SHARE PRICE IN HARTWALL'S DIRECTED ISSUE 14.50 EUROS

SHARE PRICE IN HARTWALL'S DIRECTED ISSUE 14.50 EUROS The Board of Directors of Hartwall has today decided to increase its raise the share capital by maximum 800,000 euro by way of a directed issue of maximum 4,000,000 new A-shares to domestic and international institutional investors based on subscription commitments received. The subscription price of the share was set at 14.50 euro. The Company will receive new funds of 58 million euro, before fees and expenses. The offering was oversubscribed. One third of the offered shares were allocated to international and two thirds to Finnish investors. Confirmation of allocations will given to subscribers on April 20, 2000. The increase of the company's share capital is expected to be entered into the Trade Register on or about April 26, 2000 when the accepted subscriptions have been paid. The share capital will increase by 800,000 euro to 12,910,000] euro. The new shares will be officially listed on the main list of the Helsinki Stock Exchange on April 27, 2000. Enskilda Securities AB acted as sole lead manager in the issue. The Company has granted an option to Enskilda Securities, exercisable at any time within 30 days from the date of the completion of the offering, to purchase up to an aggregate of 300,000 additional shares solely to cover over-allotments, if any. If this option is exercised, the share capital of the Company will be further increased by additionally a maximum of 60,000 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 The information contained herein is not for publication or distribution in or into the United States of America.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 Marie-Louise Wiklund Corporate Communications Manager tel. int'l: +358 9 540 2440 fax int: +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/2000/04/20/20000420BIT00030/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/04/20/20000420BIT00030/bit0002.pdf