 0.13)    

NET SALES AND PROFIT PERFORMANCE                                                

The Group's consolidated net sales for January-September showed a 5.8% decline. 
Net sales came to EUR 33.9 million (EUR 36.0 million in the corresponding period
in the previous year). External net sales from the publishing business grew by  
3.4%. Advertising revenues grew by 6.0%, and circulation revenues grew by 0.5%. 
External net sales from the printing business fell by 45.5%, 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 42% of consolidated net    
sales, while advertising income and printing income represented 46% and 11%,    
respectively.                                                                   

For Q3, net sales fell by 3.7% and totalled EUR 11.0 million (EUR 11.4 million).
External net sales from the publishing business grew by 6.1%. Advertising       
revenues grew by 12.0%, and circulation revenues grew by 0.6%. External net     
sales from the printing business fell by 49.7%. Circulation income accounted for
44% of consolidated net sales in July-September, while advertising income and   
printing income represented 46% and 9%, respectively.                           

Other operating income in January- September totalled EUR 0.3 million (EUR 0.3  
million) and in July-September EUR 0.1 million (EUR 0.1 million).               
Operating expenses for January-September amounted to EUR 29.2 million (EUR 30.5 
million), down by 4.1% year on year. For July-September, operating expenses     
amounted to EUR 9.2 million (EUR 9.8 million), down 6.6%. 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 0.9 million in personnel costs for January-September 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-September was EUR 4.8 
million (EUR 1.2 million). Consolidated operating profit amounted to EUR 9.8    
million (EUR 7.0 million), up by 40.8 per cent year-on-year. The Group's        
operating margin was 28.9 per cent (19.4%). Operating profit excluding Alma     
Media Corporation and the other associated companies amounted to EUR 5.0 million
(EUR 5.8 million), representing 14.8% (16.1%) of net sales. Operating profit    
from publishing grew by EUR 0.7 million. Operating profit from printing         
decreased by EUR 1.4 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 July-September, the share of the associated companies' result was EUR 1.9   
million (EUR 1.1 million). Consolidated operating profit amounted to EUR 3.8    
million (EUR 2.8 million). Operating profit increased 37.2 per cent from the    
corresponding period. The Group's operating margin was 34.8 per cent (24.4%) in 
July-September. Operating profit excluding Alma Media Corporation and the other 
associated companies amounted to EUR 1.9 million (EUR 1.6 million), representing
17.1% (14.4%) of net sales. For the third quarter, operating profit from        
publishing grew by EUR 0.6 million. Operating profit from printing decreased by 
EUR 0.4 million.                                                                

Net financial income for January-September amounted to EUR 0.2 million (EUR 3.0 
million), with financial assets at fair value through profit or loss accounting 
for EUR 0.2 million (EUR 0.8 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 July-September, net financial income amounted to EUR 0.03 
million (EUR 0.2 million), with financial assets at fair value through profit or
loss accounting for EUR 0.2 million (EUR 0.4 million).                          

Pre-tax profits for January-September totalled EUR 10.0 million (EUR 10.0       
million). Direct taxes amounted to EUR 1.2 million (EUR 1.6 million), and the   
Group's net profit for the period totalled EUR 8.8 million (EUR 8.4 million).   
The Group's net profit for the third quarter totalled EUR 3.3 million (EUR 2.5  
million).                                                                       

BALANCE SHEET AND FINANCING                                                     

The consolidated balance sheet total came to EUR 147.5 million (EUR 151.0       
million), with EUR 100.3 million (EUR 97.2 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 September 2010,
the balance sheet value of the holding in the associated company, Alma Media    
Corporation, was EUR 107.7 million and the market value of the shares was EUR   
104.8 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 70.0 per cent (66.2%) and shareholders' 
equity per share stood at EUR 3.91 (EUR 3.79). The decrease in financial assets 
for the period totalled EUR 0.9 million (increase EUR 6.2 million), with liquid 
assets at the end of the period totalling EUR 5.8 million (EUR 8.5 million).    

