Decisions of the Organisational Meeting of Alisa Bank Plc’s Board of Directors 16 May 2024
ALISA BANK PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 16.5.2024 AT 14.15 EEST
Alisa Bank Plc (“Alisa Bank”) announced on 10 April 2024 that Alisa Bank Plc and PURO Finance Ltd (“PURO Finance”) have agreed on a combination of the companies through a share exchange, upon the completion of which Alisa Bank will acquire PURO Finance from its current owners (the "Combination").
The Extraordinary General Meeting of Alisa Bank (the "EGM") resolved on 3 May 2024 in accordance with the proposal of the Shareholders' Nomination Board, conditional upon the completion of the Combination, that the number of members of the Board of Directors of Alisa Bank shall be six. In addition, the EGM resolved, in accordance with the proposal of the Shareholders' Nomination Board, conditional upon the completion of the Combination, that Sampsa Laine and Jukka Salonen be elected as new members of the Board of Directors and that of the current members of the Board of Directors, Sami Honkonen, Johanna Lamminen, Markku Pohjola and Tero Weckroth would continue in their positions. The election of the new members of the Board of Directors, Sampsa Laine and Jukka Salonen, was further conditional upon the fit & proper evaluation conducted by the authorities, which has been finalized for Jukka Salonen. With respect to Sampsa Laine, this evaluation is still pending.
The EGM also resolved that the current Chairman of the Board of Directors Markku Pohjola and Vice Chairman of the Bord of Directors Johanna Lamminen will continue in their positions until the end of the next Annual General Meeting.
Alisa Bank announced on 15 May 2024 that the Combination has been completed and that with the exception of Sampsa Laine, the term of office of the members of the Board of Directors elected at the EGM has commenced. Sampsa Laine’s term will commence when the aforementioned fit & proper evaluation has been finalized on his part.
The organisational meeting of Alisa Bank's Board of Directors on 16 May 2024 elected Johanna Lamminen as the Chairman of the Audit Committee and Sami Honkonen and Jukka Salonen as members of the Audit Committee.
Markku Pohjola was elected Chairman of the Personnel Committee and Tero Weckroth and Sampsa Laine as members of the Personnel Committee. Sampsa Laine’s election as member of the Personnel Committee is conditional upon the commencement of the term of his membership of the Board of Directors, as described above.
At its organisational meeting, the Board of Directors assesses the members' independence from the company and its significant shareholders. All members are independent of the company and the company's significant shareholders.
Further information
Juha Saari, Interim CEO, Alisa Bank Plc
juha.saari@alisapankki.fi
tel. +358 40 672 0595
Alisa Bank in brief
Alisa Bank is a Finnish digital bank that helps both personal and business customers to manage their day-to-day finances in straightforward and flexible manner. We offer comprehensive banking services to ordinary Finns as well as to small and medium-sized companies. Our company’s shares are listed on the main list of Nasdaq Helsinki (ALISA) and we have a authorisation granted by the Financial Supervisory Authority. www.alisapankki.com
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