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MATTI PERKONOJA APPOINTED HKSCAN CEO

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HKScan Corporation     STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE, 12 January 2009, at 1pm


MATTI PERKONOJA APPOINTED HKSCAN CEO

The Board of Directors of HKScan Corporation appointed CFO Matti Perkonoja as
the company's new CEO on Monday, 12 January 2009 for a term agreed to extend
until the end of 2010, at which time Mr Perkonoja will retire. He has served as
acting CEO in addition to his regular duties since 5 January 2009. 

Matti Perkonoja, aged 59, has been the CFO of HKScan since 2000. Before this,
he served in both commercial and industrial positions in the Group which he
joined in 1993. 

According to Markku Aalto, Chairman of the Board of HKScan, Mr Perkonoja's
background gives him an excellent understanding of the company. He was one of
the key contributors to HKScan's internationalisation, and his wealth of
experience - as well as the state of the company's business, which was restored
to a more even keel in late 2008 - provides a prime foundation for the further
development of the company. 


HKScan Corporation


Markku Aalto
Chairman of the Board


Further information:
Chairman of the Board Markku Aalto and CEO Matti Perkonoja, HKScan Corporation.
Please leave any messages for them to call with Communications Manager Marja
Siltala on 010 570 2290 (Finland) or +358 10 570 2290 (international) 


For details on Matti Perkonoja, please consult the presentation of HKScan's
Management Team on the company's website www.hkscan.com > HKScan in brief >
Management Team 



HKScan is one of the leading food companies in northern Europe with home
markets in Finland, Sweden, the Baltics and Poland. HKScan manufactures, sells
and markets pork and beef, poultry products, processed meats and convenience
foods under several well-known local brand names. Its customers are retail, the
HoReCa sector, industry and export customers. HKScan is active in nine
countries and has some 10,000 employees. Annual net sales are in excess of two
billion euro. 


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