2009-05-05 08:00:00 CEST

2009-05-05 08:00:03 CEST


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

Ilkka-Yhtymä Oyj's Interim Report for Q1/2009


Ilkka-Yhtymä Oyj	Interim Report 5 May 2009, at 9.00 a.m.                        

ILKKA-YHTYMÄ OYJ'S INTERIM REPORT FOR Q1/2009                                   

- Net sales: EUR 12.0 million (EUR 13.4 million), down 10.6%                    
- Operating profit: EUR 1.8 million (EUR 2.8 million), down 34.9%               
- Operating profit 15.0% of net sales (20.6%)                                   
- Pre-tax profits: EUR 3.8 million (EUR 9.5 million), down 60.2%                
- Earnings per share: EUR 0.23 (EUR 0.61)                                       

Net Sales and Development of Results                                            

The Group's consolidated net sales for January-March fell by 10.6%. The net     
sales were EUR 12.0 million (EUR 13.4 million in the corresponding period of the
previous year). External net sales from the publishing business fell by 12.3%.  
Advertising revenues fell by 21.1% and circulation revenues grew by 1.5%.       
External net sales from the printing business fell by 3.0%. Circulation income  
accounted for 39% of consolidated net sales, while advertising income and       
printing income represented 40% and 20% respectively. Other operating income in 
January-March totalled EUR 0.1 million (EUR 0.3 million).                       
Operating expenses for January-March amounted to EUR 10.3 million (EUR 11.0     
million), down by 5.9% year-on-year. Not counting depreciation included in the  
operating expenses, all other expenses were reduced. As a result of             
co-determination negotiations conducted in Ilkka-Yhtymä Group in March,         
arrangements concerning holiday pay were negotiated with the staff. The         
arrangements are expected to bring savings of approximately EUR 1 million in the
next 12 months, with a single cost reduction of EUR 0.6 million being recorded  
in the personnel costs during Q1.                                               

Consolidated operating profit amounted to EUR 1.8 million (EUR 2.8 million),    
which represents 15.0% (20.6%) of the net sales. The operating profit from      
publishing activities fell by EUR 0.9 million, and from printing activities by  
EUR 0.1 million.                                                                

Net financial income in Q1 came to EUR 2.0 million (EUR 6.7 million). Financial 
assets at fair value through profit or loss accounted for EUR -0.1 million (EUR 
-0.3 million) and available-for-sale financial assets for EUR 2.3 million (EUR  
6.9 million). Gains from available-for-sale financial assets during the period  
include EUR 2.3 million (EUR 6.9 million) in dividend income from Alma Media    
Oyj.                                                                            

The share of the associated companies' result was EUR 0.01 million (EUR 0.01    
million). Pre-tax profits totalled EUR 3.8 million (EUR 9.5 million). Direct    
taxes amounted to EUR 0.4 million (EUR 0.6 million) and the Group's net profit  
for the period totalled EUR 3.4 million (EUR 8.9 million).                      

Balance Sheet and Financing                                                     

The consolidated balance sheet total came to EUR 85.2 million (EUR 119.0        
million), with EUR 28.7 million (EUR 61.7 million) of equity. The fair value    
reserve decreased by EUR 26.4 million year-on-year. At the start of 2009 the    
value of the fair value reserve had risen by EUR 2.2 million, due to the rise in
the value of Alma Media shares. The number of Alma Media's shares held by       
Ilkka-Yhtymä Group is 7,718,991. Their purchase price totalled EUR 69.7 million 
and the value at the end of March 2009 was EUR 40.4 million. The amount of      
interest-bearing liabilities at the end of the report period amounted to EUR    
41.6 million (EUR 41.7 million). Equity ratio was 36.4 per cent (54.8 per cent).
Liquid assets totalled EUR 8.6 million (EUR 11.9 million).                      

