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2009-03-18 15:15:42 CET 2009-03-18 15:16:14 CET REGULATED INFORMATION Elisa - Decisions of general meetingDECISIONS OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF ELISAOn 18 March 2009, and in accordance with the proposal of the Board of Directors, Elisa's Annual General Meeting decided of a dividend to shareholders to the amount of EUR 0,60 per share on the basis of the balance sheet 31 December 2008 approved by the Annual General Meeting. The dividend will be paid to shareholders listed in the company's share register maintained by Euroclear Finland Ltd on 23 March 2009. The payment will be paid out starting on 31March 2009. Dividend will also effect the Elisa 2007 stock options by reducing the strike price of the series 2007A stock options to EUR 18.44 and series 2007B stock options to EUR 11.29. The Annual General Meeting adopted the financial statements for the period in question. The members of the Board of Directors and the CEO were discharged from liability for 2008. The number of the members of the Board of Directors was confirmed at six (6). Members Mr Risto Siilasmaa, Mr Ossi Virolainen, Mr Pertti Korhonen and Ms Eira Palin-Lehtinen were re-elected to the Board of Directors and Mr Ari Lehtoranta (Executive Vice President, Kone Corporation) and Raimo Lind (CFO, Wärtsilä Group) were elected as new members. KPMG Oy Ab, authorised public accountants was appointed the company's auditor. APA Pekka Pajamo is the responsible auditor. The Annual General Meeting accepted the proposal to amend the Operations of the Company in the articles of association. The main change was the addition of ICT services to the Operations of the Company. The Annual General Meeting accepted the proposal to authorize the Board of Directors to decide on the distribution of funds from the unrestricted equity to the maximum of EUR 150,000,000. The authorization is effective until the beginning of the following Annual General Meeting. The Annual General Meeting decided on the authorization to repurchase or accept as pledge the company's own shares. The repurchase may be directed. The amount of shares under this authorization is 15,000,000 shares at maximum. The authorization is effective until June 30, 2010. The Annual General Meeting approved the proposal of the Board of Directors on the issuance of shares as well as the issuance of special rights entitling to shares. The issue may be directed. The authorization is effective until June 30, 2013. A maximum aggregate of 50.0 million of the company's shares can be issued under the authorization. ELISA Vesa Sahivirta Director, IR and Financial Communication tel. +35850 520 5555 Distribution: NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Principal media www.elisa.com |
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