Aktia Pankki Oyj - Company Announcement

Proposals from Aktia Bank plc's Nomination Committee to the Annual General Meeting 2014

Helsinki, Finland, 2014-01-28 14:00 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 

Aktia Bank plc
Stock Exchange Release
28.1.2014 at 3.00 p.m.



Proposals from Aktia Bank plc's Nomination Committee to the Annual General
Meeting 2014 

Aktia Bank plc' Nomination Committee proposes to the Annual General Meeting of
Aktia Bank plc, held on 7 April 2014, that members of the Supervisory Board
Håkan Mattlin, Christina Gestrin, Patrik Lerche, Håkan Fagerström, Jorma J.
Pitkämäki, Peter Simberg, Bengt Sohlberg and Mikael Westerback who are all due
to step down at the Annual General Meeting 2014, be re-elected, and that
Solveig Söderback  (M.Soc.Sc.. chair of Aktiastiftelsen i Malax) as well as
Peter Karlgren (Agrologist, chair of Houtskarin Säästöpankkisäätiö), be elected
as members. All candidates are proposed a 3 years term of office. Thus, the
number of members of the Supervisory Board is proposed to be 32. 

The Nomination Committee proposes the annual remuneration for members of the
Supervisory Board to be increased by approx. 5%, and that annual remuneration
in rounded figures be paid as follows: 

-                     Chair, EUR 22,600
-                     Vice Chair, EUR 10,000
-                     Member, EUR 4,400

The Nomination Committee proposes that the share of annual remuneration (gross
amount) that the members of the Supervisory Board is required to use for
acquisition of Aktia A shares be increased to 30% (2013: 25%). 

Further, the Nomination Committee proposes a remuneration of EUR 500 per
attended meeting to be paid to the members, and also that compensation for
costs for travel and lodging and a daily allowance be paid in accordance with
government travel rules. 

 The nomination committee proposes to the Annual General Meeting that the APA
firm KPMG Oy Ab be elected as auditor, with Jari Härmälä, APA, as
auditor-in-charge. Remuneration to the auditor is proposed to be paid as
invoiced. 

Following the shareholders' decision in Aktia Bank plc, the Nomination
Committee prepares proposals for decisions to be taken by the Annual General
Meeting concerning individuals to become members of the Board of Supervisors,
auditor/s as well as the remuneration of these. The Nomination Committee
comprises representatives of the three largest shareholders on 1 November the
year before the Annual General Meeting plus the chairman of the Board of
Supervisors. 



AKTIA BANK PLC

For more information, please contact:
Håkan Mattlin, Chairman of the Nomination Committee, tel. +358 500 459 059

Mia Bengts, Group Legal Counsel, tel. +358 10 247 6348, +358 50 308 7676

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