2010-03-31 17:30:00 CEST

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Talentum Oyj - Decisions of general meeting

TALENTUM'S ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING


TALENTUM OYJ	COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT MARCH 31, 2010 AT 6.30 PM


TALENTUM'S ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Annual General Meeting of Talentum Oyj was held on March 31, 2010. 71% of
shares were represented. 

1
The Annual General Meeting approved the financial statements for the financial
year January 1 - December 31, 2009 and discharged the Board of Directors and
the Managing Director from liability. 

2
The Annual General Meeting decided according to the Board proposal, that no
dividend is to be distributed for the financial period from January 1, 2009 to
December 31, 2009. 

3
The Annual General Meeting decided the number of the members of the Board of
Directors to be six. As members of the Board of Directors were re-elected Harri
Kainulainen, M.Sc.(Pol.), Eero Lehti, Chairman of the Board, Atte Palomäki,
Group Vice President Corporate Communications and Merja Strengell, M.Sc.
(Eng.). Joachim Berner, MBA, BBA and Kai Telanne, President and CEO were
elected as new members. Merja Strengell was elected the Chairman of the Board
and Kai Telanne the Deputy Chairman. 

The Annual General Meeting resolved the compensation of the Board of Directors
to remain unchanged and is as follows: Chairman of the Board EUR 4000/month,
Deputy Chairman EUR 2500/month, Member EUR 2000/month. 

4
Authorized Public Accountant firm PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy was re-elected as
the auditor, with Juha Wahlroos, APA, as the responsible auditor. 

5
The Annual General Meeting decided to change the Articles of the Association
regarding the notice of the general meeting of shareholders, due to an
amendment to the Limited Liability Companies Act now in effect, and is as
follows: 
“Section 9 Notice of a General Meeting
The Board of Directors convenes the general meeting of shareholders. Notice of
a general meeting shall be published in at least two (2) newspapers specified
by the General Meeting at the earliest three (3) months and at the latest three
(3) weeks before the Meeting, but in any case at least nine (9) days before the
record date of the General Meeting.” 

6
The Annual General Meeting decided to authorize The Board of Directors to
decide on acquisition of Talentum Oyj's own shares a maximum of 3,500,000
shares, which correspond to approximately eight (8) per cent of the issued
shares of the company. The authorization remains in force until June 30, 2011. 

7
The Annual General Meeting decided to authorize the Board of Directors to
decide on a share issue including the conveyance of own shares, and issue of
special rights. Based on the authorizations a maximum of 3,500,000 new shares
may be issued and/or own shares possessed by the company may be conveyed, which
corresponds to approximately eight (8) per cent of the issued and outstanding
shares of the company. The authorizations remain in force until June 30, 2011. 


TALENTUM OYJ
Lasse Rosengren
General Counsel

Further information
General Counsel Lasse Rosengren, tel. + 358 40 342 4204

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