Cash flow from operations for the period came to EUR 5.6 million (EUR 11.3      
million). Cash flow from investments totalled EUR 4.7 million (EUR -34.3        
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- September, 34,304 series-I shares of Ilkka-Yhtymä Oyj were traded,  
accounting for 0.8 per cent of the total number of series-I shares. The total   
value of the shares exchanged was EUR 0.3 million. In total, 3,805,465 series-II
shares were traded, corresponding to 17.8 per cent of the total number of series
II shares. The total value of the shares traded was EUR 25.3 million. The lowest
price at which series-I shares of Ilkka-Yhtymä Oyj were traded during the period
under review was EUR 7.50, 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 175.0 million.                                         

PERSONNEL                                                                       

The Group had an average of 347 (371) 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                                                       
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 September 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 September 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          

In March 2010, Ilkka-Yhtymä announced that Arena Partners Oy, an associated     
company in which Ilkka-Yhtymä Oyj has a 38% stake, will begin comprehensive     
cooperation with Alma Media Corporation in the national classified advertising  
business. On 26 August 2010, Arena Partners and Alma Media closed the deals     
related to the cooperation arrangement approved by the Finnish Competition      
Authority (FCA) on 14 July 2010. The FCA's decision contained no conditions.    

Arena Partners purchased a 35% share of Alma Mediapartners Oy which is Alma     
Media's home sales, vehicle and consumer advertising marketplace company. On the
same occasion, Alma Media purchased a 35% share of Arena Interactive, Arena     
Partners' subsidiary specialising in the development of mobile solutions. These 
share purchases were conducted on 1 September 2010. The arrangement does not    
have any personnel implications in the target companies.                        

The cooperation between Arena Partners Oy and Alma Mediapartners Oy is a        
strategic element in the customer-oriented development of Ilkka-Yhtymä's online 
and mobile services. The goal of this cooperation involving ownership is to     
improve the service offering provided for regional customers of Ilkka-Yhtymä's  
provincial newspapers (Ilkka and Pohjalainen) and to venture into the national  
classified advertisement business. 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. The joint venture involves Alma Media's Etuovi.com,             
Vuokraovi.com, Autotalli.com and Mikko.fi. Total net sales of these services    
came to EUR 16.9 million in 2009. Arena Interactive Oy's net sales in 2009      
totalled EUR 1 million.                                                         

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.                                                          
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.         

OUTLOOK FOR 2010                                                                

Due to the nascent economic recovery, the slow growth of media advertising is   
expected to continue in Finland throughout the rest 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 has decreased during the 
first half of the year and exports have diminished.                             

Net sales for Ilkka-Yhtymä Group are expected to contract slightly as the net   
sales of the printing business decrease mainly due to the termination of HSS    
Media Oy's printing contract at the end of 2009. 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, uncertainties remain, related to the           
predictability of both net sales and operating profit.                          



SUMMARY OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND NOTES                                       

DRAFTING PRINCIPLES                                                             

Ilkka-Yhtymä Group's interim report has been prepared in compliance with the    
recognition and measurement principles of IFRS, but not in compliance with all  
IAS 34 requirements.                                                            

