Viking Line - Notice to general meeting

Viking Line Abp: Notice to Annual General Meeting

Viking Line Abp                NOTICE TO GENERAL MEETING
27.03.2024, 9.00 AM
INVITATION TO THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The shareholders in Viking Line Abp are invited to the Annual General Meeting,
which will be held at 12.00 noon (EEST) on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, at Alandica
Culture and Congress, Strandgatan 33, Mariehamn, Åland.
The reception of persons who have registered for the Meeting and the
distribution of voting tickets will begin at 11.00 a.m.

A. The items on the agenda of the Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting will deal with the following items of business:

1. Opening of the Meeting

2. Calling of the Meeting to order

3. Election of persons to confirm the minutes and to supervise the counting of
votes

4. Recording of the legality of the Meeting

5. Recording of attendance at the Meeting and adoption of the voting list

6. Presentation of the financial statements, the Report of the Directors and the
Auditors' Report for the financial year January 1-December 31, 2023.

- Brief overview from the President and CEO

The financial statements, the Report of the Directors and the Auditors' Report
are available on the company's website, vikingline.com/investors/financial
-reports/

7. Adoption of the financial statements and consolidated financial statements

8. Resolution to discharge the Company's Board of Directors and the President
and CEO from liability for the financial year

9. Resolution on the distribution of the earnings shown in the balance sheet and
on the dividend payment

- The Board of Directors of Viking Line Abp proposes that a dividend of 1.00
euro/share should be paid for the financial year January 1-December 31,
2023. The Board of Directors also proposes that the record date for the dividend
payment should be April 25, 2024, and that the payment date should be May 2,
2024.

10. Presentation of the compensation report.

- The Board of Directors proposes that the compensation report should be adopted

The compensation report is available on the company's website,
vikingline.com/investors/corporate-governance/compensation-statement/

11. Presentation of the compensation policy.

- The Board of Directors proposes that the compensation policy should be adopted

The proposed compensation policy is available (in Swedish) on the company's
website, vikingline.com/investors/corporate-governance/compensation-policy/

12. Resolution on the fees payable to the members of the Board of Directors and
the auditors

- The Board of Directors proposes that the fees payable to the members of the
Board of Directors should be adjusted:

Annual fee, Chairman of the Board 30,000 euros (previous 28,000 euros)

Annual fee, other regular Board members 24,000 euros (22,000 euros)

Annual fee, deputy members of the Board 5,000 euros (5,000 euros)

In addition, a fee of 1,000 euros per meeting is proposed. (1,000 euros)

The Board also proposes that the Auditors' fees be paid on a reasonable scale.

13. Election of Board members

The Board of Directors (in the capacity of the Nomination Committee) proposes
that the following should be re-elected as regular Board members: Jakob
Johansson, chairman, Christina Dahlblom, Ulrica Danielsson, Stefan Lundqvist,
Andreas Remmer, Gert Sviberg and Peter Wiklöf. It is proposed that Tomas
Lindholm, Casper Lundqvist and Fredrik Vojbacke should be re-elected as deputy
members.

14. Election of auditor

- The Board of Directors proposes to the Annual General Meeting that the audit
firm PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy should be re-elected as the company's auditor for
2024.

PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy has informed the Company that Authorized Public
Accountant (CGR) Martin Grandell would continue to serve as principal auditor.
15. Election of sustainability auditor

- The Board of Directors proposes to the Annual General Meeting that the
sustainability audit firm PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy should be elected as the
company's sustainability auditor for 2024.

PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy has informed the Company that Authorized Public
Accountant (CGR) Martin Grandell would serve as principal sustainability
auditor.

16. Any other business
17. Close of the Meeting

B. Annual General Meeting documents

The proposals of the Board of Directors related to the list of agenda items
above and this notice of invitation to the Annual General Meeting will be
available on Viking Line Abp's website, vikingline.com. Viking Line Abp's
financial statements, the Report of the Directors, the Auditors' Report and the
compensation report and the proposed compensation policy are available on the
website mentioned above. The Board's proposals and the other documents mentioned
above will also be available at the Annual General Meeting. Copies of these
documents and of the invitation to the Meeting will be sent to shareholders at
their request. The minutes of the Meeting will be available for viewing on the
website mentioned above by April 26, 2024.

