LASSILA & TIKANOJA PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 18 JANUARY 2007
LASSILA & TIKANOJA: COMPETITION AUTHORITY APPROVE ACQUISITION OF BIOWATTI
The Finnish Competition Authority have today given their approval for Lassila &
Tikanoja to acquire the majority (70%) of the shares of Biowatti Oy from the
acting management of the company. The acquisition is expected to be closed on 1
February 2007.L&T has also made a commitment to redeem the remaining thirty
percent of the shares by the end of the year 2011.
Biowatti is the leading Finnish bio energy supplier, operating in the
procurement, processing, marketing and delivery of bio fuels. The main products
are by-products of forest and wood processing industries and logging chips.
LASSILA & TIKANOJA PLC
Jari Sarjo
President and CEO
For further information, please contact:
Jari Sarjo, President and CEO, Lassila & Tikanoja plc, tel. +358 10 636 2810