Marimekko - Notice to general meeting

NOTICE OF MARIMEKKO CORPORATION'S ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Marimekko Corporation, Stock exchange release 16 March 2011, 10.00 AM

NOTICE OF MARIMEKKO CORPORATION'S ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Marimekko Corporation's shareholders are invited to attend the Annual General
Meeting to be held on Tuesday, 19 April 2011, at Marimekko Corporation's head
office from 2 p.m. onwards. The address is Puusepänkatu 4, 00880 Helsinki,
Finland. The registration of attendees and the distribution of voting slips
will commence at the meeting venue at 1 p.m. 

A. Matters on the agenda of the Annual General Meeting and the procedure

1. Opening of the meeting

2. Calling the meeting to order

3. Election of persons to scrutinise the minutes and to supervise the counting
of votes 

4. Recording the legality of the meeting

5. Recording the attendance at the meeting and adoption of the list of votes

6. Presentation of the financial statements, the Report of the Board of
Directors and the Auditor's Report for 2010 

Review by the President and CEO.

7. Adoption of the Financial Statements

8. Resolution on the use of the profit shown on the balance sheet and the
payment of dividend 
The Board of Directors proposes to the Annual General Meeting that a dividend
of EUR 0.55 per share be paid for the year 2010. The dividend will be paid to
shareholders who are registered on the dividend payout record date of 26 April
2011 in the company's Shareholder Register held by Euroclear Finland Ltd. The
Board of Directors proposes 3 May 2011 as the dividend payout date. 

9. Resolution on the discharge of the members of the Board of Directors and the
President of the company from liability 

10. Resolution on the remuneration of the members of the Board of Directors
Shareholders representing in total about 32% of all of the company's shares and
votes have informed the company that they propose to the Annual General Meeting
that the fees payable to the members and the Chairman of the Board be raised so
that an annual bonus of EUR 26,000 (2010: EUR 20,000) would be paid to the
Chairman, and EUR 18,000 (2010: EUR 15,000) to the other Board members. In
addition, it is proposed that no remuneration be paid to the company's
President and CEO for the membership of the Board of Directors. 

11. Resolution on the number of members of the Board of Directors
The above-mentioned shareholders have informed the company that they propose to
the Annual General Meeting that six (6) members be elected to the Board of
Directors. 

12. Election of the members of the Board of Directors
The above-mentioned shareholders have informed the company that they propose to
the Annual General Meeting that Ami Hasan, Mika Ihamuotila, Joakim Karske and
Pekka Lundmark be re-elected to the Board of Directors until the close of the
next Annual General Meeting. Of the current members of the Board, Ms Tarja
Pääkkönen has announced that she will not be available for re-election. The
same shareholders further propose that Arthur Engel and Elina Björklund be
elected to serve as new members of the Board. Arthur Engel, 43, is the CEO of
the Björn Borg Group in Stockholm, Sweden. From 2001 to 2007 he was the CEO of
GANT Company AB, and from 1994 to 2001 he worked in various positions at the
advertising agency Leo Burnett in Stockholm, last as managing director. Elina
Björklund, 41, is Partner and Director in BIetBI Advisors, a management
consultancy focusing on retail and based in Shanghai, China. Her previous
positions include Director for product development, store concepts and brands
with Fiskars Corporation's Home division, and Director for global retail
operations with Iittala Group Ltd. She has also worked as Deputy Managing
Director with Merita Securities Ltd. She is member of the Board of Directors of
Finnair Plc. The shareholders further propose that the Board of Directors elect
Pekka Lundmark as Chairman of the Board and Mika Ihamuotila as Vice Chairman of
the Board. All proposed persons have given their consent to the election.
Details of the proposed persons are provided on the company's website at
www.marimekko.com under Investors / AGM 2011. 

13. Resolution on the remuneration of the Auditor
The Board of Directors proposes to the Annual General Meeting that the Auditor
be remunerated in accordance with an invoice presented. 

14. Election of the Auditor
The Board of Directors proposes to the Annual General Meeting that
PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy, Authorised Public Accountants, continue as the
company's auditor. 

