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RECORD DATE AND PAYMENT DATE OF THE EUR 0.05 PER SHARE DIVIDEND INSTALLMENT RESOLVED BY THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2017

Rapala VMC Corporation
Stock Exchange Release
October 27, 2017 at 10:00 a.m.


RECORD DATE AND PAYMENT DATE OF THE EUR 0.05 PER SHARE DIVIDEND INSTALLMENT
RESOLVED BY THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2017


The  Annual General  Meeting of  Rapala VMC  Corporation held on March 30, 2017
resolved on a payment of dividend of EUR 0.10 per share for the financial period
that ended on December 31, 2016. The dividend shall be paid in two installments,
EUR  0.05 each.  The  Annual  General  Meeting  resolved that the first dividend
installment  of EUR 0.05 per share  shall be paid in  April, 2017 and the second
installment of EUR 0.05 per share in November 2017.

The  Board of Directors of Rapala has on October 26, 2017 resolved in accordance
with the resolution of the Annual General Meeting that the dividend payment date
for  the second  dividend installment  of EUR  0.05 per share  shall be November
6, 2017 and the record date shall be October 30, 2017.



Helsinki, October 27, 2017



RAPALA VMC CORPORATION

Board of Directors



For further information, please contact:

Olli Aho, Company Counsel, tel. +358 9 7562 540



Distribution: Nasdaq Helsinki and main media



Rapala VMC Corporation ("the Group") is a leading fishing tackle company and the
global  market leader in fishing lures,  treble hooks and fishing related knives
and  tools.  The  Group  also  has  a  strong  global  position in other fishing
categories  and it is  one of the  leading distributors of  outdoor, hunting and
winter  sport  products  in  the  Nordic  countries.  The  Group has the largest
distribution  network  in  the  industry.  The main manufacturing facilities are
located  in Finland,  France, Estonia,  Russia, Indonesia  and the UK. The Group
brand  portfolio includes the  leading brand in  the industry, Rapala, and other
global  brands  like  VMC,  Sufix,  Storm,  Blue  Fox,  Luhr Jensen, Williamson,
Dynamite  Baits, Mora Ice, StrikeMaster, Marttiini and Peltonen. The Group, with
net sales of EUR 261 million in 2016, employs some 2 800 people in 40 countries.
Rapala VMC Corporation's share is listed and traded on the Nasdaq Helsinki stock
exchange since 1998.


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