Raisio - Decisions of general meeting

Raisio’s Annual General Meeting 27 March 2014

Raisio plc, Stock Exchange Release, 27 March 2014

RAISIO'S ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 27 MARCH 2014

Raisio plc's Annual General Meeting (AGM) approved the financial statements for
the financial year 1 January - 31 December 2013 and granted the members of the
Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board as well as the Chief Executive
discharge from liability. The AGM decided to pay a dividend of EUR 0.13 per
share. The Board of Directors' proposals to the AGM were approved without
changes. 

A total of 2,447 shareholders were personally present or represented by a proxy
at the AGM held in Turku, representing 43.2 million shares, i.e. 26.1% of the
total share capital. 

DIVIDEND PAYMENT

The AGM approved the Board of Directors' proposal to pay a dividend of EUR 0.13
for each restricted and free share. The dividend will be paid on 8 April 2014
to each shareholder who is entered in the shareholders' register on the record
date of 1 April 2014. The dividend will not be paid on the shares held by the
company. 

NOMINATIONS

The number of members of the Board of Directors was confirmed to be five, and
Erkki Haavisto, Matti Perkonoja, Michael Ramm-Schmidt and Pirkko
Rantanen-Kervinen were reappointed and Antti Tiitola was appointed as a new
member, all of them for the term commencing after the now closed AGM. At its
meeting held after the AGM, the Board of Directors elected Perkonoja as its
Chairman and Ramm-Schmidt as its Vice Chairman. 

The Chairman of the Board will be paid a monthly fee of EUR 5,000 and the
members a monthly fee of EUR 2,000. Approximately 20% of the fee will be paid
with the company's own shares and approximately 80% in cash. The fees are paid
in two equal instalments during the term so that the first payment will be made
on 15 June and the second on the 15 December. In addition to this, a
remuneration of EUR 400 in cash will be paid to the Chairman of the Board and
the members of the Board for each board meeting, including the meetings of
committees set by the Board among its members. For a teleconference meeting
this remuneration will be EUR 200 in cash. Moreover, they will receive a daily
allowance for the meeting days and they will be reimbursed for travel expenses
according to the company's travelling rules. 

The number of members of the Supervisory Board was confirmed to be 25. Vesa
Harjunmaa, Panu Kallio, Timo Könttä, Juha Marttila, Paavo Myllymäki, Kari
Niemistö and Yrjö Ojaniemi were elected as the members of the Supervisory Board
for the term commencing at the closing of this AGM. Panu Kallio is a new member
in the Supervisory Board. 

The annual remuneration payable to the Chairman of the Supervisory Board will
be EUR 12,000 and the members will receive a payment of EUR 300 for each
meeting, in addition to which their travel expenses will be compensated and
they will receive a daily allowance for the meeting days according to the
company's travelling rules. The Meeting also decided to pay the Chairman of the
Supervisory Board a fee of EUR 300 for each attended Board Meeting. 

Authorised public accountants Mika Kaarisalo and Kalle Laaksonen were elected
as regular auditors. PricewaterhouseCoopers Ltd and authorised public
accountant Tuomo Korte were elected as deputy auditors. Their term commenced at
the closing of this AGM and ends with the closing of the following Annual
General Meeting. 

AUTHORISATION TO REPURCHASE OWN SHARES AND TO ISSUE SHARES

The AGM authorised the Board of Directors to decide on the repurchase of and/or
accepting as pledge a maximum of 5,000,000 free shares and 1,250,000 restricted
shares. The authorisation will be valid until 30 April 2015. 

Furthermore, the AGM authorised the Board of Directors to decide on share
issues (1) by assigning a total of no more than 11,500,000 free shares that are
in the Company's possession and a total of no more than 1,460,000 restricted
shares that are in the Company's possession and (2) by issuing a maximum of
20,000,000 new free shares. The share issue authorisations will be valid until
27 March 2019 at the latest. 

The details of the authorisations are available in the stock exchange release
published on 13 February 2014. 

The authorisations to repurchase own shares and to issue shares given by the
AGM in 2013 expire on 27 March 2014. 

RAISIO PLC

Heidi Hirvonen
Communications and IR Manager
tel. + 358 50 567 3060

Further information:
Janne Martti, Director, Treasury, tel. +358 50 556 6521







Raisio Group briefly

Raisio plc is an international specialist in plant-based nutrition. Raisio's
operations are divided into two divisions: Brands and Raisioagro. The Group's
key market areas are Finland, Great Britain, the Czech Republic, Russia,
Ukraine, Poland, Estonia and Sweden. Raisio plc's shares are listed on NASDAQ
OMX Helsinki Ltd. In 2013, the Group's net sales totalled EUR 558 million and
EBIT was EUR 39 million. The Group employs some 1,900 people. Raisio's
best-known brands are Benecol, Honey Monster, Elovena, Fox's, Dormen, Juicee
Gummee, Poppets and Benemilk. 





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