Aktia plc: Decisions of Aktia plc's Annual General Meeting 2013
Aktia plc
Stock Exchange Release
9.4.2013 at 6.30 p.m.
Decisions of Aktia plc's Annual General Meeting 2013
The Annual General Meeting of Aktia plc has today adopted the financial statements of the parent company and the consolidated financial statements and discharged the members of the Board of Supervisors, the members of the Board of Directors, the Managing Director and his deputy from liability.
In accordance with the proposal of the Board of Directors, the Annual General Meeting decided to distribute a dividend of EUR 0.36 per share and a return of capital of EUR 0.14, totalling EUR 33.3 million for the financial period 1 January - 31 December 2012. The proposed record date for the dividend is 12 April 2013, and the dividend as well as return of capital is proposed to be paid out 19 April 2013.
The Annual General Meeting established the number of members on the Board of Supervisors as thirty-three.
The members of the Board of Supervisors Agneta Eriksson, Erik Karls, Clas Nyberg, Gunvor Sarelin-Sjöblom, Jan-Erik Stenman, Maj-Britt Vääriskoski, Lars Wallin, Bo-Gustav Wilson and Ann-Marie Åberg, who were all due to step down, were re-elected, and Mikael Aspelin, LL.M., and Stefan Mutanen, M.Soc.Sc., were elected as new members of the Board of Supervisors. All for a term of three years.
The annual remuneration to members of the Board of Supervisors remained unchanged.
The Annual General Meeting established the number of auditors as one.
The Annual General Meeting approved the proposal by the Board of Director concerning authorisation to issue shares as well as authorisation to divest shares.
The Annual General Meeting approved the merger with Aktia Bank plc. The planned effective date of the merger is 1 July 2013.
All proposals mentioned above are included in the Summons to the AGM published on Aktia plc's website www.aktia.fi.
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