Amendment to the shareholders' proposal to the Annual General Meeting regarding the election of a Board member
Summa Defence Ltd
Press release 24 April 2025 at 8:35 a.m. EEST
Samuli Koskela has informed that he is not available to be elected as a member of the Board of Directors of Meriaura Group Plc.
Summa Defence Oy and Meriaura Group Oyj announced on 29 January 2025 that they will merge to form a new defence group. The company, listed on the Nasdaq First North Growth Market in Sweden and Finland, will be named Summa Defence Oyj.
Due to the aforementioned, shareholders owning a total of around 62.59 % of the company's shares and votes are proposing to the Annual General Meeting of Meriaura Group Plc that, in the situation referred to in section 13.1 of the AGM notice, Jussi Mälkiä to be elected to the Board of Directors instead of Samuli Koskela and they also recommend to the organizing meeting of the Board that LTG (res). Arto Räty to be elected as Chair of the Board.
Accordingly, under the revised proposal concerning this item of the agenda, the following individuals are proposed to be elected to the Board of Directors, in accordance with their consents, for a term ending at the close of the next Annual General Meeting following the election: Antti Vehviläinen and Jussi Mälkiä (re-elected), and new members Arto Räty, Sirpa-Helena Sormunen, and Erja Sankari.
All the proposed members of the Board, except for Jussi Mälkiä, are independent of the company and of significant shareholders.
More information:
Meriaura Group Plc
Jussi Mälkiä, CEO
Tel. +358 400 785 489
Email: jussi.malkia@meriaura.com
Summa Defence Oy
Jussi Holopainen, CEO
Tel. +358 44 517 4543
Email: jussi.holopainen@summadefence.com
Media enquiries:
Tommi Manninen, Chief Communications Officer
Tel. +358 400 437 515
Email: tommi.manninen@summadefence.com
Summa Defence in brief
Summa Defence is a Finnish defense and security technology group supporting industry growth and strengthening industrial production capacity amid geopolitical change. We focus on dual-use technologies related to situational awareness, mobility, and protection, benefiting the civilian, security, and defense sectors while enhancing comprehensive security, security of supply, and crisis management capabilities. www.summadefence.fi