Finnair Oyj - Company Announcement

Finnair’s Shareholders’ Nomination Board

Finnair Plc Stock exchange release  25 October 2013  at 10:55 EET

The following persons have been appointed to Finnair's Shareholders' Nomination
Board: 
Eero Heliövaara, Director General of the Government Ownership Steering
Department, Prime Minister's Office (Chairman); Robin Backman, Portfolio
Manager, KEVA; and Per Wennberg, Director, Skagen funds. In addition, the
Chairman of Finnair's Board of Directors Klaus Heinemann is a member of the
Shareholders' Nomination Board. 

According to the resolution by the Annual General Meeting, held on 27 March
2013, the Shareholders' Nomination Board is now a permanent body in Finnair's
corporate governance and consists of four members. The Company's three largest
shareholders are each entitled to appoint one member to the Nomination Board.
The right to nominate is determined on the basis of the registered holdings in
Finnair's shareholder register as of the first weekday in September. The fourth
member is the Chairman of the Company's Board of Directors. 

The purpose and task of the Nomination Board is to prepare and present a
proposal to the Annual General Meeting on the number of the members of the
Board of Directors, on the members of the Board of Directors as well as on
their remuneration. In addition, the Nomination Board is responsible for
identifying candidates as potential board members. 

The now appointed Nomination Board will forward its proposals for the Annual
General Meeting to Finnair's Board of Directors by 31 January 2014. 

Further information:
Finnair communications, +358 9 818 4020, comms@finnair.com

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