NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS BY MANAGERS AND THEIR CLOSELY ASSOCIATED PERSONS

Rapala VMC Corporation
Managers' transactions
March 5, 2018 at 4:00 p.m.
NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS BY MANAGERS AND THEIR CLOSELY ASSOCIATED PERSONS



Notification under the EU Market Abuse Regulation, article 19



Person subject to the notification requirement

Name:                                Kasslin, Jorma

Position:                           Board member/ deputy member



Initial notification

Reference number:          7437009TB42O2AB3JW91_20180305103551_2



Issuer

Name:                               Rapala VMC Corporation

LEI:                                   7437009TB42O2AB3JW91



Transaction details

Transaction date:               2018-03-01

Venue:                                 NASDAQ HELSINKI LTD (XHEL)

Nature of the transaction: Acquisition



Instrument:                        Share

ISIN:                                   FI0009007355



Volume:                             72

Unit price:                         3.20000

Volume:                             761

Unit price:                         3.21000

Volume:                             200

Unit price:                         3.20000

Volume:                             311

Unit price:                         3.20000

Volume:                             68

Unit price:                         3.20000

Volume:                             1 233

Unit price:                         3.22000

Volume:                             1 000

Unit price:                         3.23000

Volume:                             250

Unit price:                         3.21000

Volume:                             1 073

Unit price:                         3.24000

Volume:                             928

Unit price:                         3.23000

Volume:                             82

Unit price:                         3.24000

Volume:                             708

Unit price:                         3.24000

Volume:                             399

Unit price:                         3.25000

Volume:                             379

Unit price:                         3.25000

Volume:                             146

Unit price:                         3.25000

Volume:                             401

Unit price:                         3.25000

Volume:                             782

Unit price:                         3.26000

Volume:                             99

Unit price:                         3.25000

Volume:                             529

Unit price:                         3.26000

Volume:                             1 009

Unit price:                         3.26000

Volume:                             99

Unit price:                         3.25000

Volume:                             236

Unit price:                         3.25000



Aggregated transactions

Volume:                                                 10 765

Volume weighted average price:         3.23663




For further information, please contact:

Company Counsel, Olli Aho, tel. +358 9 7562 540



Distribution: NASDAQ Helsinki and Main Media


Rapala VMC Corporation ("the Group") is a leading fishing tackle company and the
global  market leader in fishing lures,  treble hooks and fishing related knives
and  tools.  The  Group  also  has  a  strong  global  position in other fishing
categories  and it is  one of the  leading distributors of  outdoor, hunting and
winter  sport  products  in  the  Nordic  countries.  The  Group has the largest
distribution  network  in  the  industry.  The main manufacturing facilities are
located  in Finland,  France, Estonia,  Russia, Indonesia  and the UK. The Group
brand  portfolio includes the  leading brand in  the industry, Rapala, and other
global  brands  like  VMC,  Sufix,  Storm,  Blue  Fox,  Luhr Jensen, Williamson,
Dynamite  Baits, Mora Ice, StrikeMaster, Marttiini and Peltonen. The Group, with
net sales of EUR 253 million in 2017, employs some 2 600 people in 42 countries.
Rapala VMC Corporation's share is listed and traded on the Nasdaq Helsinki stock
exchange since 1998.


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