Affecto Oyj - Company Announcement

Proposals of Affecto's Nomination Committee

Helsinki, 2013-02-05 09:30 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AFFECTO PLC  --  STOCK
EXCHANGE RELEASE  --  5 FEBRUARY 2013 at 10.30 

Proposals of Affecto's Nomination Committee

The Annual General Meeting in 2012 resolved to appoint a shareholders'
Nomination Committee to prepare proposals concerning members of the Board of
Directors and their remuneration for the following Annual General Meeting. The
three largest shareholders, Cantell Oy, OP Fund Management Company and Mika
Laine appointed Aaro Cantell, chairman of Affecto's Board of Directors, Samuli
Sipilä, managing director of OP Fund Management Company, and Mika Laine as
members of the Nomination Committee. 

The Nomination Committee proposes for the Annual General Meeting, planned to be
held on 9 April 2013, that the number of board members would remain six and the
following current board members would be re-elected for the next term: Aaro
Cantell (chairman), Jukka Ruuska (vice chairman), Tuija Soanjärvi and Lars
Wahlström. Magdalena Persson and Olof Sand would be elected as new board
members. 

Magdalena Persson, b. 1971, is Senior Director for Enterprise Partnerships at
Microsoft Western Europe. Earlier she has worked in various management
positions at e.g. Mando Group, SamSari, Microsoft and WM-Data Business Partner.
She has a Licentiate of Economics and Management degree. 

Olof Sand, b. 1963, is the CEO of Anticimex Ab. Earlier he has served as the
CEO of Proact IT Group AB (publ) (2005-2012) and in various management
positions at e.g. Acando, ABB Communications and Tele2. He is an engineer,
additionally AMP (Harvard), IFL (Stockholm) and MBA (Uppsala). 

The Nomination Committee proposes that the amount of fees for the board members
would remain unchanged: EUR 1 800 monthly fee for the members, EUR 2 500 for
the Vice-Chairman and EUR 3 200 for the Chairman. A fee of EUR 250 shall be
paid for participation in committee meetings, save for meetings of the
Nomination Committee. The monthly fees would be partially paid with Affecto
shares (40% shares, 60% cash). 



Affecto Plc
Hannu Nyman
Senior Vice President, M&A, IR

www.affecto.com






         Additional information:
         Aaro Cantell, Chairman of the board, tel. +358 400 706 072
         Hannu Nyman, SVP M&A, IR, tel +358 205 777 761