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)   |   7-9/ |   7-9/ | Chan |    1-9/ |    1-9/ | Chang |   1-12/ |
|               |   2010 |   2009 |  ge  |    2010 |    2009 |    e  |    2009 |
|               |        |        |    % |         |         |     % |         |
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| NET SALES     | 10 970 | 11 393 |   -4 |  33 929 |  36 014 |    -6 |  48 811 |
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| Change in     |      9 |      3 |  204 |       4 |      -5 |   178 |     -10 |
| inventories   |        |        |      |         |         |       |         |
| of finished   |        |        |      |         |         |       |         |
| and           |        |        |      |         |         |       |         |
| unfinished    |        |        |      |         |         |       |         |
| products      |        |        |      |         |         |       |         |
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| Other         |    100 |     91 |   10 |     321 |     285 |    13 |     369 |
| operating     |        |        |      |         |         |       |         |
| income        |        |        |      |         |         |       |         |
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| Materials and | -3 142 | -3 791 |  -17 |  -9 691 | -11 600 |   -16 | -15 211 |
| services      |        |        |      |         |         |       |         |
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| Employee      | -3 843 | -3 868 |   -1 | -12 637 | -12 201 |     4 | -16 940 |
| benefits      |        |        |      |         |         |       |         |
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| Depreciation  |   -803 |   -788 |    2 |  -2 385 |  -2 389 |     0 |  -3 411 |
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| Other         | -1 411 | -1 398 |    1 |  -4 507 |  -4 292 |     5 |  -6 145 |
| operating     |        |        |      |         |         |       |         |
| costs         |        |        |      |         |         |       |         |
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| Share of      |  1 939 |  1 140 |   70 |   4 789 |   1 164 |   311 |   3 019 |
| associated    |        |        |      |         |         |       |         |
| companies'    |        |        |      |         |         |       |         |
| profit        |        |        |      |         |         |       |         |
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| OPERATING     |  3 819 |  2 783 |   37 |   9 822 |   6 976 |    41 |  10 482 |
| PROFIT        |        |        |      |         |         |       |         |
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| Financial     |     29 |    162 |  -82 |     192 |   3 018 |   -94 |   3 013 |
| income and    |        |        |      |         |         |       |         |
| expenses      |        |        |      |         |         |       |         |
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| PROFIT BEFORE |  3 847 |  2 945 |   31 |  10 014 |   9 993 |     0 |  13 495 |
| TAXES         |        |        |      |         |         |       |         |
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| Income tax    |   -498 |   -465 |    7 |  -1 234 |  -1 568 |   -21 |  -1 995 |
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| PROFIT FOR    |  3 350 |  2 480 |   35 |   8 780 |   8 426 |     4 |  11 500 |
| THE PERIOD    |        |        |      |         |         |       |         |
| UNDER REVIEW  |        |        |      |         |         |       |         |
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| Earnings per  |   0.13 |   0.13 |    3 |    0.34 |    0.43 |   -21 |    0.55 |
| share,        |        |        |      |         |         |       |         |
| undiluted     |        |        |      |         |         |       |         |
| (EUR)*)       |        |        |      |         |         |       |         |
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| The undiluted | 25 665 | 19 653 |      |  25 665 |  19 424 |       |  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)   |   7-9/ |   7-9/ | Chan |   1-9/ |     1-9/ | Chang |   1-12/ |
|               |   2010 |   2009 |  ge  |   2010 |     2009 |    e  |    2009 |
|               |        |        |    % |        |          |     % |         |
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| PROFIT FOR    |  3 350 |  2 480 |   35 |  8 780 |    8 426 |     4 |  11 500 |
| THE PERIOD    |        |        |      |        |          |       |         |
| UNDER REVIEW  |        |        |      |        |          |       |         |
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| OTHER         |        |        |      |        |          |       |         |
| COMPREHENSIVE |        |        |      |        |          |       |         |
| INCOME:       |        |        |      |        |          |       |         |
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| Available-for |        |    695 | -100 |        |          |       |         |
| -sale assets  |        |        |      |        |          |       |         |
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| Share of      |    116 |    152 |  -24 |    241 |      152 |    58 |     195 |
| associated    |        |        |      |        |          |       |         |
| companies'    |        |        |      |        |          |       |         |
| other         |        |        |      |        |          |       |         |
| comprehensive |        |        |      |        |          |       |         |
| income        |        |        |      |        |          |       |         |
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| Income tax    |        |        |      |        |          |       |         |
| related to    |        |        |      |        |          |       |         |
| components of |        |        |      |        |          |       |         |
| other         |        |        |      |        |          |       |         |
| comprehensive |        |        |      |        |          |       |         |
| income        |        |        |      |        |          |       |         |
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| Other         |    116 |    847 |  -86 |    241 |      152 |    58 |     195 |
| comprehensive |        |        |      |        |          |       |         |
| income, net   |        |        |      |        |          |       |         |
| of tax        |        |        |      |        |          |       |         |
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| TOTAL         |  3 465 |  3 327 |    4 |  9 021 |    8 578 |     5 |  11 695 |
| COMPREHENSIVE |        |        |      |        |          |       |         |
| INCOME FOR    |        |        |      |        |          |       |         |
| THE PERIOD    |        |        |      |        |          |       |         |
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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET                                                      

