RAISIO'S ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 30 MARCH 2007
Raisio plc Stock Exchange Release 30.3.2007
RAISIO'S ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 30 MARCH 2007
Raisio plc's Annual General Meeting approved the 2006 financial statements and
discharged the members of the Supervisory Board and the Board of Directors as
well as the CEOs from liability. The AGM decided to pay a dividend of EUR 0.03
per share. The Board of Directors' proposals to the Annual General Meeting were
approved without changes.
A total of 2,376 shareholders were present in person or represented by proxy at
the AGM held in Turku, representing 26.2 million shares, or 15.9 per cent of the
total.
DIVIDEND PAYMENT
The AGM decided that a dividend of EUR 0.03 per restricted/free share would be
paid for 2006. The dividend will be paid to shareholders entered in the
shareholders' register on the matching date, 4 April 2007. The pay-out date will
be 13 April 2007. The dividend will not be paid to the shares held by the
company.
CHANGING THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
The Board of Directors' proposal for changing paragraphs 12, 13, 14, 15 and 17
and repealing paragraph 20 was approved according to the proposal. According to
the paragraph 10 approved in the meeting the Annual and Extraordinary General
Meetings will be held in Raisio or Turku. The proposal for change has been
published in full in the Stock Exchange Release issued on 12 February 2007.
AUTHORIZATION TO REPURCHASE AND DISPOSE COMPANY SHARES
The Annual General Meeting authorized the Board of Directors to make a decision
on the purchase of, at most, 3,300,000 free shares and 875,000 restricted
shares. The authorization is valid until 30 September 2008 at the latest.
Furthermore, the Annual General Meeting authorized the Board of Directors to
decide on the disposal of company shares. The disposal authorization comprises
both the 4,930,500 free shares and 41,200 restricted shares already possessed by
the company, and the shares possibly acquired for the company on the basis of
the new authorization of purchase. The disposal authorization is valid until 30
March 2012 at the latest.
Further details of the authorizations have been published on 12 February 2007 in
the Stock Exchange Release.
APPOINTMENTS
The number of members of the Supervisory Board was confirmed to be 25. For the
term commencing from the end of the Annual General Meeting and ending at the
Annual General Meeting of 2010, appointed members of the Supervisory Board are
Juhani Enkovaara, Risto Ervelä, Hans Langh, Asko Leinonen, Urban Silén, Tuula
Tallskog, and Johan Taube.
Authorized Public Accountants Johan Kronberg and Mika Kaarisalo were elected as
regular auditors for the financial year 2008, with Authorized Public Accountants
PricewaterhouseCoopers Ltd and Kalle Laaksonen as deputies.
RAISIO PLC
Heidi Hirvonen
Communications Manager
Tel. +358 50 567 3060
Further information:
VP, Finance and Treasury Janne Martti, tel. +358 50 556 6521
Distribution
Helsinki Stock Exchange
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