Huhtamäki Oyj - Notice to general meeting

Huhtamäki Oyj: Notice to the General Meeting

HUHTAMÄKI OYJ STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 29.3.2017 AT 9:00

Huhtamäki Oyj: Notice to the General Meeting

Notice is given to the shareholders of Huhtamäki Oyj to the Annual General
Meeting of Shareholders to be held on Thursday, April 27, 2017, at 11.00 (EET)
at Messukeskus Helsinki, Expo and Convention Centre, Messuaukio 1, Helsinki,
Finland. The reception of shareholders who have registered for the meeting and
the distribution of voting tickets will commence at 10.00 (EET). Coffee will be
served after the meeting.

A. Matters on the agenda of the General Meeting

The following matters will be considered at the General Meeting:

1. Opening of the meeting

2. Calling the meeting to order

3. Election of persons to scrutinize 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 Annual Accounts including the Consolidated Annual
Accounts, the Report of the Board of Directors and the Auditor's Report for the
year 2016

- Review by the CEO

7. Adoption of the Annual Accounts including the Consolidated Annual Accounts

8. Resolution on the use of the profit shown on the balance sheet and the
payment of dividend

The Board of Directors proposes that a dividend of EUR 0.73 per share would be
paid based on the balance sheet adopted for the financial period ended on
December 31, 2016. The dividend would be paid to a shareholder who on the
dividend record date May 2, 2017 is registered as a shareholder in the Company's
shareholders' register held by Euroclear Finland Ltd. The Board of Directors
proposes that the dividend would be paid on May 9, 2017.

No significant changes have taken place in the Company's financial position
since the end of the financial year. The Company's liquidity position is good
and the proposed distribution does not, in the view of the Board of Directors,
risk the Company's ability to fulfill its obligations.

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

10. Resolution on the remuneration and expense compensation of the members of
the Board of Directors

The Nomination Committee of the Board of Directors proposes that the annual
remuneration to the members of the Board of Directors would remain unchanged and
thus be paid as follows: to the Chairman EUR 120,000, to the Vice-Chairman EUR
68,000 and to other members EUR 57,000. In addition, the Nomination Committee of
the Board of Directors proposes that the meeting fees would remain unchanged and
thus be paid for each meeting attended as follows: EUR 1,000 for all meetings,
except EUR 2,000 to the Chairman for the Audit Committee meetings, EUR 1,200 to
the Chairman for the Human Resources Committee meetings and EUR 1,200 to the
Chairman for the Nomination Committee meetings. Traveling expenses of the Board
members would be compensated in accordance with the Company policy.

11. Resolution on the number of members of the Board of Directors

The Nomination Committee of the Board of Directors proposes that the number of
members of the Board of Directors would be eight (8).

12. Election of members of the Board of Directors

The Nomination Committee of the Board of Directors proposes that Ms. Eija
Ailasmaa, Mr. Pekka Ala-Pietilä, Mr. Doug Baillie, Mr. William R. Barker, Mr.
Rolf Börjesson, Mr. Jukka Suominen and Ms. Sandra Turner would be re-elected as
members of the Board of Directors and that Ms. Kerttu Tuomas would be elected as
a new member of the Board of Directors for a term ending at the end of the next
Annual General Meeting.

Ms. Kerttu Tuomas (born 1957) has acted as Executive Vice President, Human
Resources and member of the Executive Board at KONE Corporation from 2002 until
January 2017, after which she will provide transition support until the end of
April. As of May 1, 2017 her main occupation will consist of miscellaneous
positions of trust. Before KONE Corporation she has worked as Group Vice
President, Human Resources at Elcoteq Network Corporation (2000-2002), Personnel
& Organization Manager at MasterFoods Oy (Mars) (1994-1999) and Consultant at
Mercuri Urval (1987-1993). Ms. Tuomas' current key positions of trust include
Vice-Chairman of the Board at Kemira Oyj and Board member at Finnish National
Opera and Ballet. Ms. Tuomas has a B.Sc. (Econ) degree. She is independent of
the Company and significant shareholders.

The biographical details of all candidates are presented on the Company's
website (www.huhtamaki.com) at the Investors section.

All of the candidates have given their consent to the election. In addition, all
of the candidates have notified the Company that if they are elected as members
of the Board of Directors, they will elect Mr. Pekka Ala-Pietilä as the Chairman
of the Board of Directors and Mr. Jukka Suominen as the Vice-Chairman of the
Board of Directors.

13. Resolution on the remuneration of the Auditor

The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors proposes that the Auditor's
remuneration would be paid against an invoice approved by the Audit Committee of
the Board of Directors.

14. Election of the Auditor

The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors proposes that Ernst & Young Oy, a
firm of authorized public accountants, would be elected as Auditor for the
financial year January 1 - December 31, 2017. Ernst & Young Oy has announced
that Mr. Mikko Järventausta, APA, would be the Auditor with principal
responsibility.

15. Authorizing the Board of Directors to resolve on the repurchase of the
Company's own shares

The Board of Directors proposes that the Annual General Meeting would authorize
the Board of Directors to resolve on the repurchase of an aggregate maximum of
10,776,038 of the Company's own shares, subject to the number of shares held by
the Company at any given moment not exceeding 10 percent of all the shares of
the Company. Own shares may be repurchased on the basis of the authorization
only by using non-restricted equity.

Own shares may be repurchased at a price formed in public trading on the date of
the repurchase or otherwise at a price formed on the market. The Board of
Directors resolves on how shares are repurchased. Own shares may be repurchased
otherwise than in proportion to the shares held by the shareholders (directed
repurchase). The authorization remains in force until the end of the next Annual
General Meeting, however, no longer than until June 30, 2018.