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| (EUR 1,000)                   |    9/2010 |    9/2009 |  Change  |   12/2009 |
|                               |           |           |        % |           |
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| ASSETS                        |           |           |          |           |
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| NON-CURRENT ASSETS            |           |           |          |           |
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| Intangible rights             |     1 150 |     1 128 |        2 |     1 198 |
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| Goodwill                      |       314 |       314 |          |       314 |
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| Investment properties         |       417 |       450 |       -7 |       496 |
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| Property, plant and equipment |    15 665 |    17 879 |      -12 |    17 218 |
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| Shares in associated          |   108 246 |   107 267 |        1 |   109 167 |
| companies                     |           |           |          |           |
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| Available-for-sale assets     |     6 371 |     5 352 |       19 |     5 566 |
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| Non-current trade and other   |           |        58 |     -100 |        58 |
| receivables                   |           |           |          |           |
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| Other tangible assets         |       214 |       214 |          |       214 |
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| TOTAL NON-CURRENT ASSETS      |   132 377 |   132 662 |        0 |   134 232 |
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| Current assets                |           |           |          |           |
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| Inventories                   |       621 |       606 |        2 |       622 |
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| Trade and other receivables   |     4 266 |     5 292 |      -19 |     2 862 |
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| Income tax assets             |     1 617 |     1 641 |       -1 |       224 |
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| Financial assets at fair      |     2 849 |     2 335 |       22 |     2 472 || value                         |           |           |          |           |
| through profit or loss        |           |           |          |           |
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| Cash and cash equivalents     |     5 772 |     8 503 |      -32 |     6 648 |
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| TOTAL Current assets          |    15 125 |    18 376 |      -18 |    12 828 |
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| Total assets                  |   147 502 |   151 038 |       -2 |   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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| Share issue                   |           |    38 453 |     -100 |           |
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| Fair value reserve and other  |    48 522 |    12 862 |      277 |    48 522 |
| reserves                      |           |           |          |           |
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| Retained earnings             |    45 398 |    42 242 |        7 |    45 359 |
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| SHAREHOLDER'S EQUITY          |   100 336 |    97 223 |        3 |   100 298 |
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| NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES       |           |           |          |           |
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| Deferred tax liability        |     1 309 |     1 590 |      -18 |     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       |    34 513 |    39 340 |      -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    |     8 922 |    10 696 |      -17 |     7 160 |
| payables                      |           |           |          |           |
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| Income tax liability          |     1 459 |     1 507 |       -3 |       347 |
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| CURRENT LIABILITIES           |    12 653 |    14 475 |      -13 |    12 053 |
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| SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY AND      |   147 502 |   151 038 |       -2 |   147 060 |
| LIABILITIES TOTAL             |           |           |          |           |
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CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW STATEMENT                                                

