Decisions by Hartwalls Extraordinary General Meeting

DECISIONS BY HARTWALL´S EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING The Extraordinary General Meeting of Hartwall, on April 20, 2000, decided to execute a directed issue to Pripps Ringnes AB, so that Pripps Ringnes AB maintains the same relative ownership of the share capital, as prior to the directed issue concluded yesterday. The EGM decided to increase the share capital by way of a new issue to Pripps Ringnes AB of a maximum of 1,100,700 series A shares having a counter book value of 0,20 euro each. The share capital will thus be increased by a maximum of 220,140 euro. The one-day subscription period is April 20, 2000, and the subscription price 14.50 euro is the same as the subscription price in the directed issue to institutional investors immediately preceding the EGM. The subscription price will be payable no later than on the first banking day following the acceptance of the subscription. The Board of Directors was advised to accept the subscription of Pripps Ringnes AB in full or in part in no more than two tranches by May 21, 2000, so that Pripps Ringnes AB's proportinate ownership of the company's capital is 20.38% at the most, when taking into account the share issue preceding the EGM. Pripps Ringnes AB announced that it will use its subscription right in full. Providing that the Board of Directors of Hartwall accepts in full the subscriptions of the institutional investors who took part in the directed issue, the Board of Directors will approve Pripps Ringnes AB's subscription of up to 1 023 900 shares or about April 26, 2000. In case the lead manager, Enskilda Securities AB, exercises its right to increase, within 30 days from April 19, 2000 the number of issued shares by 300,000 at the maximum, the Board of Directors will approve Pripps Ringnes AB's subscription in regard of 76,800 additional shares so that its ownership of the share capital remains unchanged. The EGM decided to annul Clauses 2 and 3 of Paragraph 4 of the Articles of Association of the company. The amendment shall be entered into the Trade Register on August 31, 2000. The amendment deals with pre-emptive subscription rights of the shareholders when increasing the share capital and it mainly decreases the rights of series K shareholders, and shall have no other effect on the Articles of Association. The amendment is based on the transitional rules of the law 145/1997. The information contained herein is not for publication or distribution in or into the United States of America. The materials do not constitute an offer of securities for sale in the United States, nor may the securities be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration as provided in the Securities Act of 1933 and the rules and regulations thereunder. Any public offering of securities to be made in the United States will be by means of a prospectus that may be obtained from the issuer or the selling security holder and that will contain detailed information about the company and management, as well as financial statements. Sent by: OYJ HARTWALL ABP Marie-Louise Wiklund Corporate Communications Manager tel. int'l: +358 9 540 2440 fax int'l: +358 9 540 2528 marie-louise.wiklund@hartwall.fi Distribution: Helsinki Exchanges Principal media http://www.hartwall.fi ------------------------------------------------------------ Please visit http://www.bit.se for further information The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/04/20/20000420BIT00140/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/04/20/20000420BIT00140/bit0002.pdf