Finnlines - Decisions of general meeting

Decisions of the Annual General Meeting 2015

Helsinki, Finland, 2015-04-14 15:00 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 
Finnlines Plc                         Stock Exchange Release 14 April 2015 at
16:00 



DECISIONS OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2015

The Annual General Meeting of Finnlines Plc approved the Financial Statements
and discharged the Company's officers from liability for the financial year
2014. 

It was decided to accept the proposal of the Board of Directors that no
dividend shall be paid for the year 2014. 

The meeting decided that the number of Board Members be seven. All of the
current Board Members were re-elected; Mr Christer Backman, Ms Tiina Bäckman,
Mr Emanuele Grimaldi, Mr Gianluca Grimaldi, Mr Diego Pacella, Mr Olav K.
Rakkenes and Mr Jon-Aksel Torgersen. The yearly compensation to the Board will
remain unchanged as follows: EUR 50,000 for the Chairman, EUR 40,000 for the
Vice Chairman, and EUR 30,000 for each of the other members of the Board. 

The Annual General Meeting elected APA KPMG Oy Ab as the Company's auditor for
the fiscal year 2015. It was decided that the external auditors will be
reimbursed according to invoice. 

It was decided to authorize the Board of Directors to resolve on the issuance
of shares in one or several tranches. The Board of Directors may, on the basis
of the authorization, resolve on the issuance of shares in one or several
tranches, so that the aggregate number of shares to be issued shall not exceed
10,000,000 shares. The Board of Directors decides on all the conditions of the
issuance of shares. The issuance of shares may be carried out in deviation from
the shareholders' pre-emptive rights (directed issue). The authorization is
valid until the next Annual General Meeting. The authorization replaces the
Annual General Meeting's authorization to decide on a share issue of 8 April,
2014. 



Finnlines Plc

Tom Pippingsköld                                      Tapani Voionmaa
CFO                                                           Group General
Counsel 





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About Finnlines
Finnlines is a leading shipping operator of ro-ro and passenger services in the
Baltic Sea and the North Sea. The Company is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki
Ltd and is a part of the Grimaldi Group, one of the world's largest operators
of ro-ro vessels and the largest operator of the Motorways of the Sea in Europe
for both passengers and freight. This affiliation enables Finnlines to offer
liner services to and from any destination in the Mediterranean, West Africa as
well as the Atlantic coast of both North and South America. 

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