The members of Alma Media’s Shareholders’ Nomination Committee have been appointed

Alma Media Corporation               Stock exchange release 23 October 2015 at 10.30 (EET)

THE MEMBERS OF ALMA MEDIA’S SHAREHOLDERS’ NOMINATION COMMITTEE HAVE BEEN APPOINTED

The Annual General Meeting of Alma Media Corporation on 17 March 2015 resolved, in accordance with the proposal of the Board of Directors, to establish a Shareholders’ Nomination Committee. The Nomination Committee’s duties include preparing proposals related to the election and remuneration of Board members to the AGM. 

The Shareholders’ Nomination Committee consists of four members appointed by Alma Media’s four largest shareholders, and the members elect a chairman from among their number. The following have been appointed as members: Timo Aukia, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Ilkka Group; Niklas Herlin, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Mariatorp; Carita Antell, Member of the Board of Directors, Kaleva; and Timo Sallinen, Head of Listed Securities, Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company. In addition, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Alma Media Corporation, Harri Suutari, acts as an expert member in the Nomination Committee.

The four shareholders who are registered in the shareholder register maintained by Euroclear Finland Ltd on 30 September in the year preceding the AGM and whose share of the votes produced by all shares in the company is the greatest according to this shareholder register will have the right to nominate members to represent shareholders in the Shareholders’ Nomination Committee.

More information on the Shareholders’ Nomination Committee and the Charter of the Shareholders’ Nomination Committee are available on the Alma Media website at http://www.almamedia.com/investors/corporate-governance/nomination-committee/

Further information:

Harri Suutari, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Alma Media Corporation

ALMA MEDIA CORPORATION

Rauno Heinonen

Vice President, Corporate Communications and Investor Relations

Distribution: NASDAQ OMX Helsinki, main media, www.almamedia.fi

Alma Media in brief

Alma Media is a media company focusing on digital services and publishing. In addition to news services, the company’s products provide useful information related to lifestyle, career and business development. The services of Alma Media have expanded from Finland to the Nordic countries, the Baltics and Central Europe. In 2014, the company employed an average of 1,830 professionals (excluding deliverers), of whom approximately one quarter worked outside Finland. Alma Media’s revenue in 2014 totalled approximately EUR 295 million. Alma Media’s share is listed on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki. Read more at www.almamedia.com.