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| (EUR 1,000)                            |     1-9/  |      1-9/  |     1-12/  |
|                                        |      2010 |       2009 |       2009 |
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| CASH FLOW FROM OPERATIONS              |           |            |            |
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| Profit for the period under review     |     8 780 |      8 426 |     11 500 |
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| Adjustments                            |    -1 379 |       -232 |       -634 |
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| Change in working capital              |       470 |      2 828 |        571 |
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| CASH FLOW FROM OPERATIONS              |     7 872 |     11 021 |     11 438 |
| BEFORE FINANCE AND TAXES               |           |            |            |
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| Interest paid                          |      -359 |       -583 |       -969 |
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| Interest received                      |        43 |         68 |         79 |
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| Other financial items                  |      -277 |        763 |        774 |
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| Direct taxes paid                      |    -1 711 |         14 |       -242 |
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| CASH FLOW FROM OPERATIONS              |     5 568 |     11 283 |     11 081 |
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| CASH FLOW FROM INVESTMENTS             |           |            |            |
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| Investments in tangible and            |      -714 |       -992 |     -1 470 |
| intangible assets, net                 |           |            |            |
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| Acquisition of shares in associated    |      -137 |    -35 699 |    -35 701 |
| companies                              |           |            |            |
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| Other investments, net                 |      -808 |       -245 |       -459 |
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| Granted loans                          |           |        -19 |        -19 |
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| Repayments of loan receivables         |        58 |            |            |
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| Dividends received from investments    |     6 335 |      2 687 |      2 704 |
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| CASH FLOW FROM INVESTMENTS             |     4 733 |    -34 268 |    -34 945 |
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| CASH FLOW BEFORE FINANCING ITEMS       |    10 302 |    -22 985 |    -23 865 |
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| CASH FLOW FROM FINANCING               |           |            |            |
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| Share issue                            |           |     37 100 |     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        |    -8 905 |     -4 348 |     -4 360 |
| distribution                           |           |            |            |
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| CASH FLOW FROM FINANCING               |   -11 177 |     29 167 |     28 193 |
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| INCREASE (+) OR DECREASE (-)IN         |      -876 |      6 182 |      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        |     5 772 |      8 503 |      6 648 |
| financial period                       |           |            |            |
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GROUP KEY FIGURES                                                               

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|                                 |       9/2010 |       9/2009 |      12/2009 |
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| Earnings/share (EUR)            |         0.34 |         0.43 |         0.55 |
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| Shareholders' equity/share      |         3.91 |         3.79 |         3.91 |
| (EUR)                           |              |              |              |
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| Average number of personnel     |          347 |          371 |          366 |
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| Investments (EUR 1,000) *)      |        2 057 |       36 731 |       37 427 |
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| Interest-bearing debt (EUR      |       35 477 |       40 022 |       37 749 |
| 1,000)                          |              |              |              |
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| Equity ratio, %                 |         70.0 |         66.2 |         69.0 |
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| Adjusted average number of      |   25 665 208 |   19 424 354 |   20 997 391 |
| shares during the period        |              |              |              |
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| Adjusted number of shares on    |   25 665 208 |   25 665 208 |   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 |  Share |    Fair | Invest |   Other | Retained |   Total |
| sharehold | capit |  issue |   value |     ed | reserve | earnings |         |
| ers'      |    al |        | reserve | unrest |       s |          |         |
| equity    |       |        |         | ricted |         |          |         |
| 1-9/2009  |       |        |         | equity |         |          |         |
|           |       |        |         |   fund |         |          |         |
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| SHAREHOLD | 3 666 |        | -31 509 |        |  12 862 |   38 064 |  23 083 |
| ERS'      |       |        |         |        |         |          |         |
| EQUITY    |       |        |         |        |         |          |         |
| 1.1.      |       |        |         |        |         |          |         |
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| Transfers |       |        |         | 12 837 | -12 837 |          |         |
| between   |       |        |         |        |         |          |         |
| items     |       |        |         |        |         |          |         |
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| Transfer  |       |        |  31 509 |        |         |          |  31 509 |
| to shares |       |        |         |        |         |          |         |
| in        |       |        |         |        |         |          |         |
| associate |       |        |         |        |         |          |         |
| d         |       |        |         |        |         |          |         |
| companies |       |        |         |        |         |          |         |
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| Comprehen |       |        |         |        |         |    8 578 |   8 578 |
| sive      |       |        |         |        |         |          |         |
| income    |       |        |         |        |         |          |         |
| for the   |       |        |         |        |         |          |         |
| period    |       |        |         |        |         |          |         |
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| Dividend  |       |        |         |        |         |   -4 400 |  -4 400 |
| distribut |       |        |         |        |         |          |         |
| ion       |       |        |         |        |         |          |         |
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| Share     |       | 38 453 |         |        |         |          |  38 453 |
| issue     |       |        |         |        |         |          |         |
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| TOTAL     | 3 666 | 38 453 |         | 12 837 |      24 |   42 242 |  97 223 |
| SHAREHOLD |       |        |         |        |         |          |         |
| ERS'      |       |        |         |        |         |          |         |
| EQUITY    |       |        |         |        |         |          |         |
| 9/2009    |       |        |         |        |         |          |         |
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| Change in | Share |        |         | Invest |   Other | Retained |   Total |
| sharehold | capit |        |         |     ed | reserve | earnings |         |
| ers'      |    al |        |         | unrest |       s |          |         |
| equity    |       |        |         | ricted |         |          |         |
| 1-9/2010  |       |        |         | equity |         |          |         |
|           |       |        |         |   fund |         |          |         |
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| SHAREHOLD | 6 416 |        |         | 48 498 |      24 |   45 359 | 100 298 |
| ERS'      |       |        |         |        |         |          |         |
| EQUITY    |       |        |         |        |         |          |         |
| 1.1.      |       |        |         |        |         |          |         |
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| Comprehen |       |        |         |        |         |    9 021 |   9 021 |
| sive      |       |        |         |        |         |          |         |
| income    |       |        |         |        |         |          |         |
| for the   |       |        |         |        |         |          |         |
| period    |       |        |         |        |         |          |         |
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| Dividend  |       |        |         |        |         |   -8 983 |  -8 983 |
| distribut |       |        |         |        |         |          |         |
| ion       |       |        |         |        |         |          |         |
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| TOTAL     | 6 416 |        |         | 48 498 |      24 |   45 398 | 100 336 |
| SHAREHOLD |       |        |         |        |         |          |         |
| ERS'      |       |        |         |        |         |          |         |
| EQUITY    |       |        |         |        |         |          |         |
| 9/2010    |       |        |         |        |         |          |         |
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GROUP CONTINGENT LIABILITIES                                                    

