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2009-03-26 16:22:59 CET 2009-03-26 16:24:00 CET REGULATED INFORMATION Raisio - Decisions of general meetingRAISIO'S ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 26 March 2009Raisio plc Stock Exchange Release 26 March 2009 RAISIO'S ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 26 March 2009 Raisio plc's Annual General Meeting approved the financial statements for the financial year 1 January - 31 December 2008 and discharged the members of the Supervisory Board and the Board of Directors, as well as the Chief Executive Officer, from liability. The AGM decided to pay a dividend of EUR 0.07 per share. The Board of Directors' proposals to the Annual General Meeting were approved without changes as well as the proposal by some shareholders for the amendment of the Articles of Association as for the age of the members of the Board of Directors. A total of 2,904 shareholders were present in person or represented by proxy at the AGM held in Turku, representing 35.6 million shares, or 21.6 per cent of the total. DIVIDEND PAYMENT The AGM decided to pay a dividend of EUR 0.07 for each restricted share and each free share for the financial year ending 31 December 2008. The dividend will be paid on 7 April 2009 to all shareholders included in the shareholders' register on the record date of 31 March 2009. No dividend will be paid on shares held by the company. AMENDMENTS TO THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION The AGM decided to amend section 14, paragraph 2 of the Articles of Association thus that a person who has turned 68 before the commencing of the term cannot be elected a member of the Board of Directors. AUTHORISATION TO REPURCHASE COMPANY SHARES AND TO ISSUE SHARES The Annual General Meeting authorised the Board of Directors to decide on the repurchase of a maximum of 5,500,000 free shares and 1,375,000 restricted shares. The authorisation expires on 26 September 2010. Furthermore, the Annual General Meeting authorised the Board of Directors to decide on share issues by (1) disposing of all of the company shares and any repurchased shares - a maximum total of 16,460,000 shares, 1,801,500 of which can be restricted shares - and by (2) issuing a maximum of 16,500,000 new free shares against payment. The share issue authorisations will expire on 26 March 2014 at the latest. Details of the authorisations are available in the stock exchange release issued on 12 February 2009. The authorisation to repurchase company shares and the authorisation to issue shares given by the Annual General Meeting in 2008 expire on 26 March 2009. NOMINATIONS The number of Supervisory Board members was confirmed to be 25. Members appointed to the Supervisory Board for the term beginning at the now ended Annual General Meeting and continuing until the Annual General Meeting 2012 include Cay Blomberg, Holger Falck, Johan Laurén, Antti Lithovius, Jarmo Mäntyharju, Heikki Pohjala, Rita Wegelius and Tapio Ylitalo. Of them Mr Blomberg and Mr Mäntyharju are new members of Supervisory Board. The number of members of the Board of Directors was confirmed to be five, and Anssi Aapola, Erkki Haavisto, Satu Lähteenmäki, Simo Palokangas and Michael Ramm-Schmidt were reappointed members for the term beginning at the now ended Annual General Meeting. At its meeting held after the AGM the Board of Directors elected Simo Palokangas as its Chairman and Michael Ramm-Schmidt as its Vice Chairman. Authorised public accountants Johan Kronberg and Mika Kaarisalo were elected as regular auditors for the financial year 2010, with authorised public accountants PricewaterhouseCoopers Ltd and Kalle Laaksonen as deputies. RAISIO PLC Heidi Hirvonen Communications Manager Tel. +358 50 567 3060 Further information: Janne Martti, Director, Finance and Treasury, tel. +358 50 556 6521 Distribution: NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd Key media www.raisio.com |
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