Okmetic Oyj - Notice to general meeting

Okmetic's shareholders' proposal to the annual general meeting on 7 April 2016 regarding the election of the members of the board of directors

OKMETIC OYJ        STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE    3 MARCH 2016           AT 1.30 P.M.


OKMETIC'S SHAREHOLDERS' PROPOSAL TO THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ON 7 APRIL 2016
REGARDING THE ELECTION OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Shareholders, who represent more than 15 percent of all shares and votes in the
company, propose that Mr. Jan Lång, Mr. Hannu Martola, Ms. Riitta Mynttinen, Mr.
Mikko Puolakka and Mr. Henri Österlund shall be re-elected as board members and
Mr. Wolfgang Fey be elected as a new board member for the term ending at the end
of the next annual general meeting. All proposed candidates have given their
consent to election. All information relevant to the work of the board of
directors related to the candidates nominated to be re-elected is presented on
the company website, www.okmetic.com/investors/corporate-governance/board-of-
directors.

Wolfgang Fey (born 1961) is a German citizen with a master's degree in
engineering. He has worked as Director, Segment Surround View at ADC GmbH since
2013. Before that he worked for five years time as Director R&D Driver
Assistance Systems at the same company. His earlier work history includes
various R&D positions at Continental Teves, Continental Temic and ITT
Automotive. The Curriculum Vitae of Wolfgang Fey is attached to this release.

As the shareholders' whole proposal for the composition of the board of
directors was not available for the company upon the publication date of the
notice of the annual general meeting on 18 February 2016, the notice did not
include a proposal for the composition of the board of directors in accordance
with Recommendation 1 of the Finnish Corporate Governance Code (2015).


OKMETIC OYJ

Board of directors


For further information, please contact:

Senior Vice President, Finance, IT and Communications Juha Jaatinen
tel. +358 9 5028 0286, email: juha.jaatinen@okmetic.com



Okmetic supplies tailored, high value-added silicon wafers to be used in the
manufacture of sensors as well as discrete semiconductors and analog circuits.
Okmetic's strategic objective is profitable growth driven by a product portfolio
designed to meet customers' current and future technology needs. The core of the
company's operations is being genuinely close to the customers and understanding
their needs and processes.

Okmetic's global sales network, extensive portfolio of high value-added
products, in-depth knowledge of crystal growing, long-term product development
projects, as well as efficient and flexible production create prerequisites for
achieving the strategic targets. The company's headquarters is located in
Finland, where the majority of the company's silicon wafers is manufactured. In
addition to in-house manufacture, Okmetic has contract manufacturing in Japan
and China. Okmetic's shares are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd under the code
OKM1V. For more information on the company, please visit our website at
www.okmetic.com.


Attachment 1: Curriculum Vitae of Wolfgang Fey

[HUG#1991575]

Attachments:

Attachment 1: Curriculum Vitae, Wolfgang Fey.pdf

Okmetic s shareholders proposal regarding the election of BOD.pdf