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2009-02-23 12:00:00 CET 2009-02-23 12:00:02 CET REGULATED INFORMATION Componenta - Decisions of general meetingResolutions by the Annual General Meeting of ComponentaStock Exchange Release 23.2.2009 at 13.00 Resolutions by the Annual General Meeting of Componenta The Annual General Meeting of Componenta Corporation, held on 23 February 2009, approved the financial statement for the financial year 1 January - 31 December 2008, as well as discharged the members of the Board of Directors and the President and CEO from liability. The Annual General Meeting decided to distribute a dividend of thirty (30) cents per share for the financial year 1 January - 31 December 2008. The proposal of the Board of Directors to the Annual General Meeting was fifty (50) cents per share that was the same as the dividend distributed for the year 2007. Dividend will be paid to shareholders registered in the shareholders' register maintained by the Euroclear Finland Ltd on the record date, 26 February 2009. The dividend will be paid on the fifth banking day following the record date, 5 March 2009. The Annual General Meeting elected Heikki Bergholm, Yrjö Julin, Heikki Lehtonen, Juhani Mäkinen, Marjo Raitavuo and Matti Tikkakoski as members of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors had an initial meeting after the Annual General Meeting and elected Heikki Bergholm as its Chairman and Juhani Mäkinen as Vice Chairman. The Annual General Meeting elected APA firm, Oy Audicon Ab, as the company's auditor. The Annual General Meeting resolved to authorize the Board of Directors, in accordance with its proposal, to resolve on the repurchase of own shares as follows: The authorization covers a maximum of 1,000,000 own shares using the unrestricted shareholders' equity of the company. The shares shall be repurchased through public trading, for which reason the shares are repurchased otherwise than in proportion to the holdings of the shareholders. The purchase of the shares shall be based on the market price of Componenta's share in public trading. The repurchases shall be carried out on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki in accordance with its rules and regulations. The Board of Directors may not implement the authorization to repurchase own shares if, following the repurchase, the company or its subsidiary would possess or hold as pledge more than ten (10) per cent of all shares of the company. The authorization does not exclude the right of the Board of Directors to resolve on a directed share repurchase The authorization is in force for a period of 18 months from the resolution by the General Meeting. The corresponding authorization by the 2008 Annual General Meeting to the Board of Directors on the repurchase of own shares was revoked. Helsinki, 23 February 2009 COMPONENTA CORPORATION Heikki Lehtonen President and CEO Further information: Heikki Lehtonen, President and CEO, tel. +358 10 403 00 Componenta is a metal sector company with international operations and production plants located in Finland, Turkey, the Netherlands and Sweden. The net sales of Componenta were EUR 681 million in 2008. The Group employs 4,500 people. Componenta's shares are quoted on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki. Componenta specializes in supplying cast and machined components and total solutions made of them to its global customers who are manufacturers of vehicles, machines and equipment. Componenta Corporation Panuntie 4, FI-00610 Helsinki , Finland Tel. +358 10 403 00, Fax +358 10 403 2721 www.componenta.com |
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