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Composition of Silmäasema's Shareholders' Nomination Board

Composition of Silmäasema's Shareholders' Nomination Board


Silmäasema Oyj                 Stock Exchange Release  15 December 2017 at 9:00
a.m. EET



Silmäasema's Shareholders' Nomination Board consists of the representatives
nominated by Silmäasema's three largest shareholders and in addition the
Chairman of the Board of Directors. The shareholders with the right to nominate
members representing shareholders to the Nomination Board are those three
shareholders having the largest share of votes represented by all the shares in
Silmäasema on the first workday of September preceding the Annual General
Meeting based on the shareholder's register held by Euroclear Finland Ltd.

According to this, the following members have been nominated to Silmäasema's
Nomination Board:

  * Juhana Kallio, Intera Partners
  * Patrick Lapveteläinen, Mandatum Life Insurance Company Limited
  * Timo Sallinen, Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company
  * Juha Saarinen, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Silmäasema Oyj
The Nomination Board shall elect amongst its members the Chairman.

The Nomination Board prepares to the Annual General Meeting proposals on the
election and remuneration of the Board of Directors. The Nomination Board will
forward its proposals to the Board of Directors of the Company by 31 January
2018.



Additional information

Chairman of the Board of Directors Juha Saarinen, tel. +358 40 513 9473

CEO Pasi Kohmo, tel. +358 50 331 7015



SILMÄASEMA OYJ

Pasi Kohmo
CEO

Tuukka Hirvonen
Head of Communications and Investor Relations



Silmäasema is a Finnish company, which offers all products and services for
optical retail and eye healthcare nationwide. Silmäasema is the largest private
eye clinic provider offering eye surgeries and the second largest optical retail
chain with 28.4 per cent market share. The Silmäasema chain has 148 stores and
13 eye clinics in Finland as well as eight stores in Estonia. The Silmäasema
chain employs close to 1,000 eye healthcare professionals. In 2016, the
Silmäasema chain conducted around 210,000 optician's eye examinations, 190,000
ophthalmologist's appointments and over 15,000 cataract and refractive
surgeries. Silmäasema's Group net sales were 101.3 million euros in 2016 and
adjusted EBITDA was 12.0 million euros.


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