The cash flow of operations for the report period totalled EUR 6.3 million (EUR 
4.2 million), while the investment cash flow came to EUR 2.0 million (EUR -46.3 
million).                                                                       

Shares                                                                          

The Series I shares of Ilkka-Yhtymä Oyj have been listed on the Helsinki Stock  
Exchange since 1981. 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, Consumer Discretionary sector, the company's   
market value being classified as Mid Cap. The Series I shares are listed on the 
Pre List.                                                                       
During January-March, 8,996 Series I shares of Ilkka-Yhtymä Oyj were traded,    
comprising 0.2 per cent of the total number of Series I shares. The total value 
of the exchanged shares was EUR 0.1 million. A total of 85,566 series II shares 
were traded, comprising 0.8 per cent of the total number of Series II shares.   
The total value of traded shares was EUR 0.7 million. The lowest price at which 
Series I shares of Ilkka-Yhtymä Oyj were traded during the report period was EUR
8.20, and the highest EUR 11.49. The lowest price at which Series II shares were
traded was EUR 6.80 and the highest EUR 8.56. The market value of the share     
capital at the closing rate of the report period was EUR 107.8 million.         

Risks and risk management                                                       

The general economic uncertainty and recession continue to affect the volumes in
the media advertising and printing business compared to the previous year. Other
than the likely fall in media advertising, no other significant risks are       
predicted in the near future in the publishing and printing business. Other     
business risks are discussed in more detail in the Annual Report for 2008.      

The Group has EUR 41.6 million of interest-bearing loans, EUR 37.7 million of   
which are long-term.  The interest rate risk is controlled by taking out both   
fixed-rate and floating-rate loans. On 31 March 2009 the interest on 25% of the 
loans was fixed rate and 75% floating rate. Their maturity ranges from five to  
seven years. A change of one percentage point in the interest level would affect
the Group's financial expenses by EUR 0.3 million.                              

The market value of publicly quoted available-for-sale financial assets on 31   
March 2009 was EUR 40.4 million. Were this value to change by 20 per cent, the  
change in equity would equal EUR 8.1 million.                                   

Pohjalainen's Chief Editor                                                      

Pohjalainen's Chief Editor Markku Mantila took up the position of Chief Editor  
at Kaleva in March 2009. Arno Ahosniemi (31), M.Soc.Sc., from Brussels, was     
appointed as the new Editor-in-Chief of Pohjalainen. Arno Ahosniemi will join   
Vaasa Oy in June 2009.                                                          

Personnel                                                                       

The Group had an average of 372 (376) employees during the period.              

Owing to the changed market situation, employee co-determination negotiations   have been conducted within Ilkka-Yhtymä Group due to reduced volumes in         
advertising sales and the printing business. These negotiations started on 12   
March 2009 and were concluded on 2 April 2009.                                  

The negotiations resulted in an arrangement concerning holiday pay, which was   
agreed with the staff. The negotiations conducted in the Group's sheet and      
newsprint company, I-print Oy, resulted in an arrangement over holiday pay and  
the redundancy of six employees due to production reasons.                      
These arrangements are expected to bring cost savings of approximately EUR 1    
million in the next 12 months, the majority of which is recorded in the Q1      
results.                                                                        

A development plan was launched in the spring of 2009 to prepare Ilkka-Yhtymä   
Group for the worsening market situation caused by the extended recession. The  
Group's operations will be developed in order to ensure the competitiveness and 
profitability of multi-channel newspapers and the printing business.            

Annual General Meeting Decisions                                                

On 27 April 2009, 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 0.30 shall be paid for the year 2008. The dividend    
will be paid on 5 May 2009 and the record date of dividend payment is 30 April  
2009.                                                                           

In accordance with Chapter 13, Section 6, Paragraph 2 of the Finnish Limited    
Liability Companies Act, the Annual General Meeting authorised the Board to     
decide upon the distribution of additional dividend of a maximum of EUR 0.20 per
share. The total dividend for the 2008 financial year based on the authorisation
may be no more than EUR 0.50 per share. The authorisation includes a right to   
the Board of Directors to decide upon all other conditions pertaining to the    
distribution of the dividend. The authorisation will be valid until the next    
ordinary annual general meeting of shareholders.                                