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| (EUR 1,000)                  |            9/2010 |      9/2009 |     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               |            36 156 |      38 258 |      39 309 |
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| Contingent liabilities on    |                   |             |             |
| behalf of associated company |                   |             |             |
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| Guarantees                   |             2 458 |             |             |
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SEGMENT INFORMATION                                                             

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| Group net      |   7-9/ |   7-9/ | Cha |    1-9/ |    1-9/ | Chang |   1-12/ |
| sales (EUR     |   2010 |   2009 | nge |    2010 |    2009 |   e % |    2009 |
| 1,000)         |        |        |   % |         |         |       |         |
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| Publishing     |  9 988 |  9 448 |   6 |  30 335 |  29 357 |     3 |  39 826 |
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| Printing       |  2 930 |  4 203 | -30 |   9 398 |  13 394 |   -30 |  18 032 |
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| Non-allocated  |    487 |    754 | -35 |   1 463 |   2 264 |   -35 |   3 016 |
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| Net sales      | -2 436 | -3 012 | -19 |  -7 267 |  -9 001 |   -19 | -12 064 |
| between        |        |        |     |         |         |       |         |
| segments       |        |        |     |         |         |       |         |
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| Group net      | 10 970 | 11 393 |  -4 |  33 929 |  36 014 |    -6 |  48 811 |
| sales total    |        |        |     |         |         |       |         |
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| Group          |   7-9/ |   7-9/ | Cha |    1-9/ |    1-9/ | Chang |   1-12/ |
| operating      |   2010 |   2009 | nge |    2010 |    2009 |   e % |    2009 |
| profit (EUR    |        |        |   % |         |         |       |         |
| 1,000)         |        |        |     |         |         |       |         |
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| Publishing     |  1 725 |  1 139 |  51 |   4 763 |   4 100 |    16 |   5 582 |
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| Printing       |    237 |    658 | -64 |     685 |   2 103 |   -67 |   2 615 |
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| Non-allocated  |  1 857 |    987 |  88 |   4 374 |     772 |   467 |   2 285 |
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| Group          |  3 819 |  2 783 |  37 |   9 822 |   6 976 |    41 |  10 482 |
| operating      |        |        |     |         |         |       |         |
| profit total   |        |        |     |         |         |       |         |
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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, 1 November 2010                                                      


ILKKA-YHTYMÄ OYJ                                                                

Board of Directors                                                              



Matti Korkiatupa                                                                
Managing Director                                                               


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Tel. +358 (0)500 162 015                                                        

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