Resolutions of the Aspo Annual Shareholders’ Meeting

Aspo Plc
Stock Exchange Release
April 8, 2021 at 2 p.m.

Resolutions of the Aspo Annual Shareholders’ Meeting

The Annual Shareholders' Meeting of Aspo Plc was held today on April 8, 2021 in Helsinki. For the purpose of preventing the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting was held without shareholders’ and their proxy representatives’ presence at the venue of the meeting. The Annual Shareholders' Meeting of Aspo Plc approved the company's and consolidated financial statements 2020 and discharged the members of the Board of Directors and the CEO from the liability. The shareholders approved the payment of a dividend totalling EUR 0.35 per share.

The dividend will be paid in two instalments. The record date for the first instalment of EUR 0.18 per share will be April 12, 2021 and the payment date will be April 19, 2021. The second instalment of EUR 0.17 per share will be paid in November 2021 to shareholders who are registered in the shareholders' register maintained by Euroclear Finland Oy on the record date. At its meeting to be held on October 27, 2021, the Board of Directors will decide on the record and payment dates of the second instalment, in accordance with the rules of the Finnish book-entry securities system. According to the current system, the dividend record date would be October 29, 2021 and the payment date would be November 5, 2021.

The Annual Shareholders’ Meeting also adopted the Company’s Remuneration Report and Remuneration Policy, as proposed by the Board of Directors.

Board of Directors and Auditor

The meeting confirmed the number of Board members at six. Mammu Kaario, Mikael Laine, Salla Pöyry, Tatu Vehmas and Heikki Westerlund were re-elected to the Board of Directors. Patricia Allam was elected as a new member of the Board. At the Board's organizing meeting held after the Annual Shareholders' Meeting, Heikki Westerlund was elected as Chairman of the Board and Mammu Kaario as Vice Chairman. At the meeting the Board decided to appoint Heikki Westerlund as Chairman of the Remuneration Committee, and Salla Pöyry and Tatu Vehmas as committee members. At the meeting the Board also decided to appoint Mammu Kaario as Chairman of the Audit Committee, and Patricia Allam, Mikael Laine and Tatu Vehmas as committee members.