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2009-02-12 08:00:00 CET 2009-02-12 08:10:15 CET REGULATED INFORMATION TietoEnator Oyj - Company AnnouncementProposals of the committees of TietoEnator Corporation's Board of Directors to the Annual General Meeting to be convened on 26 March 2009TietoEnator Corporation Stock exchange release 12 February 2009, 9.00 am EET The committees of the Board of Directors of TietoEnator Corporation propose to the Annual General Meeting that the meeting would decide as follows: 1 Composition of the Board of Directors and their remuneration The Remuneration and Nomination Committee of the Board of Directors proposes to the Annual General Meeting that the Board of Directors has seven members and that the current Board members Bruno Bonati, Mariana Burenstam Linder, Risto Perttunen, Olli Riikkala and Anders Ullberg be re-elected and in addition Kimmo Alkio and Markku Pohjola are proposed to be elected as new Board members. The current Board members Bengt Halse and Kalevi Kontinen have informed that they will not be on hand for re-election. The term of office of the Board members ends at the close of the next Annual General Meeting. All the proposed candidates have given their consent to being elected. Kimmo Alkio (born 1963) is the President and CEO of F-Secure Corporation, a computer security provider and headquarted in Finland. Besides his 20 years working in the IT, software and telecommunication industries he holds a BBA degree from Texas A&M University and Executive MBA degree from Helsinki University of Technology. Markku Pohjola (born 1948), B.Sc. (Econ.) retired as the deputy Group CEO of Nordea Bank AB (publ) in 2008 and he holds an extensive working experience in bank industry. Currently he is Board member of Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company, The Central Chamber of Commerce, Foundation for Economic Education, Confederation of Finnish Industries EK and Jørgen Høeg Pedersens stiftelse. In addition to the above, the company's personnel shall appoint two members, each with a personal deputy, to the Board of Directors. The personnel representatives on the Board are Anders Eriksson (deputy Bo Persson) and Jari Länsivuori (deputy Esa Koskinen). The committee proposes that the remuneration of the Board of Directors be unchanged as follows: monthly remuneration to the ordinary members of the Board of Directors EUR 2 500, to the Vice Chairman EUR 3 800 and to the Chairman EUR 5 700. The same fee as to Board Vice Chairman will be paid to the Chairman of Board committee unless the same individual is also the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board. In addition to these fees, it is proposed that the member of the Board of Directors be paid a remuneration of EUR 800 for each Board meeting and for each permanent or temporary committee meeting. It is the company's practice not to pay fees to Board members who are also employees of the Tieto Group. 2 Remuneration and election of the auditor The Audit and Risk Committee of the Board of Directors proposes that the auditor to be elected at the Annual General Meeting be reimbursed according to the auditor's invoice and in compliance with the purchase principles approved by the committee The committee proposes that the firm of authorized public accountants PricewaterhouseCoopers Ltd. be re-elected as the company's auditor for the financial year 2009. The proposals will be included in the notice to the Annual General Meeting which will be published later. TietoEnator Corporation For further information, please contact Jouko Lonka, General Counsel, tel. +358 207 268719, +358 400 424451, jouko.lonka@tieto.com DISTRIBUTION Nasdaq OMX Helsinki Nasdaq OMX Stockholm Principal Media Tieto is an IT service company providing IT, R&D and consulting services. With approximately 16 000 experts, we are among the leading IT service companies in Northern Europe and the global leader in selected segments. We specialize in areas where we have the deepest understanding of our customers' businesses and needs. Our superior customer centricity and Nordic expertise set us apart from our competitors. Tieto is our new brand name as of 1 December 2008. The official registered name of the company is TietoEnator Corporation. www.tieto.com |
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