Decisions of Aktia Bank Plc's Annual General Meeting and organising
meeting of the Board of Directors
Aktia Bank Plc
Stock Exchange Release
3 April 2024 at 5.45 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, 3
April 2024 in Helsinki. The Annual General Meeting supported all
the proposals presented to the meeting and approved the
remuneration report and the remuneration policy of the governing
bodies. 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 2023.
Dividend payment
In accordance with the proposal by the Board of Directors, the
Annual General Meeting decided on the payment of a dividend of 0.70
euro per share for the accounting period 1 January – 31 December
2023. Shareholders registered in the register of shareholders of
the company maintained by Euroclear Finland Ltd on the record date
for the dividend payment 5 April 2024 are entitled to the dividend.
The dividend shall be paid out on 12 April 2024.
The Board of Directors
The Annual General Meeting confirmed the number of board members
as nine.
Ann Grevelius, Carl Haglund, Maria Jerhamre Engström, Harri
Lauslahti, Sari Pohjonen, Johannes Schulman and Lasse Svens were
re-elected as Board members. Joakim Frimodig and Matts Rosenberg
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
and the remuneration policy of the governing bodies of Aktia Bank
Plc.
The annual remuneration for the Board members was confirmed as
EUR 75,000 for the chair, EUR 50,000 for the deputy chair and EUR
40,000 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 700 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 and sustainability auditor
The Annual General Meeting determined that the number of
auditors and sustainability auditors shall be one. KPMG Oy Ab was
re-elected as auditor with Marcus Tötterman, M.Sc. (Econ.), APA, as
auditor-in-charge. KPMG Oy Ab was elected also as sustainability
auditor, with Marcus Tötterman, M.Sc. (Econ.), Authorised
Sustainability Auditor (ASA), as sustainability auditor-in-charge
Remuneration to the auditor and the sustainability auditor shall be
paid against the auditor’s reasonable invoice.
The auditor and the sustainability auditor were elected for a
term of office beginning when the Annual General Meeting 2024 has
ended and continuing up until the Annual General Meeting 2025 has
ended.
Authorisations of the Board of Directors
In accordance with the Board of Directors' proposal, The Annual
General Meeting decided to authorise the Board of Directors to
issue of a maximum of 7,279,000 shares or special rights entitling
to shares referred to in Chapter 10 of the Companies Act, to
acquire up to a maximum of 500,000 own shares to be used in the
company's share-based incentive schemes and/or for the remuneration
of the members of the Board of Directors, for further transfer,
retention, or cancellation, and to divest up to a maximum of
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 Joakim Frimodig 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, Matts Rosenberg and Johannes Schulman as members of the
Audit Committee.
Maria Jerhamre Engström was elected as chair and Joakim
Frimodig, Harri Lauslahti and Lasse Svens as members of the Risk
Committee.
Joakim Frimodig was elected as chair and Carl Haglund, Matts
Rosenberg 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 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 17 April 2024
at the latest.
Aktia Bank Plc
Further information:
Ari Syrjäläinen, General Counsel, tel. +358 10 247 6350
Oscar Taimitarha, Director, Investor Relations, tel. +358
40 562 2315
Distribution:
Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd
Mass media
www.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 860 people around Finland. Aktia's assets under
management (AuM) on 31 December 2023 amounted to EUR 13.7 billion,
and the balance sheet total was EUR 12.0 billion. Aktia's shares
are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd (AKTIA). aktia.com.
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