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2009-01-26 11:00:21 CET 2009-01-26 11:01:24 CET REGULATED INFORMATION Panostaja Oyj - Decisions of general meetingPANOSTAJA OYJ'S ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, 26 JANUARY 2009Panostaja Oyj Stock Exchange Bulletin 26th January 2009, 12:00p.m. PANOSTAJA OYJ'S ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, 26 JANUARY 2009 Panostaja Oyj's Annual General Meeting was held on Monday 26th of January 2009 in Tampere. The AGM adopted the financial statements presented for the financial year 1st November 2007-31st October 2008 and the Board'sproposal to transfer the profit for the period to retained earnings and to distribute EUR 0.12 per share in dividends was approved. The record date for dividend payment is 29th January 2009 and the payment date is as from 5th January 2009.In addition, the AGM discharged the Board of Directors and the Chief Executive Officer from liability. The AGM re-elected Matti Koskenkorva, Jukka Ala-Mello, Hannu Tarkkonen, Hannu Martikainen and Hannu Ketola to Panostaja Oyj's Board of Directors. The AGM elected Eero Suomela, APA, and PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy, APA, as principal auditors and Janne Rajalahti, APA, as the responsible auditor. The AGM also approved the following proposal by the Board and revoked the previous authorisation granted at the AGM on 18th December 2007 concerning buying back own shares: The AGM authorised the Board to decide on buying back own shares in one or more lots. The decision(s) to buy back own shares must be limited to 4.740.311 shares or to a smaller amount of shares, that together with the own shares owned by or pledged to the Company or its subsidiaries, is one tenth of all the shares in the Company, i.e. 4.740.311 shares. The shares will be bought in disproportion to shareholdings in public trading organised by the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd. at their current price in public trading at the time of purchase. The Purchases will be executed in accordance to the rules of NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd. and Finnish Central Securities Depository Ltd. Authorisation is valid for 18 months of the AGM's authorisation decision. Authorisation revokes the authorisation of the Board to decide on buying back own shares given by previous AGM. The Board held an organisational meeting immediately after the AGM finished and it was agreed that Matti Koskenkorva would continue as Chair. PANOSTAJA OYJ Juha Sarsama CEO This stock exchange bulletin is a translation of the original Finnish stock exchange bulletin 26th January 2009 For further information, please contact Juha Sarsama +358 40 774 2099 |
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