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ATRIA COMPLETES PIT PRODUKT ACQUISITION

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Atria Group plc              STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE          15 November 2005


ATRIA COMPLETES PIT PRODUKT ACQUISITION


The Russian competition authorities have granted Atria Group plc permission to
acquire the meat processing business of the St. Petersburg based PIT Produkt
Group. Other completion conditions for the deal have also been fulfilled. The
acquisition deal is now officially completed. Atria issued a stock exchange
release concerning this plan on 16 June 2005.

The PIT Produkt Group has grown rapidly since its establishment in 1996. It is
currently the market leader in meat products in the St. Petersburg area, where,
according to a study commissioned by Atria, the group enjoys a market share of
close to 20%. The company currently operates two production plants with over
1,000 employees.

PIT Produkt's growth has been exceptionally strong this year and the company has
further strengthened its position on the market. In order to increase capacity,
Atria and PIT Produkt will begin to plan a new production plant with manifold
capacity compared to the existing plant.

At the end of October, Atria released its third quarter earnings. The company is
in the midst of a strong growth phase. By the end of September turnover had
reached 717 million euro, with growth at 16.9% compared to the year before.
Growth was extremely strong in domestic markets. Pre-tax profit was at the
previous year's level in the third quarter at 13.7 million euro. The group's
operating result before tax and without the previous year's TEL pension items in
the first nine months was also slightly better than last year at 28.9 million
euro.

For further information, please contact Seppo Paatelainen, CEO, tel. +358 400 661
742.


ATRIA GROUP PLC

Seppo Paatelainen
Chief Executive Officer



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