Aktia Pankki Oyj - Decisions of general meeting

Decisions of Aktia Bank plc's Annual General Meeting 2016

Helsinki, Finland, 2016-04-12 17:30 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 


Aktia Bank plc
Stock Exchange Release
12/04/2016 at 6.30 p.m.


Decisions of Aktia Bank plc's Annual General Meeting 2016

The Annual General Meeting of Aktia Bank plc has today adopted the financial
statements of the parent company and the consolidated financial statements and
discharged the members of the Board of Supervisors, the members of the Board of
Directors, the Managing Director and his deputy from liability. 

In accordance with the proposal of the Board of Directors, the Annual General
Meeting decided to distribute a dividend of EUR 0.54 per share and a return of
capital of EUR 0.10 per share, totalling approx. EUR 42,6 million for the
financial period 1 January–31 December 2015. The record date for the dividend
will be 14/04/2016 and the day for paying out the dividend 26/04/2016. 

The Annual General Meeting established the number of members on the Board of
Supervisors to be twenty eight. 

The members of the Board of Supervisors Mikael Aspelin, Agneta Eriksson, Clas
Nyberg, Gunvor Sarelin-Sjöblom, Jan-Erik Stenman, Lars Wallin, and Ann-Marie
Åberg who were all due to step down, were re-elected, and Ralf Asplund,
entrepreneur, Annika Pråhl, B. A., and Marcus Rantala, M.Soc.Sc. were elected
as new members, all for a term of three years. 

As annual remuneration for the members of the Board of Supervisors, EUR 24,400
for the chair, EUR 10,500 for deputy chairs and EUR 4,400 for members were
established. A remuneration of EUR 500 was set per meeting attended. 

The Annual General Meeting determined that the number of auditors shall be one,
and elected APA firm KPMG Oy Ab as auditor. 

The Annual General Meeting adopted the proposals by the Board of Directors
concerning the authorisation to issue shares, the authorisation to acquire own
shares to be used in the company's share based incentive scheme and/or as
remuneration to members of executive bodies in the company as well as the
authorisation to divest own shares.. The Annual General Meeting also adopted
the proposal to authorise the Board of Directors to decide on a donation for
philanthropic purposes to support education and research. 

All proposals mentioned above are included in the Summons to the AGM published
on the website www.aktia.com under About Aktia > Corporate Governance > Annual
General Meeting > Annual General Meeting 2016. 


AKTIA BANK PLC

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Jussi Laitinen, CEO, tel. +358 10 247 6210
Mia Bengts, Legal Counsel, tel. +358 10 247 6348

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Aktia provides a broad range of products within banking, insurance and real
estate agency services. Aktia operates mainly in the coastal areas and inland
growth areas. Aktia has approximately 350,000 customers who are served by some
1,000 employees at 50 branch offices and via online and telephone services.
Aktia's shares are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. For more information about
Aktia see www.aktia.com .