LIQUIDITY PROVIDING FOR HK RUOKATALO GROUP'S SHARE

HK Ruokatalo Group Oyj   STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 3 June 2005, at 10am

LIQUIDITY PROVIDING FOR HK RUOKATALO GROUP'S SHARE

HK Ruokatalo Group Oyj and FIM Securities Ltd have signed a market
making agreement that meets the requirements of Liquidity Providing
(LP) on the Helsinki Stock Exchange. The agreement aims at promoting
the liquidity of HK Ruokatalo Group's share and narrow off the spread
of trading escpecially considering small-scale investors.

According to the agreement FIM Securities Ltd will quote bids and
offers for HK Ruokatalo Group Oyj's share so that the spread of the
bid and offer prices is a maximum of 4 per cent calculated on the bid
price. The bids and offers quoted by the liquidity provider must be
for at least 200 shares, which represents four trading lots.

FIM Securities Ltd shall quote bids and offers for HK Ruokatalo Group
Oyj's share in the trading system of the Helsinki Stock Exchange on
the main list on each trading day for at least 85 per cent of the
Continuous Trading period and also in the daily opening and closing
procedures applicable to the security.

Market making in accordance with the LP agreement will commence on 6
June 2005. The agreement will be in force initially for a fixed term
of 6 months and thereafter under further notice, and agreement's
period of notice is one month.


HK Ruokatalo Group Oyj



Simo Palokangas
CEO



DISTRIBUTION:
Helsinki Exchanges
Internet: www.hk-ruokatalo.fi