The number of members on the Supervisory Board for 2009 was confirmed to be 27. 
Of the Supervisory Board members whose term had come to an end, the following   
were re-elected for the term ending in 2013: Markku Akonniemi, Töysä, Alpo      
Joensuu, Kuortane, Heikki Järvi-Laturi, Teuva, Petri Latva-Rasku, Tampere and   
Marja Vettenranta, Laihia. Juhani Hautamäki, Ylivieska and the employee         
representatives Petri Taipale, Seinäjoki and Seija Peitso, Seinäjoki were       
elected as new members of the Supervisory Board.                                

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        
auditor. 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 Annual General Meeting decided that the Group's 31 December 2008 reserve    
fund is to be reduced by EUR 12,837,354.95. The reduced amount will be          
transferred into invested non-restricted equity fund. After the reduction, the  
reserve fund will amount to zero. The reduction of the reserve fund requires a  
notice and registration procedure as per Chapter 14, Paragraphs 3-5 of the      
Finnish Limited Liability Companies Act.                                        

The printing contract of Ilkka-Yhtymä Group and HSS Media to expire in 2010     
Following a notification by HSS Media, the long-term printing contract between  
Ilkka-Yhtymä Group's I-print Oy and HSS Media will expire in 2010. HSS Media's  
notification states that the printing of its newspapers will transfer to a joint
venture between Keski-Pohjanmaan Kirjapaino Oyj and HSS Media. The new printing 
establishment will be located in Kokkola and will start operations after the    
middle of 2010, as per the participants' notification.                          

I-print Oy and HSS Media have a long-standing printing contract that started on 
1 January 2000. The notice period of the contract is 6 months. The newspapers of
HSS Media are printed predominantly at I-print's printing press in Vaasa. The   
share of HSS Media's newspapers in I-print Oy's net sales has been around 10%   
annually.                                                                       

OUTLOOK FOR 2009                                                                

Forecasting the impacts of the global financial crises and the economic         
recession on media advertising and circulation and printing volumes in 2009     
continues to be difficult.                                                      

In 2009, media advertising will reduce in Finland as a result of the recession. 
In spite of consumers' wariness, newspapers' circulation income is predicted to 
enjoy slight growth due to price increases.                                     

Printing volumes will fall as reduced media advertising cuts the numbers of     
pages. Alongside reduced printing volumes, the competition will become even more
intense.                              

The net sales of Ilkka-Yhtymä Group will decrease as the recession cuts demand  
for publishing and printing.                                                    

Operating profit and operating profit as a percentage of net sales are estimated
to drop significantly despite the rationalisation measures. The year's results  
will depend on the operating profit, and the dividend income from               
available-for-sale financial assets, interest-rate trends, trading in securities
and the price performance of securities investments. The result for the whole   
year will be significantly weaker compared to 2008.                             

SUMMARY OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND NOTES                                       

Reporting                                                                       

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.                                                            

The Group has since 1 January 2009 complied with the following new or updated   
standards:                                                                      

- IFRS 8 Operating segments. The Group's operating segments continue to be      
Publishing and Printing. From 1 January 2009, assets allocated to segments and  
associated income was changed to correspond with the internal reporting, as per 
IFRS 8. Following the change, certain properties will no longer be allocated to 
operating segments; instead, they are allocated to the non-allocated group. In  
other respects items allocated to segments correspond with the financial        
statements for 2008. The 2008 reference data for segment information has been   
corrected to meet the new accounting principles.                                
- IAS 1 Presentation of financial statements. The changes will have an impact on
the way the income statement and the changes in shareholders' equity have been  
presented.                                                                      
- IAS 23 Borrowing costs. The change has no impact on the interim report.       

In other respects, the interim report was compiled by the same accounting       
principles as the previous financial reports. The principles and formulae for   
calculating the indicators remain unchanged, and they have been presented on    
page 63 of the 2008 annual report.                                              

The figures in the interim report have been presented unaudited.                