C. Instructions for participants in the Annual General Meeting

1. Shareholders registered in the Company's shareholders' register

Each shareholder who has been registered by no later than April 11, 2024 (the
record date of the Meeting), in the shareholders' register maintained by
Euroclear Finland Ab has the right to participate in the Annual General Meeting.
Shareholders whose shares are registered in their personal Finnish book-entry
account are registered in the Company's shareholders' register.

Shareholders who are registered in the shareholders' register and wish to
participate in the Annual General Meeting must register for the Meeting by 12.00
noon (EEST) on Friday, April 19, 2024. Registration for the Annual General
Meeting can be made:

a) online on the company's website, vikingline.com/agm-2024

b) by email to bolagsstamma@vikingline.com

c) by telephone to +358 18 27 000

d) in writing to Viking Line Abp, Pb 166, AX-22101 Mariehamn, Åland.

When registering for the Meeting, shareholders shall provide their name and
personal identification number as well as the name of any assistant or proxy
representative and the personal identification number of this proxy
representative.

The personal data that shareholders provide to Viking Line Abp will be used only
for purposes connected to the Annual General Meeting and for the processing of
related registrations.
The description of data protection for the Annual General Meeting is published
(in Swedish) on the Company's website, vikingline.com/agm
-202 (http://www.vikingline.com/bolagsstamma-2024)4

Shareholders and their proxy representatives must be able to provide a valid
form of identification and/or authorization at the meeting venue if required.

2. Holders of nominee registered shares

Holders of nominee registered shares are entitled to participate in the Annual
General Meeting with the shares upon whose basis they would be entitled to be
registered in the shareholders' register maintained by Euroclear Finland Ab on
the record date of the Meeting, April 11, 2024. Participation also requires that
holders be registered in the temporary shareholders' register maintained by
Euroclear Finland Ab on the basis of these shares by 10.00 a.m. (EEST) on April
18, 2024. For nominee registered shares, this also constitutes registration to
attend the Meeting. Changes in share ownership after the record date of the
Meeting do not affect the right to participate in the Meeting or the number of
the shareholder's votes.

Holders of nominee registered shares are advised to request from the custodian
of their assets without delay the necessary instructions regarding registration
of the shareholder in the temporary shareholders' register, the issuance of
proxy documents and registration for the Annual General Meeting. The account
management organization of the custodian will register a holder of nominee
registered shares who wants to participate in the Meeting in the Company's
temporary shareholders' register no later than the time mentioned above.

3. Proxy representatives and proxy documents

Shareholders may participate in the Annual General Meeting and exercise their
rights here through a proxy representative. The shareholder's proxy
representative shall present a dated proxy document (power of attorney) or
demonstrate in some other reliable manner his/her right to represent the
shareholder. If a shareholder is represented by several proxies at the Meeting
who represent the shareholder through different securities accounts, it should
be specified which shares each proxy representative represents when registering
for the Meeting.
Proxy documents (power of attorney) should be sent as a PDF file by email to
bolagsstamma@vikingline.com or by post to Viking Line Abp, PB 166, AX-22101
Mariehamn and be received by the Company by 12.00 noon (EEST) on Friday, April
19, 2024. Please mark the envelope “Annual General Meeting”.

4. Other instructions and information

Shareholders who are present at the Annual General Meeting are entitled to ask
questions regarding the items on the agenda of the Meeting, pursuant to Chapter
5, Section 25 of the Finnish Companies Act.

On the day of this invitation to the Annual General Meeting, March 27, 2024, the
total number of shares in Viking Line Abp is 17,280,000 shares, and the total
number of votes in Viking Line Abp is 17,280,000 votes.

Other information about the Annual General Meeting

• A lunch buffet will be served after the General Meeting

Mariehamn, March 27, 2024

Viking Line Abp

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Jan Hanses
President and CEO

Jan Hanses
President and CEO
jan.hanses@vikingline.com
+358-(0)18-270 00

Attachments:

03219637.pdf