Proposals of the Shareholders’ Nomination Committee to Sanoma’s Annual General Meeting 2026
Sanoma Corporation, Stock Exchange Release, 13 March 2026 at 11:30 a.m EET
Proposals of the Shareholders’ Nomination Committee to Sanoma’s Annual General Meeting 2026
The Shareholders’ Nomination Committee of Sanoma Corporation presents the following proposals to the Annual General Meeting planned to be held on 7 May 2026. The proposals will also be included in the Notice to the Annual General Meeting planned to be published on the Company’s website at sanoma.com on 25 March 2026.
Proposal of the composition of the Board of Directors
The Shareholders’ Nomination Committee proposes that the number of the members of the Board of Directors is set at eight.
The Nomination Committee proposes that Klaus Cawén, Julian Drinkall, Jannica Fagerholm, Rolf Grisebach, Timo Lappalainen, Sebastian Langenskiöld and Eugenie van Wiechen are re-elected as members of the Board of Directors and Tiina Alahuhta-Kasko is elected as new member of the Board. In addition, the Shareholders’ Nomination Committee proposes that Timo Lappalainen is elected as the Chair and Klaus Cawén as the Vice Chair of the Board of Directors.
Current Chair of the Board Pekka Ala-Pietilä and Board member Anna Herlin have informed that they do not stand for re-election to the Board. Pekka Ala-Pietilä has served in Sanoma’s Board of Directors since 2014 and as the Chair since 2016. The Nomination Committee wishes to warmly thank Pekka Ala-Pietilä for his commitment and significant contribution to Sanoma during his tenure.
Tiina Alahuhta-Kasko, born 1981, Finnish citizen, M.Sc. (Economics), Aalto University School of Business, Helsinki Finland, and CEMS Master in International Management, Groupe HEC, Paris France and Aalto University School of Business, has acted as the President and CEO of Marimekko Corporation since 2016.
Essential biographical information on all Board member candidates is available on Sanoma’s website at sanoma.com.
All the proposed Board members are non-executive and independent of the company. All proposed members are also determined to be independent of the company’s major shareholders.
The proposed Board members have all given their consent to being elected. The term for all members of the Board ends at the end of the Annual General Meeting 2027.
Should one or more of the candidates proposed by the Nomination Committee not be available for election to the Board of Directors for any reason, the remaining available candidates are proposed to be elected in accordance with the proposal by the Nomination Board and the proposed number of Board members shall be decreased accordingly.

