Amended agreement between shareholders of Aktia plc, nomination committee proposal by the Board of Directors
Aktia plc
Stock Exchange Release
25.9.2009 at 12.25
Amended agreement between shareholders of Aktia plc, nomination committee
proposal by the Board of Directors
It has come to Aktia plc's (Aktia) attention that the shareholders' agreement
between certain Aktia foundations and savings bank foundations as well as other
institutions, holding in total approximately 64 per cent of the shares and
approximately 70 per cent of the voting rights in Aktia, has been amended so
that the agreement no longer stipulates a purpose to represent an unanimous
shareholder interest. The amendment does not affect the agreement otherwise. The
agreement pertains to the redemption of the parties' series R shares, such
shares amounting in total to approximately 21 per cent of all shares and 64 per
cent of all votes in Aktia. Information on the shareholders' agreement and the
parties thereto is available on Aktia's website www.aktia.fi.
The Board of Directors of Aktia has today resolved to propose for the Annual
General Meeting 2010 to appoint a nomination committee with duty to prepare, for
the company's Annual General Meetings, resolution proposals regarding members of
the Board of Supervisors and the auditors of Aktia as well as regarding their
remuneration. Pursuant to the proposal, the nomination committee would consist
of representatives of the three largest shareholders and the chairman of the
Board of Supervisors as an expert member. The right to nominate a representative
to the nomination committee would be held by the three shareholders holding the
largest amount of all shares in Aktia on 1 November the calendar year prior to
the Annual General Meeting. Further, the shareholders Sparbanksstiftelsen i
Helsingfors, the Life Annuity Institution Hereditas and Veritas Pension
Insurance Company Ltd. have informed Aktia of their intention to make resolution
proposals regarding members of the Board of Supervisors and the auditors as well
as regarding their remuneration for the mandate period commencing after Aktia's
Annual General Meeting 2010.
AKTIA PLC
For further details, please contact
Malin Pettersson, Head of Communications,
tel. +358 10 247 6369
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