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| GROUP INCOME STATEMENT (EUR  |      1-3/ |      1-3/ |    Change |     1-12/ |
| 1,000)                       |      2009 |      2008 |           |      2008 |
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| NET SALES                    |    12 005 |    13 423 |     -11 % |    55 384 |
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| Change in inventories of     |        15 |         3 |     400 % |        -1 |
| finished and unfinished      |           |           |           |           |
| products                     |           |           |           |           |
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| Other operating income       |        94 |       294 |     -68 % |       626 |
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| Materials and services       |    -3 910 |    -4 015 |      -3 % |   -17 082 |
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| Employee benefits            |    -4 144 |    -4 660 |     -11 % |   -18 016 |
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| Depreciation                 |      -808 |      -705 |      15 % |    -2 961 |
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| Other operating costs        |    -1 455 |    -1 582 |      -8 % |    -7 221 |
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| OPERATING PROFIT             |     1 797 |     2 759 |     -35 % |    10 728 |
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| Financial income and         |     1 973 |     6 730 |     -71 % |     4 840 |
| expenses                     |           |           |           |           |
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| Share of associated          |        13 |         9 |      43 % |        48 |
| companies' profit            |           |           |           |           |
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| PROFIT BEFORE TAXES          |     3 783 |     9 499 |     -60 % |    15 616 |
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| Income tax                   |      -374 |      -622 |     -40 % |    -2 086 |
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| PROFIT FOR THE PERIOD UNDER  |     3 409 |     8 877 |     -62 % |    13 530 |
| REVIEW                       |           |           |           |           |
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| Earnings per share,          |      0.23 |      0.61 |           |      0.92 |
| undiluted (EUR)*)            |           |           |           |           |
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*) There are no factor diluting the figure.                                     

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| OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME:  |           |           |           |           |
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| Available-for-sale assets    |     2 161 |   -14 971 |    -114 % |   -42 562 |
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| Income tax related to        |           |     3 893 |    -100 % |     2 874 |
| components of other          |           |           |           |           |
| comprehensive income         |           |           |           |           |
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| Other comprehensive income,  |     2 161 |   -11 079 |    -120 % |   -39 688 |
| net of tax                   |           |           |           |           |
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| TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME   |     5 570 |    -2 202 |    -353 % |   -26 158 |
| FOR THE PERIOD               |           |           |           |           |
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Shares in Alma Media, 10.3% owned for longer than one year; a tax claim has not 
been recorded for the period.                                                   

