Vitamex personal care group

· Wilh. Sonesson is to acquire the personal-care group Vitamex AB and
will thus become one of the leading consumer-healthcare companies in the
Nordic region with sales of SEK 1.2 billion. The seller is Royal Numico
of the Netherlands and the purchase consideration amounts to SEK 280 M.
· Wilh. Sonesson doubles operating profit
· Earnings per share expected to rise significantly.

Comment from Bo Håkansson, CEO and principal owner of Wilh. Sonesson:
"Our acquisition of Vitamex increases the possibilities for our
customers and suppliers to grow with us when we expand. It is a
financially and structurally correct acquisition towards realizing our
objective of becoming the leading personal-care company in the Nordic
region.

"We are a long-term player in the personal-care market. We will now
secure access to proprietary production, product development...