HKScan Oyj

Board/Management Information • Jan 14, 2008

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BOARD MEMBER HEIKKI KAUPPINEN DIES IN ACCIDENT

HKScan Corporation RELEASE 14 January 2008, at 3pm BOARD MEMBER HEIKKI KAUPPINEN DIES IN ACCIDENT It is with great sadness that HKScan received the news of the death of Board member Heikki Kauppinen, B.Sc. (Econ.& Bus.Admin.), in an accident while skiing on 8 January 2008. Mr Kauppinen was born in 1947. Mr Kauppinen served on the Board of HKScan for nearly five years. He was elected to the Board in 2003 as an outside expert with diverse experience in the international marketing of branded goods, the very skills then needed by the increasingly international HKScan. Mr Kauppinen was an active contributor to the expansion of the Group. For most of his lengthy career, Mr Kauppinen served Unilever Finland, most recently as its managing director from 1994 to 2002. He was also Chairman of the Board of Kyrönmaan Juustomestarit Oy and sat on the Boards of Halva Oy and Laatusuhde Suomi Oy. Mr Kauppinen's enduring interest in orienteering was expressed in his Chairmanship of the Board of the Finnish Orienteering Federation. The HKScan Group mourns the loss of its highly respected Board member Heikki Kauppinen and extends its deepest condolences to his bereaved family. HKScan Corporation Board of Directors Kai Seikku CEO DISTRIBUTION: OMX Nordic Exchange Main media www.hkscan.com