SEGMENT INFORMATION                                                             

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| Group net sales (EUR 1,000)  |      1-3/ |      1-3/ |    Change |     1-12/ |
|                              |      2009 |      2008 |           |      2008 |
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| Publishing                   |     9 662 |    11 020 |     -12 % |    44 648 |
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| Printing                     |     4 520 |     4 697 |      -4 % |    20 181 |
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| Non-allocated                |       755 |       688 |      10 % |     2 774 |
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| Net sales between segments   |    -2 933 |    -2 981 |      -2 % |   -12 219 |
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| Total                        |    12 005 |    13 423 |     -11 % |    55 384 |
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| Group operating profit (EUR  |      1-3/ |      1-3/ |    Change |     1-12/ |
| 1,000)                       |      2009 |      2008 |           |      2008 |
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| Publishing                   |     1 337 |     2 262 |     -41 % |     8 976 |
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| Printing                     |       492 |       603 |     -18 % |     2 580 |
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| Non-allocated                |       -32 |      -107 |     -70 % |      -827 |
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| Total                        |     1 797 |     2 759 |     -35 % |    10 728 |
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| GROUP BALANCE SHEET (EUR 1,000)    |                                         |
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|                                    |  3/2009 |   3/2008 |  Change |  12/2008 |
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| ASSETS                             |         |          |         |          |
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| NON-CURRENT ASSETS                 |         |          |         |          |
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| Intangible rights                  |     699 |      463 |    51 % |      723 |
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| Goodwill                           |     314 |          |         |      314 |
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| Investment property                |     504 |      621 |   -19 % |      531 |
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| Property, plant and equipment      |  19 139 |   20 304 |    -6 % |   19 805 |
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| Shares in associated companies     |     547 |      495 |    10 % |      533 |
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| Available-for-sale assets          |  45 500 |   71 681 |   -37 % |   43 316 |
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| Non-current trade and other        |      39 |       39 |         |       39 |
| receivables                        |         |          |         |          |
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| Other tangible assets              |     213 |      214 |         |      213 |
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| Deferred tax asset                 |         |    1 019 |         |          |
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| TOTAL NON-CURRENT ASSETS           |  66 956 |   94 836 |   -29 % |   65 476 |
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| Current assets                     |         |          |         |          |
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| Inventories                        |     880 |      718 |    23 % |      930 |
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| Trade and other receivables        |   5 952 |    6 952 |   -14 % |    3 287 |
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| Income tax assets                  |     876 |      786 |    11 % |    2 030 |
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| Financial assets at fair value     |   1 897 |    3 767 |   -50 % |    2 285 |
| through profit or loss             |         |          |         |          |
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| Cash and cash equivalents          |   8 598 |   11 942 |   -28 % |    2 321 |
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| TOTAL Current assets               |  18 203 |   24 165 |   -25 % |   10 852 |
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| Total assets                       |  85 159 |  119 000 |   -28 % |   76 328 |
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| SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY AND           |         |          |         |          |
| LIABILITIES                        |         |          |         |          |
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| SHAREHOLDER'S EQUITY               |         |          |         |          |
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| Share capital                      |   3 666 |    3 666 |         |    3 666 |
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| Fair value reserve and other       | -16 486 |    9 962 |  -265 % |  -18 647 |
| reserves                           |         |          |         |          |
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| Retained earnings                  |  41 473 |   48 076 |   -14 % |   38 064 |
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| SHAREHOLDER'S EQUITY               |  28 653 |   61 705 |   -54 % |   23 083 |
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| NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES            |         |          |         |          |
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| Deferred tax liability             |   1 692 |    1 771 |    -4 % |    1 758 |
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| Non-current interest-bearing       |  37 749 |          |         |   37 749 |
| liabilities                        |         |          |         |          |
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| NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES            |  39 442 |    1 771 |  2127 % |   39 508 |
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| CURRENT LIABILITIES                |         |          |         |          |
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| Current interest-bearing           |   3 858 |   41 700 |   -91 % |    5 858 |
| liabilities                        |         |          |         |          |
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| Accounts payable and other         |  12 729 |   12 109 |     5 % |    7 734 |
| payables                           |         |          |         |          |
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| Income tax liability               |     477 |    1 715 |   -72 % |      146 |
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| CURRENT LIABILITIES                |  17 064 |   55 525 |   -69 % |   13 738 |
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| SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY AND           |  85 159 |  119 000 |   -28 % |   76 328 |
| LIABILITIES TOTAL                  |         |          |         |          |
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| GROUP CASH FLOW STATEMENT (EUR 1,000)                                        |
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|                                       |     1-3/ |        1-3/ |       1-12/ |
|                                       |     2009 |        2008 |        2008 |
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| CASH FLOW FROM OPERATIONS             |          |             |             |
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| Profit for the period under review    |    3 409 |       8 877 |      13 530 |
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| Adjustments                           |     -804 |      -5 621 |        -181 |
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| Change in working capital             |    2 328 |       2 026 |        -126 |
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| CASH FLOW FROM OPERATIONS             |    4 933 |       5 282 |      13 223 |
| BEFORE FINANCE AND TAXES              |          |             |             |
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| Financial income and expenses         |      312 |        -415 |       1 138 |
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| Direct taxes paid                     |    1 045 |        -717 |      -5 006 |
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| CASH FLOW FROM OPERATIONS             |    6 289 |       4 151 |       9 355 |
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| CASH FLOW FROM INVESTMENTS            |          |             |             |
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| Investments in tangible and           |     -303 |      -1 264 |      -3 242 |
| intangible assets, net                |          |             |             |
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| Other investments, net                |      -23 |     -51 985 |     -52 593 |
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| Dividends received from investments   |    2 316 |       6 948 |       7 237 |
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| CASH FLOW FROM INVESTMENTS            |    1 990 |     -46 300 |     -48 598 |
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| CASH FLOW BEFORE FINANCING ITEMS      |    8 279 |     -42 149 |     -39 243 |
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| CASH FLOW FROM FINANCING              |          |             |             |
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| Change in current loans               |   -2 000 |      41 700 |       2 000 |
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| Change in non-current loans           |          |             |      41 607 |
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| Dividends paid and other profit       |       -2 |          -4 |     -14 440 |
| distribution                          |          |             |             |
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| CASH FLOW FROM FINANCING              |   -2 002 |      41 696 |      29 167 |
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| INCREASE (+) OR DECREASE (-)IN        |    6 277 |        -454 |     -10 075 |
| FINANCIAL ASSETS                      |          |             |             |
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| Liquid assets at the beginning of the |    2 321 |      12 396 |      12 396 |
|  financial period                     |          |             |             |
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| Liquid assets at the end of the       |    8 598 |      11 942 |       2 321 |
| financial period                      |          |             |             |
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| GROUP KEY FIGURES                |                                           |
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|                                  |        3/2009 |      3/2008 |     12/2008 |
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| Earnings/share (EUR)             |          0.23 |        0.61 |        0.92 |
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| Shareholders' equity/share (EUR) |          1.95 |        4.21 |        1.57 |
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| Average number of personnel      |           372 |         376 |         393 |
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| Investments (EUR 1,000) *)       |           114 |      53 530 |      56 348 |
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| Interest-bearing debt (EUR       |        41 607 |      41 700 |      43 607 |
| 1,000)                           |               |             |             |
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| Equity ratio, %                  |          36.4 |        54.8 |        30.9 |
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*) Investment in tangible and intangible assets and available-for-sale assets   
(shares).                                                                       
Taxes included in the income statement are taxes corresponding to the result for
the period under review.                                                        


