RAISIO'S ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 30 MARCH 2006
Raisio plc Stock Exchange Release 30 March 2006 at 17.15 Finnish time
RAISIO'S ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 30 MARCH 2006 Raisio plc's Annual General Meeting approved the 2005 financial statements and discharged the members of the Supervisory Board and the Board as well as the CEO and his deputy from liability. The AGM decided to pay a dividend of EUR 0.05 per share. The Board of Directors' proposals to the Annual General Meeting were approved without changes. A total of 2,579 shareholders were present in person or represented by proxy at the AGM, representing 21.9 million shares, or 13.3 per cent of the total. The meeting was chaired by Carl-Henrik Wallin, Attorney at Law. DIVIDEND PAYMENT The AGM decided that a dividend of EUR 0.05 per restricted/free share would be paid for 2005. The dividend will be paid to shareholders entered in the shareholders' register on the matching date, 4 April 2006. The pay-out date will be 11 April 2006. The dividend will not be paid to the shares held by the company. AUTHORISATION OF THE DISPOSAL OF COMPANY SHARES The Annual General Meeting authorised the Board to resolve to dispose company shares. Raisio holds 4,930,500 free shares and 41,200 restricted shares. The share buy-backs ceased on 29 March 2006. Further details of the authorisations have been published on 15 February 2006 in a Stock Exchange Release. APPOINTMENTS The number of members of the Supervisory Board was confirmed to be 22. The following members were elected to the Supervisory Board from this AGM onwards (within parenthesis the end year of the term): Mr Juhani Enkovaara (2007), Mr Risto Ervelä (2007), Mr Holger Falck (2009), Mr Mikael Holmberg (2009), Mr Esa Härmälä (2008), Mr Pentti Kalliala (2008), Mr Hans Langh (2007), Mr Johan Laurén (2009), Mr Asko Leinonen (2007), Mr Antti Lithovius (2009), Mr Paavo Myllymäki (2008), Mr Yrjö Ojaniemi (2008), Mr Teemu Olli (2008), Mr Heikki Pohjala (2009), Mr Raine Rekikoski (2008), Mr Juha Saura (2009), Mr Urban Silen (2007), Mrs Tuula Tallskog (2007), Mr Hannu Tarkkonen (2008), Mr Johan Taube (2007), Mrs Rita Wegelius (2009) and Mr Tapio Ylitalo(2009). Furthermore, the Supervisory Board can be supplemented from 1 January 2007 by three Raisio's employee representatives. Thus the number of the Supervisory Board members would increase to 25. Authorized Public Accountants Johan Kronberg and Mika Kaarisalo were elected as regular auditors for the financial year 2007, with Authorized Public Accountants PricewaterhouseCoopers Ltd and Kalle Laaksonen as deputies. RAISIO PLC Taru Narvanmaa Executive Vice President, Communications and Investor Relations tel. +358 2 443 2240, gsm +358 50 590 9398 Distribution: Helsinki Stock Exchange Principal media www.raisio.com