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Marimekko - Decisions of general meeting

RESOLUTIONS OF MARIMEKKO CORPORATION’S ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING


Marimekko Corporation, Stock exchange release, 17 April 2012 at 3.45 PM

RESOLUTIONS OF MARIMEKKO CORPORATION'S ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The following resolutions were passed at Marimekko Corporation's Annual General
Meeting held today: 

Adoption of the financial statements
Marimekko Corporation's income statement and balance sheet and the consolidated
income statement and balance sheet for 2011 were adopted. 

Use of profit
The General Meeting approved the Board of Directors' proposal to pay a dividend
of EUR 0.55 per share for the 2011 financial year to a total of EUR 4,422,000.
The dividends represent 157.1% of the Group's earnings per share for the
financial year 2011. The dividend will be paid to shareholders who are
registered on the dividend payout record date of 20 April 2012 in the company's
Shareholder Register kept by Euroclear Finland Ltd. The dividend payout date is
3 May 2012. 

Discharge from liability
Company's members of the Board of Directors, the President and CEO as well as
the CEO's substitute were discharged from liability for the 2011 financial
year. 

Remuneration of Board members
The annual remuneration payable to the members of the Board was approved as
follows: EUR 30,000 to the Chairman and EUR 20,000 to the other members of the
Board. It was also resolved that the President and CEO of the company would not
receive any remuneration for his Board membership. 

Board of Directors
The General meeting resolved that the company's Board of Directors consist of
six (6) members. Elina Björklund, Arthur Engel, Ami Hasan, Mika Ihamuotila,
Joakim Karske and Pekka Lundmark were re-elected to the Board of Directors.
Their term of office ends at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting.
The Board is chaired by Pekka Lundmark and vice-chaired by Mika Ihamuotila. 

Election and remuneration of auditor
It was decided that PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy, Authorised Public Accountants,
would continue as the company's auditor. It was also resolved that the
auditor's fee would be paid as per invoice. Kim Karhu, Authorised Public
Accountant, will continue as chief auditor. 

Authorization of the Board of Directors to decide on directed share issue
The General Meeting authorized the Board of Directors to decide in one or more
installments on a share issue against consideration in deviation from the
shareholders' pre-emptive right, directed to the company's personnel. The total
number of new shares to be offered for subscription pursuant to the
authorization may not exceed 150,000 shares, which represents approximately 1.9
% of the total number of the company's shares. The authorization includes the
right of the Board of Directors to decide on all of the other terms and
conditions of the share issue. The authorization remains in force for a period
of two years from the resolution of the Annual General Meeting. 

Minutes of the Annual General Meeting
The minutes of the Annual General Meeting can be viewed on the company's
website at http://company.marimekko.com under Investors/Annual General Meeting
as of 27 April 2012 at the latest. 

MARIMEKKO CORPORATION
Group Communications

Piia Kumpulainen
Tel. +358 9 758 7293
piia.kumpulainen@marimekko.fi

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Marimekko is a Finnish textile and clothing design company renowned for its
original prints and colours. The company designs and manufactures high-quality
interior decoration items ranging from furnishing fabrics to tableware as well
as clothing, bags and other accessories. When Marimekko was founded in 1951,
its unparalleled printed fabrics gave it a strong and unique identity.
Marimekko products are sold in approximately 40 countries. In 2011, brand sales
of Marimekko products worldwide amounted to approximately EUR 170 million and
the company's net sales were EUR 77 million. The number of Marimekko stores
totalled 90 at the year end. The key markets are North America, Northern Europe
and the Asia-Pacific region. The Group employs around 430 people. The company's
share is quoted on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd. www.marimekko.com