Hartwall share issue

HARTWALL SHARE ISSUE The Board of Directors of Hartwall Plc has today approved the share subscriptions of 4,000,000 new A Shares made in relation to the share issue directed to international and domestic institutional investors and the share subscriptions of 1,023,900 new A Shares made in relation to the share issue directed to Pripps Ringnes AB. Thus, the Company's share capital has been increased together by 1,004,780 euro by issuing 5,023,900 new A Shares. The said share capital increases have today, on April 26, 2000, been entered into the Trade Register. The increased share capital is 13,114,780 euro divided into 65,573,900 shares. The counter book value of one share is 0.20 euro. The information contained herein is not for publication or distribution in or into the United States of America.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 Anne Manner Corporate Communications Officer tel. int'l: +358 9 540 2533 fax int'l: +358 9 540 2528 anne.manner@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/2000/04/26/20000426BIT00190/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/04/26/20000426BIT00190/bit0002.pdf