Finnair Oyj - Company Announcement

PROPOSALS OF THE SHAREHOLDERS' NOMINATION COMMITTEE ON THE COMPOSITION AND REMUNERATION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF FINNAIR PLC

FINNAIR PLC   STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE   1.2.2011 16:20

The Shareholders' Nomination Committee proposes to the 2011 Annual General
Meeting of Finnair Plc that the number of members of the Board of Directors
would be confirmed eight, and that Elina Björklund, Sigurður Helgason, Satu
Huber, Ursula Ranin, Harri Sailas, Veli Sundbäck and Pekka Timonen of the
current members would be re-elected. 

Mr. Christoffer Taxell has advised that he will not stand as a candidate for
2011. The Committee proposes that he would be replaced by Mr. Harri Kerminen as
a member of the Board of Directors. 

The Committee further proposes that Mr. Harri Sailas would be elected as the
Chairman of the Board of Directors. 

The Committee also proposes to the 2011 Annual General Meeting that the
remunerations of the members of the Board of Directors would remain unchanged. 

The current remunerations are:
- the Chairman 61,200 Euros per year
- the Vice Chairman 32,400 Euros per year
- the other members 30,000 Euros per year
- to a member residing in Finland 600 Euros and to a member residing abroad
1,200 Euros per meeting of the Board or its Committee. 

The above proposals will be included in the notice to convene the Annual
General Meeting that will be published later. 

Attached is the CV of Harri Kerminen. The CVs of the other proposed board
members can be found on the internet at http://www.finnair.com/group. 

The Shareholders' Nomination Committee consists of the representatives of the
three largest shareholders of Finnair as of 1 November 2010. The members of the
Committee were Jarmo Väisänen, (State of Finland), Robin Backman (the Local
Government Pensions Institution) and Michael Gobitschek (Skagen Global
Verdipapirfond). The Chairman of Finnair's Board, Christoffer Taxell served as
expert members of the Committee. 

For further information, please contact:
Jarmo Väisänen, Senior Financial Counsellor, Prime Minister's Office, Chairman
of the Shareholders' Nomination Committee, tel. +358 9 1602 3015. 



Finnair Plc
Communications
1.2.2011



CURRICULUM VITAE

Harri Kerminen

- Born 1951, M.Sc. (Eng.), MBA
- President and CEO of Kemira Oyj since January 1, 2008
- CEFIC, Member of the Board, since 2008
- Chemical Industry Federation of Finland, Chairman of the Board, since 2011
- East Office of Finnish Industries Oy, Member of the Board, since 2009
- Finpro ry, Chairman of the Board, since 2011
- Confederation of Finnish Industries EK, Member of the Board, since 2011