Marimekko - Company Announcement

PROPOSAL TO MARIMEKKO CORPORATION'S ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING CONCERNING THE COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Marimekko Corporation, Stock Exchange Release, 12 February 2015 at 8.35

PROPOSAL TO MARIMEKKO CORPORATION'S ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING CONCERNING THE
COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

Shareholders who represent approximately 18% of all of Marimekko Corporation's
shares and votes and who are independent of the company's management have
informed the company that they propose to the Annual General Meeting to be held
on 9 April 2015 that six members be elected to the Board of Directors for a
term ending at the close of the 2016 Annual General Meeting and that Elina
Björklund, Arthur Engel, Mika Ihamuotila, Joakim Karske and Catharina
Stackelberg-Hammarén be re-elected as members of the Board. Pekka Lundmark, the
Chairman of the Board since 2008, has informed the company that he is no longer
available for re-election. 

The same shareholders further propose that Mr Mikko-Heikki Inkeroinen be
elected as a new member of the Board. Mikko-Heikki Inkeroinen, 27, Master of
Social Sciences, is Head of Digital Commerce at Expert AS. Expert AS is a
Norway-based consumer electronics retailer with around 500 stores in the Nordic
region and a turnover of approximately one billion euros. 

The same shareholders have also announced that they propose that the new Board
of Directors, from amongst its members, elect Mika Ihamuotila as Chairman of
the Board and Elina Björklund as Vice Chairman of the Board as well as Elina
Björklund as Chairman and Joakim Karske and Catharina Stackelberg-Hammarén as
members of the Audit and Remuneration Committee. 

All proposed persons have given their consent to the election. Biographical
details of the new proposed Board member Mikko-Heikki Inkeroinen are available
on the company's website at company.marimekko.com under Investors/Annual
General Meeting. 

The Notice of the Annual General Meeting and all other proposals to the Meeting
will be published separately in a stock exchange release around the end of
February 2015. 

MARIMEKKO CORPORATION
Board of Directors

DISTRIBUTION:
NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd
Key media

Marimekko is a Finnish design company renowned for its original prints and
colours. The company's product portfolio includes high-quality clothing, bags
and accessories as well as home décor items ranging from textiles to tableware.
When Marimekko was founded in 1951, its unparalleled printed fabrics gave it a
strong and unique identity. Marimekko products are sold in about 40 countries.
In 2014, brand sales of the products worldwide amounted to EUR 187 million and
the company's net sales were EUR 94 million. More than 140 Marimekko stores
serve customers around the globe. The key markets are Northern Europe, North
America and the Asia-Pacific region. The Group employs about 500 people. The
company's share is quoted on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd. www.marimekko.com