Aktia Savings Bank plc: 2005 Ordinary Annual General Meeting

AKTIA SAVINGS BANK PLC      STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE     18 APRIL 2005

2005 Ordinary Annual General Meeting of Aktia Savings Bank plc

The ordinary Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of Aktia Savings Bank plc
held on 18 April 2005 adopted the financial statements of the parent company and
the consolidated financial statements and discharged the Board of Supervisors,
Board of Directors, Managing Director and his alternate from liability.

In accordance with the proposal of the Board of Directors, the Annual General
Meeting of Shareholders decided that the distributable retained profit from the
parent company, which, taking into consideration the profit for the financial
year 2004, EUR 13,326,208.74, totals EUR 74,165,485.21, should be used to pay out
a dividend of EUR 0.25 per share to shareholders for a total of EUR 8,824,512.50,
and the rest of the profit for the financial year be transferred to the retained
earnings account. The dividend will be paid out on 28 April 2005.

The Annual General Meeting of Shareholders confirmed the number of members of the
Board of Supervisors to be thirty, and determined the remuneration payable to the
members. The Annual General Meeting of Shareholders re-elected the following
eight members of the Board of Supervisors, in turn to resign, for a term of three
years which will expire at the 2008 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders:

Kurt Forsman, M.Sc.(Agr. & Forestry)
Christina Gestrin, Member of Parliament, M.Sc.(Agr. & Forestry)
Patrik Lerche, Managing Director, M.Sc.(Econ.)
Kristina Lyytikäinen, Private Entrepeneur, B.A.(Soc.Sc.)
Håkan Mattlin, Administrative Director, Lic.Pol.Sc., Honorary Councillor
Jorma J Pitkämäki, Director
Peter Simberg, Agrologist
Lorenz Uthardt, Agrologist, Honorary Councillor
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As Bo Göran Eriksson, in turn to resign, declined re-election and Boris
Westerlund, likewise in turn to resign, could not be re-elected because of the
age limit specified in the Articles of Association, as new members of the Board
of Supervisors for a term of three years expiring at the 2008 Annual General
Meeting of Shareholders were elected

Johan Bardy, Lawyer
Marianne Österberg, Director of Administration, L.L.M.

The Annual General Meeting of Shareholders confirmed the number of auditors to be
one and determined the remuneration for auditing. Oy Joe Sundholm & Co Ab, an APA
firm, was re-appointed auditor for the financial year starting on 1 January 2005.


AKTIA SAVINGS BANK PLC

From:
Outi Fagerlund
Information Officer
Tel. +358 10 247 6294, +358 40 575 8828
outi.fagerlund@aktia.fi

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