Decisions of the Aspo Annual Shareholders´ Meeting
ASPO Plc STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE April 3, 2012, at 17:30
The Annual Shareholders´ Meeting of Aspo Plc on April 3, 2012, approved the
parent company´s and consolidated financial statements and discharged the
members of the Board of Directors and the CEO from the liability for fiscal
2011. The shareholders approved the payment of a return of capital totalling EUR
0.42 per share. The record date for the repayment will be April 10, 2012 and the
payment date will be April 17, 2012.
Board of Directors and Auditor
The meeting confirmed the number of Board members at seven. Matti Arteva, Esa
Karppinen, Roberto Lencioni, Gustav Nyberg, Kristina Pentti-von Walzel and Risto
Salo were re-elected to the Board of Directors. Marja-Liisa Kaario was elected
as new member to the Board. At the Board´s organizing meeting held after the
Annual Shareholders´ Meeting, Gustav Nyberg was elected to carry on as Chairman
of the Board and Matti Arteva as Vice-Chairman. At the meeting the Board also
decided to appoint Roberto Lencioni Chairman of the Audit Committee and Marja-
Liisa Kaario and Kristina Pentti-von Walzel as committee members.
The authorized public accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy will continue as
company auditor.
Remuneration of the members of the Board of Directors and the Audit Committee
The shareholders approved that EUR 15,500 be paid per month to the chairman of
the Board of Directors, EUR 3,600 per month to the Vice-Chairman and EUR 2,400
per month to the other members of the Board of Directors and EUR 700 per meeting
to the members of the Audit Committee. Board members employed by or in a service
relationship with an Aspo Group company are not paid a fee.
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Authorization of the Board to decide on the acquisition of company-held shares
The Annual Shareholders´ Meeting authorized the Board of Directors to decide on
the acquisition of no more than 500,000 of the company-held shares using the
unrestricted shareholders´ equity of the company. The authorization includes the
right to accept company-held shares as a pledge.
The shares shall be acquired through public trading, for which reason the shares
are acquired otherwise than in proportion to the holdings of the shareholders
and the consideration paid for the shares shall be the market price of the Aspo
share at the time of repurchase. Shares may also be acquired outside public
trading for a price which at most corresponds to the market price in public
trading at the time of acquisition. The authorization includes the Board´s right
to resolve on a directed repurchase or the acceptance of shares as a pledge, if
there is a compelling financial reason for the company to do so as provided for