AAK’s Interim report for the third quarter 2016 – all-time high operating profit

· Operating profit, excluding acquisition costs of SEK 15 million, reached SEK 431 million (376), an improvement of 15 percent and an all-time high record. This despite a currency translation impact of negative SEK 10 million (positive 27), mainly related to Food Ingredients. · Total volumes continued to grow nicely and were up 11 percent (2). Organic volume growth was 4 percent (2). The demand for speciality and semi-speciality products was strong, generating organic volume growth of 5 percent (2). · Food Ingredients improved by 9 percent, reaching SEK 251 million (230). The