Decisions of Atria Group Plc's Annual General Meeting
ATRIA PLC COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT 29 April 2008, 3:00 pm
Decisions of Atria Group Plc's Annual General Meeting Atria Plc's Annual General Meeting was held today in Helsinki at the Finlandia Hall. The AGM approved the financial statement and the consolidated financial statement for 2008, and discharged the members of the Supervisory Board and the Board of Directors as well as the President from liability for 2008. Dividend of EUR 0.20 per share The AGM approved that a dividend of EUR 0.20 be paid for each share for the financial year 2008. Dividends are paid to shareholders who are entered on the record date for the payment of dividends in the Company's shareholder register kept by Euroclear Finland Oy. The record date for the payment of dividends is 5 May 2009 and the date of payment is 12 May 2009. Election of Auditor In accordance with the Board of Directors' proposal, PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy, a firm of Chartered Public Accountants, was elected as the company's auditor until the closing of the next AGM. The audit firm has notified that the auditor with the principal responsibility shall be Authorised Public Accountant Juha Wahlroos. Purchase of treasury shares The General Meeting approved the Board of Directors' proposals on the purchase of treasury shares and on a share issue. Composition and remuneration of the Supervisory Board The General Meeting decided the following on the composition of the Supervisory Board: Member Term ends Juha-Matti Alaranta 2012 Juho Anttikoski 2010 Mika Asunmaa 2010 Lassi-Antti Haarala 2012 Juhani Herrala 2010 Henrik Holm 2012 Pasi Ingalsuo 2011 Veli Koivisto 2011 Olavi Kuja-Lipasti 2011 Teuvo Mutanen 2011 Mika Niku 2012 Seppo Paavola 2012 Heikki Panula 2010 Pekka Parikka 2011 Ari Pirkola 2010 Marita Riekkinen 2010 Juho Tervonen 2012 Tomi Toivanen 2012 Timo Tuhkasaari 2011 total of 19 members. The General Meeting decided that the meeting fee payable to the members of the Supervisory Board shall be EUR 250/meeting, the compensation for loss of working time EUR 250/meeting and proceeding day, the fee payable to the Chairman of the Supervisory Board EUR 3,000/month and the fee payable to the Deputy Chairman EUR 1,500/month. Amendment of the Articles of Association The General Meeting approved that the company dispenses with the nominal value of shares and changes the delivery time of the invitation to the AGM by amending Articles 3, 4 and 13 of the Articles of Association to read as follows: Article 3 Nominal value of shares The shares shall not have a nominal value. Article 4 Share classes A series shares have preference to a EUR 0.17 dividend, after which the KII series shares are paid a dividend up to EUR 0.17. After this, if dividends remain to be paid, Series A and Series KII shares entitle their holders to an equal right to a dividend. Each Series KII share entitles its holder to ten (10) votes at a General Meeting and each Series A share to one (1) vote. Article 13 Venue of General Meetings, invitation to the General Meeting and registration The company's General Meetings shall be held in Kuopio or Helsinki. The invitation to a General Meeting shall be sent to shareholders two (2) months before the registration date indicated in the invitation to the General Meeting, at the earliest, and twenty one (21) days before the General Meeting, at the latest, by means of a letter mailed to their addresses, or an announcement published in at least one national newspaper specified by the Board of Directors. To have the right to participate in a General Meeting, a shareholder must register with the company no later than on the day mentioned in the invitation to the General Meeting, which can be no earlier than ten (10) days before the meeting. ATRIA PLC Matti Tikkakoski President and CEO DISTRIBUTION: Nasdaq OMX Helsinki Ltd Major media www.atria.fi/konserni