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Aktia Bank plc: Proposals from Aktia Bank plc's Nomination Committee to the Annual General Meeting 2015

Helsinki, Finland, 2015-01-29 15:00 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 

Aktia Bank plc
Stock Exchange Release
29.1.2015 at 4 p.m.


Proposals from Aktia Bank plc's Nomination Committee to the Annual General
Meeting 2015 

Aktia Bank plc' Nomination Committee proposes to the Annual General Meeting to
be held on 13 April 2015, that members of the Supervisory Board Harriet Ahlnäs,
Johan Aura, Anna Bertills, Henrik Rehnberg and Sture Söderholm, who are all due
to step down at the Annual General Meeting 2015, be re-elected 

The Nomination Committee proposes that Annika Grannas (M.Sc. Econ.), 43, who
among other positions chairs the Board of Directors of the foundation Vöyrin
Sääästöpankin Aktiasäätiö, Yvonne Malin-Hult (M.Sc. Econ.), 55, who among other
positions chairs the Board of Directors of the foundation Säästöpankkisäätiö
Sipoo, and professor Kim Wikström, 55, be elected as new members. 

All candidates are proposed for a three-year term of office. Thus, the number
of members of the Supervisory Board is proposed to be 29. 

The Nomination Committee proposes the annual remuneration for members of the
Supervisory Board to remain unchanged from the previous year, and thus amount
to: 

- chair, EUR 22,600
- vice chair, EUR 10,000
- member, EUR 4,400

The Nomination Committee proposes that 30 % of the annual remuneration (gross
amount) be paid to the members in the form of Aktia plc A shares. 

Further, the Nomination Committee proposes a remuneration of EUR 500 per
attended meeting, and also that compensation for costs for travel and lodging
as well as a daily allowance be paid in accordance with tax administration
rules. 

The nomination committee proposes to the Annual General Meeting that the APA
firm KPMG Oy Ab be elected as auditor, with Jari Härmälä, APA, as
auditor-in-charge. It is proposed that remuneration to the auditor to be paid
against invoice. 

Following the shareholders' decision in Aktia Bank plc, the Nomination
Committee prepares proposals for decisions to be taken by the Annual General
Meeting concerning individuals to become members of the Board of Supervisors,
auditor/s as well as the remuneration of these. The Nomination Committee
comprises representatives of the three largest shareholders on 1 November the
year before the Annual General Meeting plus the chair of the Board of
Supervisors. In addition to the Håkan Mattlin, chair of the Board of
Supervisors, the members of the Nomination Committee this year were Mikael
Westerback (the foundation Stiftelsen Tre Smeder), Jan-Erik Stenman (Veritas
Pension Insurance Company Ltd) och Dag Wallgren (The Society of Swedish
Literature in Finland). 


AKTIA BANK PLC

For more information, please contact:
Håkan Mattlin, Chair of the Nomination Committee, tel. +358 500 459 059

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Aktia provides a broad range of products within banking, insurance and real
estate agency.­ Aktia operates in Finland's coastal areas and inland growth
areas. Aktia has some 300,000 customers who are served by 900 employees at 57
branch offices and via Internet and telephone services. Aktia's shares are
listed on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd. For more information about Aktia, see
www.aktia.com