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PROPOSALS TO ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING CONCERNING THE NUMBER OF THE BOARD MEMBERS, THEIR REMUNERATION AND REIMBURSEMENT OF THEIR COSTS, AND NOMINATION OF THE BOARD MEMBERS

eQ PLC                                                                         
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19 January 2017, at 4:45 pm



Shareholders of eQ Plc, who control over 60 per cent of the outstanding shares
and votes, have proposed to the Annual General Meeting to be held at 29 March
2017 concerning the number of members of the Board of Directors, their
remuneration and reimbursement of their costs, and the nomination of members of
the Board of Directors. 



Proposal relating to number of persons on the Board of Directors

The shareholders propose that five persons be on the Board of Directors.



Decision relating to the compensation of the members of the Board of Directors

The shareholders propose that the Chairman of the Board of Directors receives
3,500 euros per month, and the members of the Board of Directors receive 2,000
euros per month. In addition, a compensation of 400 euros per meeting is
proposed to be paid for all the Board members for each attended Board meeting
and travel and accommodation expenses are reimbursed according to the effectual
guidelines of eQ Plc. 



Nomination of the Board of Directors

The shareholders propose that Nicolas Berner, Georg Ehrnrooth, Annika
Poutiainen and Timo Kokkila are re-elected and Carl Haglund is elected as a new
member to the Board of Directors. The term of office of the Board members ends
at the close of the next Annual General Meeting. 

Carl Haglund (born 1979) has since 2016 acted as a Vice president Europe and
Strategy in Sunshine Kaidi New Energy Group and as a CEO in Sunshine Kaidi
(Finland) New Energy Group. Previously, he has acted as Finland’s Minister of
Defence (2012–2015) and as a Minister for Sports (2014–2015), as a Member of
European Parliament (2009–2012) as well as a Chairman of Swedish Peoples Party
of Finland (2012–2016). In addition, he holds the following positions of trust:
Miltton Group, Member of the Board (2015-); 9Lives,  Member of the board
(2016-); PAF, Member of the board (2016-); Sunshine Kaidi (Finland) New Energy
Group, Member of the board (2016-) and Finnish Swedish Chamber of Commerce,
Member of the board (2016-).  Carl Haglund holds Master of Science (Economics)
degree from Hanken School of Economics. 

Jussi Seppälä, who has been on the eQ Board since 2011 has informed that he
will not be available for the eQ Board of Directors for the next term. 



Helsinki, 19 January 2017



Additional information: Janne Larma, CEO, tel. +358 9 6817 8920

Distribution: NASDAQ Helsinki, www.eQ.fi



eQ Group is a Finnish group of companies specialising in asset management and
corporate finance business. eQ Asset Management offers a wide range of asset
management services (including private equity funds and real estate asset
management) for institutions and individuals. The assets managed by the Group
total approximately EUR 8.4 billion. Advium Corporate Finance, which is part of
the Group, offers services related to mergers and acquisitions, real estate
transactions and equity capital markets. 

More information about the Group is available on our website at www.eQ.fi.