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RAISIO CONTROLS OVER 99 PER CENT OF THE

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Raisio Group plc           Stock Exchange Release
                           11 April 2003 at 10.00 Finnish time



PUBLIC OFFER PERIOD ENDED;
RAISIO CONTROLS OVER 99 PER CENT OF THE SHARES IN DIFFCHAMB

On 28 February 2003 Raisio Group placed a public offer to acquire
all shares in an international food diagnostics company, Diffchamb
AB. During the acceptance period 6 March to 9 April 2003
shareholders representing approximately 99 per cent of Diffchamb
shares have accepted the offer.

Raisio has called for compulsory acquisition of the outstanding
Diffchamb shares under the Swedish Companies Act. Diffchamb has
applied for de-listing of the Diffchamb share from the O-list of
the Stockholm Stock Exchange. The last trading day will be 24
April 2003.

RAISIO GROUP PLC

Taru Narvanmaa, Executive Vice President, Communications and IR
tel. +358 50 590 9398

Further information:
Jukka Lavi, President, Raisio Life Sciences
tel. +358 40 544 3280

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