Pohjola Pankki Oyj - Decisions of general meeting

Decisions by the Annual Cooperative Meeting of OP-Pohjola Group Central Cooperative

OP-Pohjola Group Central Cooperative
Stock Exchange Release
22 March 2013, 2.00 pm

Decisions by the Annual Cooperative Meeting of OP-Pohjola Group Central
Cooperative

The Annual Cooperative Meeting of OP-Pohjola Group Central Cooperative, Pohjola
Bank plc's parent company, held in Helsinki on 22 March 2013, adopted the
financial statements for 2012, discharged those accountable from liability and
elected the persons below.

Supervisory Board

As proposed by OP-Pohjola Group's Nomination Committee, the Meeting elected the
following persons to the Supervisory Board for a three-year term ending in 2016:

The Meeting re-elected the following Supervisory Board members, who were due to
resign: Mervi Väisänen (Kainuun OP-liitto), Senior Lecturer; Hannu Simi (Keski-
Pohjanmaan OP-liitto), planner; Ola Eklund (Sydkustens OP-Förbund), Product
Group Director.

The Meeting elected the following new Supervisory Board members: Kalevi Korhonen
(Lapin OP-liitto), Chairman of the Board of Directors; Kaija Tölli (Pohjois-
Pohjanmaan OP-liitto), Export Coordinator; Leif Enberg (Österbottens OP-
Förbund), Chairman of the Board of Directors.

Jari Himanen, Managing Director, was elected for the remaining term of 2013-15
to replace Professor Jarmo Partanen who had requested resignation from the
Supervisory Board.

As proposed by the Nomination Committee, the Meeting elected Ulla Järvi (Keski-
Pohjanmaan OP-liitto), Lecturer, to the Supervisory Board for a term ending in
2015, by virtue of §10, paragraph 2 of the Bylaws.

As proposed by the Nomination Committee, the Meeting confirmed the number of
Supervisory Board members at 33.

At its first meeting after the Annual Cooperative Meeting, the Supervisory Board
elected Professor Jaakko Pehkonen to act as Chairman and Senior Lecturer Mervi
Väisänen and Managing Director Vesa Lehikoinen to act as Vice Chairmen.

Auditor

The Meeting re-elected KPMG Oy Ab, a firm of authorised public accountants based
in Helsinki, to act as OP-Pohjola Group Central Cooperative's auditor for the
financial year 2013, in accordance with prior written consent.

OP-Pohjola Group Central Cooperative

Carina Geber-Teir
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OP-Pohjola Group is Finland's leading financial services group providing a
unique range of banking, investment and insurance services. The Group has the
mission of promoting the sustainable prosperity, well-being and security of its
owner-members, customers and operating regions through its local presence. Its
objective is to offer the best and most versatile package of loyal customer
benefits on the market. OP-Pohjola Group consists of some 200 member cooperative
banks and the Group's central institution, OP-Pohjola Group Central Cooperative,
with its subsidiaries and closely-related companies, the largest of which is the
listed company Pohjola Bank plc. With a staff of more than 13,000 OP-Pohjola
Group posted consolidated earnings of 601 million euros before tax in 2012 and
had total assets of 99.8 billion euros on 31 December 2012. The Group has over
four million customers.

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