Raisio - Decisions of general meeting

RAISIO'S ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 25 MARCH 2010

Raisio plc, Stock Exhange Release, 25 March 2010                                

RAISIO'S ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 25 MARCH 2010                                   

Raisio plc's Annual General Meeting (AGM) approved the financial statements for 
the financial year 1 January - 31 December 2009 and granted the members of the  
Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board as well as the Chief Executive     
discharge from liability. The AGM decided to pay a dividend of EUR 0.09 per     
share. The Board of Directors' proposals to the AGM were approved without       
changes. The proposal of Osakesäästäjien Keskusliitto ry for abolition of the   
Supervisory Board and for amending the respective parts of the Articles of      
Association was rejected.                                                       

A total of 2,807 shareholders were personally present or represented by a proxy 
at the AGM held in Turku, representing 32.9 million shares, i.e. 19.9 per cent  
of the total share capital.                                                     

DIVIDEND PAYMENT                                                                

The AGM decided to pay a dividend of EUR 0.09 for each restricted and free      
share. The dividend will be paid on 8 April 2010 to the shareholders that are   
entered in the shareholders' register on the record date of 30 March 2010. The  
dividend will not be paid on the shares held by the company.                    

AMENDMENTS TO THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION                                       

The AGM approved the Board of Directors' proposal for amending the section 11 of
the Articles of Association to read as follows: “The notice of the General      
Meeting shall be published, at the earliest, three (3) months and at the latest,
three (3) weeks before the General Meeting on the company's website and possibly
in another manner determined by the Board of Directors. However, the notice of  
the General Meeting must be published no later than nine (9) days before the    
record date of the General Meeting.”                                            

Furthermore, in respect of the amendment of the section 11 of the Articles of   
Association, the AGM decided to delete the item 5 of the section 12.            
Consequently, the internal numbering of the items 6-8 under section 12 will     
become one number smaller.                           

The amendments of the sections 11 and 12 of the Articles of Association will    
take effect after they have been entered in the Trade Register.                 

The AGM approved the Board of Directors' proposal for amending the 3rd          
subsection of the section 9 of the Articles of Association to read as follows:  
“In the General Meeting, no shareholder's shares are entitled to vote with more 
votes than one tenth of the total number of votes of the shares represented at  
the Meeting.” This amendment will enter into force if it is also approved at the
next consecutive General Meeting and after the amendment has then been entered  
into the Trade Register.                                                        

AUTHORISATION TO REPURCHASE OWN SHARES AND TO ISSUE SHARES                      

The AGM authorised the Board of Directors to decide on the repurchase of a      
maximum of 6,000,000 free shares and 1,500,000 restricted shares. The           
authorisation will be valid until 25 September 2011.                            

Furthermore, the AGM authorised the Board of Directors to decide on the share   
issues (1) by disposing of all of the company shares and any potentially        
repurchased own shares, a maximum total of 16,504,404 shares, 1,701,295 of which
can be restricted shares, and (2) by issuing a maximum of 16,500,000 new free   
shares against payment. The share issue authorisations will be valid until 25   
March 2015 at the latest.                                                       

The details of the authorisations are available in the stock exchange release   
published on 11 February 2010.                                                  

The authorisation to repurchase own shares and to issue shares given by the AGM 
in 2009 expire on 25 March 2010.                                                

NOMINATIONS                                                                     

The number of members of the Board of Directors was confirmed as five, and Anssi
Aapola, Erkki Haavisto, Simo Palokangas and Michael Ramm-Schmidt were           
reappointed and Pirkko Rantanen-Kervinen was appointed as a new member for the  
term commencing after the now closed AGM. At its meeting held after the AGM, the
Board of Directors elected Palokangas as its Chairman and Ramm-Schmidt as its   
Vice Chairman.                                                                  

The Chairman of the Board will be paid a monthly fee of EUR 5,000 and the       
members a monthly fee of EUR 2,000. Approximately 20 per cent of the fee will be
paid with the company's own shares and approximately 80 per cent in cash. The   
fees are paid in two equal instalments during the term so that the first payment
will be made on 15 June and the second on the 15 December. Moreover, they will  
receive a daily allowance for the meeting days and they will be reimbursed for  
travel expenses according to the company's travelling rules. 
The number of members of Supervisory Board was confirmed to be 25. Risto Ervelä,
Hans Langh, Juha Salonen, Urban Silén, Tuula Tallskog, Johan Taube and Arto     
Vuorela were elected as the members of the Supervisory Board for the term       
commencing after the now closed General Meeting and ending at the Annual General
Meeting of 2013. Two of the elected members, Salonen and Vuorela, are new in the
Supervisory Board. 
The annual remuneration payable to the Chairman of the Supervisory Board will be
EUR 12.000 and the members will receive a payment of EUR 300 for each meeting,  
in addition to which their travel expenses will be compensated and they will    
receive a daily allowance for the meeting days according the company's          
travelling rules. The Meeting also decided to pay the Chairman of the           
Supervisory Board a fee of EUR 300 for each attended Board Meeting. 
Authorised public accountants Johan Kronberg and Mika Kaarisalo were elected as 
regular auditors for the financial year 2011. Authorised public accountants     
PricewaterhouseCoopers Ltd and Kalle Laaksonen were elected as deputy auditors. 

RAISIO PLC                                                                      

Heidi Hirvonen                                                                  
Communications Manager                                                          
Tel. 050 567 3060                                                               

Further information:                                                            
Janne Martti, Director, Finance and Treasury, tel. 050 556 6521

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