NOTIFICATION UNDER THE MARKET SECURITIES

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HK Ruokatalo Oyj  STOCK EXCHANGE BULLETIN, 16 Feb. 2004, at 1.10pm

NOTIFICATION UNDER THE MARKET SECURITIES ACT

Under Chapter 2, Section 9 of the Finnish Market Securities Act, we
hereby announce that HK Ruokatalo Oyj has received the following
disclosure about change in ownership.

Warrants attached to HK Ruokatalo’s 1998 Employee Shares was exercised
in January 2004, increasing the number of the company’s A Shares by
595,705. Due to this Sampo Life’s ownership in HK Ruokatalo has fallen
below one-twentieth (1/20).

Sampo Life now owns HK Ruokatalo’s shares as follows:

                 No. of          Share of      Share of
                 shares     share capital         votes
A-Shares      1,278,065             6.25%         6.25%
K-Shares              0                -             -
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Total         1,278,065             4.94%         0.99%

HK Ruokatalo Oyj’s (reg. number 0111425-3) share capital comprises
25,847,395 shares (20,447,395 series A Shares and 5,400,000 series K
Shares), which convey a total of 128,447,395 votes (series A Shares
each convey one vote, series K Shares each convey 20 votes).

Information on owner: Sampo Life Insurance Company, reg. number
0641130-2


HK Ruokatalo Oyj



Simo Palokangas
Chief executive officer



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


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