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| CHANGES IN CONSOLIDATED SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY (EUR 1,000)                     |
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| Change in         |    Share |      Fair |     Other |  Retained |     Total |
| shareholders'     |  capital |     value |  reserves |  earnings |           |
| equity  1-3/2008  |          |   reserve |           |           |           |
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| SHAREHOLDERS'     |    3 666 |     8 179 |    12 862 |    39 199 |    63 907 |
| EQUITY 1.1.       |          |           |           |           |           |
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| Comprehensive     |          |   -11 079 |           |     8 877 |    -2 202 |
| income for the    |          |           |           |           |           |
| period            |          |           |           |           |           |
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| TOTAL             |    3 666 |    -2 900 |    12 862 |    48 076 |    61 705 |
| SHAREHOLDERS'     |          |           |           |           |           |
| EQUITY 3/2008     |          |           |           |           |           |
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| Change in         |    Share |      Fair |     Other |  Retained |     Total |
| shareholders'     |  capital |     value |  reserves |  earnings |           |
| equity  1-3/2009  |          |   reserve |           |           |           |
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| SHAREHOLDERS'     |    3 666 |   -31 509 |    12 862 |    38 064 |    23 083 |
| EQUITY 1.1.       |          |           |           |           |           |
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| Comprehensive     |          |     2 161 |           |     3 409 |     5 570 |
| income for the    |          |           |           |           |           |
| period            |          |           |           |           |           |
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| TOTAL             |    3 666 |   -29 348 |    12 862 |    41 473 |    28 653 |
| SHAREHOLDERS'     |          |           |           |           |           |
| EQUITY 3/2009     |          |           |           |           |           |
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| GROUP CONTINGENT LIABILITIES (EUR 1,000)                                     |
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|                              |            3/2009 |      3/2008 |     12/2008 |
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| Collateral pledged for own   |                   |             |             |
| commitments                  |                   |             |             |
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| Mortgages on company assets  |             1 245 |             |       1 245 |
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| Mortgages on real estate     |             8 801 |       4 017 |       8 801 |
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| Pledged shares               |            27 485 |      44 669 |      26 013 |
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| On behalf of others          |                   |             |             |
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| Guarantees                   |                   |          16 |             |
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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    
contain a certain amount of risk and uncertainty. The estimates may change in   
the event of significant changes in the general economic and business           
conditions.                                                                     

Seinäjoki, 5 May 2009                                                           

ILKKA-YHTYMÄ OYJ                                                                

Board of Directors                                                        



Matti Korkiatupa                                                                
Managing Director                                                               


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

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