Decisions of Aktia Bank Plc's Annual General Meeting and organising meeting of the Board of Directors
April 05 2023 - 9:30AM
Decisions of Aktia Bank Plc's Annual General Meeting and organising
meeting of the Board of Directors
Aktia Bank PlcStock Exchange Release 5 April 2023 at
5.30 p.m.
Decisions of Aktia Bank Plc's Annual General Meeting
and
organising
meeting of the Board of Directors
The Annual General Meeting of Aktia Bank Plc was held today, 5
April 2023 in Helsinki. The Annual General Meeting supported all
the proposals presented to the meeting and approved the
remuneration report. The Annual General Meeting adopted the
financial statements of the parent company and the consolidated
financial statements and discharged the members of the Board of
Directors, the CEO and his deputy from liability for the accounting
period 1 January – 31 December 2022.
Dividend payment
In accordance with the proposal by the Board of Directors, the
Annual General Meeting decided on the payment of a dividend of 0.43
euro per share for the accounting period 1 January – 31 December
2022. Shareholders registered in the register of shareholders of
the company maintained by Euroclear Finland Ltd on the record date
for the dividend payment 11 April 2023 are entitled to the
dividend. The dividend shall be paid out on 18 April 2023.
The Board of Directors
The Annual General Meeting confirmed the number of board members
as eight.
Maria Jerhamre Engström, Harri Lauslahti, Sari Pohjonen,
Johannes Schulman, Lasse Svens and Timo Vättö were re-elected as
Board members. Ann Grevelius and Carl Haglund were elected as new
members of the Board of Directors. All board members were elected
for a term of office continuing up until the end of the next Annual
General Meeting.
Remuneration
In accordance with the proposal by the Board of Directors the
Annual General Meeting decided to approve the remuneration report
for the governing bodies of Aktia Bank Plc.
The annual remuneration for the Board members was confirmed as
EUR 64,300 for the chair, EUR 43,000 for the deputy chair and EUR
35,000 for members. Approximately 40% of the annual (gross)
remuneration shall be paid in the form of Aktia shares. In
addition, the Chairman of each Committee will further receive an
annual remuneration of EUR 8,000. The remuneration for attended
meetings was established as EUR 500 per attended meeting. If
participation in a board meeting requires travelling outside the
board member’s country of residence, the remuneration for board
meeting is EUR 1,400. Compensation for travel and accommodation
expenses as well as a daily allowance will be paid in line with the
Finnish Tax Administration's guidelines and the company's travel
policy.
Auditor
The Annual General Meeting determined that the number of
auditors shall be one, and re-elected APA firm KPMG Oy Ab as
auditor with Marcus Tötterman, M.Sc. (Econ.), APA, as
auditor-in-charge, for a term of office continuing up until the end
of the next Annual General Meeting. Remuneration to the auditor
shall be paid against the auditor’s reasonable invoice.
Amending the articles of association
The Annual General Meeting adopted the proposal of the Board of
Directors regarding amendment of article 5 of the company's
Articles of Association to allow organising of a remote general
meeting without a meeting venue as an alternative to a physical
general meeting or a hybrid meeting. In the same context, the venue
for physical general meetings was be defined to be Helsinki, Espoo
or Vantaa.
Authorisations of the Board of Directors
The Annual General Meeting adopted the proposal of the Board of
Directors regarding resolution for share issue authorisation for up
to 7,238,000 shares or securities entitling to shares,
authorisation to acquire up to 500,000 company's own shares for use
in the company's share based scheme and/or the remuneration of
members of the company's Board of Directors and authorisation to
divest up to 500,000 company's own shares.
Organising meeting of
the Board of Directors
The Board of Directors, which convened after the General
Meeting, elected Lasse Svens as chair and Timo Vättö as vice
chair.
The Board of Directors has decided on the composition of the
Board's Audit Committee, Risk Committee, as well as the
Remuneration and Corporate Governance Committee.
The Board of Directors elected Sari Pohjonen as chair and Ann
Grevelius and Johannes Schulman as members of the Audit
Committee.
Maria Jerhamre Engström was elected as chair and Harri Lauslahti
and Lasse Svens as members of the Risk Committee.
Timo Vättö was elected as chair and Carl Haglund and Lasse Svens
as members of the Remuneration and Corporate Governance
Committee.
Presentations and minutes of the Annual General
Meeting
The presentations by the chair of the Board Lasse Svens and
acting CEO Juha Hammarén (in Finnish and Swedish) will be available
on the company’s website
https://www.aktia.com/en/investors/corporate-governance/annual-general-meeting
later after the meeting. The minutes of the Annual General Meeting
(in Swedish) will be available on the same website on 19 April 2023
at the latest.
Aktia Bank Plc
Further information:Juha Hammarén, acting CEO, tel. +358 10
247 6350Ari Syrjäläinen, General Counsel, tel. +358 10 247
6350
Distribution:Nasdaq Helsinki LtdMass mediawww.aktia.com
Aktia is a Finnish asset manager, bank and life insurer that has
been creating wealth and wellbeing from one generation to the next
for 200 years. We serve our customers in digital channels
everywhere and face-to-face in our offices in the Helsinki, Turku,
Tampere, Vaasa and Oulu regions. Our award-winning asset management
business sells investment funds internationally. We employ
approximately 900 people around Finland. Aktia's assets under
management (AuM) on 31 December 2022 amounted to EUR 13.5 billion,
and the balance sheet total was EUR 12.4 billion. Aktia's shares
are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd (AKTIA). aktia.com.
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