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2010-04-15 15:00:00 CEST 2010-04-15 15:00:02 CEST REGLAMENTUOJAMA INFORMACIJA Marimekko - Decisions of general meetingRESOLUTIONS OF MARIMEKKO CORPORATION'S ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGMarimekko Corporation STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 15 April 2010 at 4.00 p.m. RESOLUTIONS OF MARIMEKKO CORPORATION'S ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The following resolutions were passed at Marimekko Corporation's Annual General Meeting held today: Adoption of the financial statements Marimekko Corporation's income statement and balance sheet and the consolidated income statement and balance sheet for 2009 were adopted. Use of profit The General Meeting approved the Board of Directors' proposal to pay a dividend of EUR 0.45 per share for the 2009 financial year to a total of EUR 3,618,000. The dividends represent 76.3% of the Group's earnings per share for the financial year 2009. The dividend will be paid to shareholders who are registered on the dividend payout record date of 20 April 2010 in the company's Shareholder Register kept by Euroclear Finland Ltd. The dividend payout date is 27 April 2010. Discharge from liability The members of the Board of Directors and the President of the company were discharged from liability for the 2009 financial year. Remuneration of Board members The annual remuneration payable to the members of the Board was approved as follows: EUR 20,000 to the Chairman and EUR 15,000 to the other members of the Board. It was also resolved that the President of the company would not receive any remuneration for his Board membership. Board of Directors The General meeting resolved that the company's Board of Directors consist of five (5) members. Ami Hasan, Mika Ihamuotila, Joakim Karske, Pekka Lundmark and Tarja Pääkkönen were re-elected to the Board of Directors until the end of the next Annual General Meeting. The Board is chaired by Pekka Lundmark and vice-chaired by Mika Ihamuotila. Election and remuneration of auditor It was decided that PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy, Authorised Public Accountants, would continue as the company's auditor. It was also resolved that the auditor's fee would be paid as per invoice. Kim Karhu, Authorised Public Accountant, will continue as chief auditor. Amendment of the Articles of Association The General Meeting decided to amend the Article 9 of the Articles of Association according to the proposal of the Board of Directors as follows: “The notice of the General Meeting shall be announced on the Company's website not earlier than three (3) months and not later than three (3) weeks before the meeting, but in any case at least nine (9) days prior to the General Meeting's record date. In addition, the Board of Directors may decide to publish the notice of the General Meeting in one or more newspapers.” Minutes of the Annual General Meeting The minutes of the General Meeting can be viewed on the company's website under Investors/Financial releases/General Meeting as of 29 April 2010 at the latest. MARIMEKKO CORPORATION Group Communications Piia Pakarinen Tel. +358 9 758 7293 Fax +358 9 755 3051 E-mail: piia.pakarinen@marimekko.fi DISTRIBUTION: NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd Principal media Marimekko's website www.marimekko.com Marimekko, established in 1951, is a leading Finnish textile and clothing design company renowned for its original prints and colours. The company designs and manufactures high-quality clothing, interior textiles, bags and other accessories. Marimekko products are sold in over 40 countries. Products with Marimekko designs are also manufactured under licence in various countries. In 2009, the company's net sales amounted to EUR 72.5 million, of which exports and international operations accounted for 27.3%. The Group employs about 370 people. The company's share is quoted on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd. |
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