HKScan Corporation STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE, 17 March 2008 at 10am
HKSCAN TO ACQUIRE TREASURY SHARES The Board of Directors of HKScan Corporation has decided to continue acquiring treasury shares no earlier than on 18 March 2008. A maximum of 15,000 shares will be acquired in public trading on the OMX Nordic Exchanges. The shares will be used to accomplish the 2007 earning period of the company's share incentive scheme. The decision is based on the authorisation granted to the Board by the Annual General Meeting of HKScan Corporation on 20 April 2007 to acquire a maximum of 3 500 000 of the company's own shares, a number equal to ca. 8.9% of total registered shares and ca. 10.3% of total A Shares. The company's own shares may be purchased with the company's unrestricted equity only for a price quoted in public trading or a price otherwise determined by the market. The shares are being acquired for instance to provide for the company's financing needs, to execute mergers and acquisitions or for employee incentive purposes. The maximum and minimum consideration to be paid for the shares is determined on the basis of the trading day's price quoted for the share on the OMX Nordic Exchanges. HKScan Corporation Kai Seikku CEO Further information is available from CEO Kai Seikku. Please leave any message for him to call with Katja Backman, tel. +358 (0)10 570 2428. DISTRIBUTION: OMX Nordic Exchanges Main media www.hkscan.com