AAK

Report Publication Announcement • Feb 2, 2012

2 February 2012

Press release

Conference call for press contacts, investors and stock market analysts – release of AAK's Summarised Financial Statement 2011, and Interim report of the fourth quarter 2011

In connection with the release of AarhusKarlshamn AB's interim report for the fourth quarter 2011 and Summarised Financial Statement 2011, we invite you to a "Press & Analyst Conference" by telephone. The conference will be chaired by Arne Frank, President and CEO.

Time: Thursday 9 February, 2012 at 1 pm, CET.

How to register in advance:

A link will be published on our website, www.aak.com. Please click on the section Investor. Those wishing to attend the conference are kindly asked to click on the link for registration and fill in your details and from which country you will call. Each participant will then be allocated the conference call number, a participant user pin, conference pin and instructions on how to join the conference call. For security reasons, please do not give your conference details for others to use. All participants must register individually to join the call.

To participate in the conference call, you must dial the conference number provided in the confirmation, no later than five minutes before 1 pm on 9 February 2012.

At the same time, a link to the presentation material will be available on the section Investor on www.aak.com.

The Summarised Financial Statement 2011 and the Interim report for the fourth quarter 2011 will be released on 9 February 2012 at 08.15 am CET.

For further information, please contact:

Fredrik Nilsson Head of Investor Relations Phone: + 46 40 627 83 34 Mobile: + 46 708 95 22 21

The information is that which AarhusKarlshamn AB (publ) is obliged to publish under the provisions of the Stock Exchange and Clearing Operations Act and/or the Trading in Financial Instruments Act. The information was released to the media for publication on 2 February 2012 at 08.15 am CET.

AarhusKarlshamn is the world's leading producer of high value-added speciality vegetable fats. These fats are characterized by a high technological content and are used as substitute for butter-fat and cocoa butter, transfree solutions for fillings in chocolate and confectionery products, and in the cosmetics industry. AarhusKarlshamn has production facilities in Denmark, Mexico, the Netherlands, Sweden, Great Britain, Uruguay and the US. The company is organised in three Business Areas; Food Ingredients, Chocolate and Confectionery Fats and Technical Products & Feed. Further information on AarhusKarlshamn can be found on the company's website www.aak.com.

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AarhusKarlshamn AB Phone +46 40 627 8300 info@aak.com 556669-2850 Jungmansgatgan 12 Fax +46 40 627 83 11 www.aak.com SE5566692850001

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