AAK’s Interim report for the fourth quarter and year-end report 2017 – a record-high year-over-year operating profit was achieved

· Operating profit reached SEK 471 million (435 excluding non-recurring items), an improvement of 8 percent. The currency translation impact was negative SEK 18 million of which SEK 12 million was related to Food Ingredients and SEK 6 million to Chocolate & Confectionery Fats. Operating profit at fixed foreign exchange rates and excluding non-recurring items improved by 12 percent.  · Total volumes continued to grow nicely and increased by 5 percent (7). Organic volume growth was 5 percent (2). The demand for speciality and semi-speciality products continued to be strong and generated