15. Closing of the meeting

B. Documents of the Annual General Meeting

The above-mentioned proposals to the Annual General Meeting and this notice are
available on Marimekko Corporation's website at www.marimekko.com under
Investors. Marimekko Corporation's Annual Report, which includes the company's
financial statements, the consolidated financial statements, the Report of the
Board of Directors and the Auditor's report, will be available on the company's
website under Investors / Financial Releases / Annual Reports on 29 March 2011
at the latest. The Board proposals and the other above-mentioned documents will
also be available at the Annual General Meeting. Copies of these documents and
of this notice will be sent to shareholders upon request. The minutes of the
Annual General Meeting can be viewed on the company's website as of 3 May 2011
at the latest. 

C. Instructions for the participants

1. The right to participate and registration

Each shareholder who on the record date of the Annual General Meeting, 7 April
2011, is registered in the company's Shareholder Register held by Euroclear
Finland Ltd has the right to participate in the Annual General Meeting. A
shareholder whose shares are registered on his/her personal book-entry account
is registered in the company's Shareholder Register. 

A shareholder who is registered in the company's Shareholder Register and who
wants to participate in the Annual General Meeting should register for the
meeting no later than Thursday 14 April 2011 at 10 a.m. by giving a prior
notice of participation 

  -- by filling in the registration form on the company's website
     www.marimekko.com under Investors / AGM 2011
  -- by email to yk@marimekko.fi
  -- by telephone on +358 9 758 7375 (Minttu Kuoppala).

When registering, a shareholder shall state his/her name, personal
identification number / business identity code, address, telephone number and
the name of a possible proxy representative or assistant and the personal
identification number of the proxy representative. The personal data given by
shareholders to Marimekko Corporation is used only in connection with the
Annual General Meeting and the necessary processing of related registrations. 

The shareholder, his/her authorised representative or proxy representative
should, when necessary, be able to prove his/her identity and/or right of
representation. 

2. Proxy representative and powers of attorney

A shareholder may participate in the Annual General Meeting and exercise
his/her rights at the meeting by way of proxy representation. A proxy
representative must present a dated power of attorney or other reliable proof
of their authority to represent the shareholder. 

A shareholder may participate in the Annual General Meeting by means of several
proxy representatives, who represent the shareholder with shares held on
different book-entry accounts. In such case, the shares represented by each
proxy representative shall be identified when registering for the Annual
General Meeting. 

Possible proxy documents should be sent in originals to Marimekko Corporation,
Share Register, P.O. Box 107, 00811 Helsinki, Finland, before the end of
registration period. 

3. Holder of nominee-registered shares

A holder of nominee-registered shares has the right to participate in the
Annual General Meeting with those shares under which the holder would be
entitled to be registered in the company's Shareholder Register held by
Euroclear Finland Ltd on the Annual General Meeting's record date of 7 April
2011. Additionally, participation requires that the holder of
nominee-registered shares is temporarily registered in the company's
Shareholder Register held by Euroclear Finland Ltd at the latest by 10 a.m. on
14 April 2011. Temporary registration in the Shareholder Register shall be
deemed to be a registration for the Annual General Meeting. Holders of
nominee-registered shares are advised to request the necessary instructions
regarding the temporary registration in the Shareholder Register, the issuing
of proxy documents and registration for the General Meeting from their
custodian bank well in advance. The account management organisation of the
custodian bank will register a holder of nominee-registered shares, who wants
to participate in the Annual General Meeting, to be temporarily entered into
the company's Shareholder Register by the above-mentioned time. 

4. Other instructions and information

Pursuant to Chapter 5, Section 25 of the Finnish Companies Act, shareholders
who are present at the Annual General Meeting are entitled to request
information regarding the matters addressed by the meeting. 

On the date of this notice, 16 March 2011, the total number of shares in
Marimekko Corporation is 8,040,000 and the total number of votes is 8,040,000. 

Helsinki, 16 March 2011

MARIMEKKO CORPORATION
Board of Directors

DISTRIBUTION:
NASDAQ OMX Helsinki
Principal media
Marimekko's website www.marimekko.com

Attachments:

Marimekko_Notice of AGM_16032011.pdf