16. Authorizing the Board of Directors to resolve on the issuance of shares and
the issuance of special rights entitling to shares

The Board of Directors proposes that the Annual General Meeting would authorize
the Board of Directors to resolve on the issuance of shares and the issuance of
options and other special rights entitling to shares referred to in chapter 10
section 1 of the Companies Act subject to the aggregate number of shares to be
issued not exceeding 14,000,000 shares, which corresponds to approximately 13
percent of the current shares of the Company. The authorization concerns both
the issuance of new shares and the transfer of the Company's own treasury
shares, however so that the number of new shares to be issued may not exceed
10,000,000 shares and the number of own treasury shares to be transferred may
not exceed 4,000,000 shares.

The Board of Directors resolves on all the terms and conditions of the issuance
of shares and special rights entitling to shares, and may deviate from the
shareholders' pre-emptive subscription rights (directed issue). The
authorization remains in force until the end of the next Annual General Meeting,
however, no longer than until June 30, 2018.

17. Closing of the meeting

B. Documents of the General Meeting

The proposals for the decisions on the matters on the agenda of the General
Meeting as well as this notice are available on Huhtamäki Oyj's website at
www.huhtamaki.com. The Annual Accounts, the Report of the Board of Directors and
the Auditor's Report of Huhtamäki Oyj are also available on the above-mentioned
website. The proposals for decisions and the other above-mentioned documents are
also available at the meeting and copies of these documents and of this notice
will be sent to shareholders upon request. The minutes of the meeting will be
available to the shareholders on the above-mentioned website as from May
11, 2017, at the latest.

C. Instructions for the participants in the General Meeting

1. Shareholders registered in the shareholders' register

Each shareholder, who is registered on April 13, 2017 in the shareholders'
register of the Company held by Euroclear Finland Ltd., has the right to
participate in the General Meeting. A shareholder, whose shares are registered
on his/her personal Finnish book-entry account, is registered in the
shareholders' register of the Company.

A shareholder, who is registered in the shareholders' register of the Company
and who wants to participate in the General Meeting, shall register for the
meeting no later than April 24, 2017 at 16.00 (EET) by giving a prior notice of
participation to the Company. The notice has to be received by the Company
before the end of the registration period. Such notice can be given:

(a) On the Company's website www.huhtamaki.com following the instructions given
therein, or
(b) by telephone +358 20 770 6879 on weekdays between 9.00 and 16.00 (EET).

In connection with the registration, a shareholder shall notify his/her name,
personal identification number/business identity code, address, telephone number
and the name of a possible assistant or proxy representative and the personal
identification number of a proxy representative. The personal data is used only
in connection with the General Meeting and with the processing of related
registrations.

The shareholder, his/her authorized representative or proxy representative
shall, where necessary, be able to prove his/her identity and/or right of
representation.

2. Holders of nominee registered shares

A holder of nominee registered shares has the right to participate in the
General Meeting by virtue of such shares, based on which he/she on the record
date of the General Meeting April 13, 2017 would be entitled to be registered in
the shareholders' register of the Company held by Euroclear Finland Ltd. The
right to participate in the General Meeting requires, in addition, that the
shareholder on the basis of such shares has been temporarily registered into the
shareholders' register of the Company held by Euroclear Finland Ltd. at the
latest by April 24, 2017 by 10.00 (EET). As regards nominee registered shares
this constitutes due registration for the General Meeting.

A holder of nominee registered shares is advised to request without delay the
necessary instructions regarding the registration in the temporary shareholders'
register of the Company, the issuing of proxy documents and registration for the
General Meeting from his/her custodian bank. The account management organization
of the custodian bank has to register a holder of nominee registered shares who
wants to participate in the General Meeting into the temporary shareholders'
register of the Company at the latest by the time stated above.

3. Proxy representative and powers of attorney

A shareholder may participate in the General Meeting and exercise his/her rights
at the meeting by way of proxy representation. A proxy representative of a
shareholder shall produce a dated proxy document or otherwise in a reliable
manner demonstrate his/her right to represent the shareholder at the General
Meeting.

When a shareholder participates in the General Meeting by means of several proxy
representatives representing the shareholder with shares at different securities
accounts, the shares by which each proxy representative represents the
shareholder shall be identified in connection with the registration for the
General Meeting.

Possible proxy documents are requested to be delivered in originals to Huhtamäki
Oyj, Annual General Meeting, Revontulenkuja 1, 02100 Espoo, Finland before the
end of the registration period.

4. Other information

Pursuant to chapter 5, section 25 of the Companies Act, a shareholder who is
present at the General Meeting has the right to request information with respect
to the matters to be considered at the meeting.

On the date of this notice, February 14, 2017, the total number of shares and
votes in Huhtamäki Oyj is 107,760,385, which includes 3,903,846 own shares held
by the Company or its subsidiaries. Such own shares do not have voting rights.

In Espoo, February 14, 2017

HUHTAMÄKI OYJ
Board of Directors

For further information, please contact:
Sami Pauni, Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Legal, Group General
Counsel, tel. +358 (0)10 686 7872

Huhtamaki  is a  global specialist  in packaging  for food  and drink.  With our
network  of  74 manufacturing  units  and  additional  24 sales  only offices in
altogether  34 countries,  we're  well  placed  to support our customers' growth
wherever  they  operate.  Mastering  three  distinctive  packaging technologies,
approximately  17,000 employees  develop  and  make  packaging  that helps great
products  reach more people, more easily. In 2016 our net sales totaled EUR 2.9
billion.  The Group has its head office in Espoo, Finland and the parent company
Huhtamäki  Oyj  is  listed  on  Nasdaq  Helsinki  Ltd. Additional information is
available at www.huhtamaki.com.


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