Espoo, Finland, 2012-04-26 13:35 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
Aspocomp Group Plc, Company Announcement 26 April 2012 at 2:35 p.m.
The Annual General Meeting of Aspocomp Group Plc held on 26 April 2012 adopted the annual accounts and the consolidated annual accounts for the financial period 2011 and granted the members of the Board of Directors and the CEO discharge from liability. The Meeting decided not to pay dividends for the financial period 2011.
The Annual General Meeting decided to set the number of Board members at three (3) and re-elected the current members of the Board, Johan Hammarén, Tuomo Lähdesmäki, and Kari Vuorialho, for a term of office ending at the closing of the following Annual General Meeting. The Meeting re-elected PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy, Authorized Public Accountants, as the company's auditor for a term of office ending at the closing of the following Annual General Meeting. PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy has notified that Mr. Markku Katajisto, Authorized Public Accountant, will act as its principal auditor.
The Annual General Meeting decided that the chairman of the Board of Directors will be paid EUR 30 000 and the other members will be paid EUR 15 000 each in remuneration for their term of office. 60% of such remuneration will be paid in cash and the other 40% will be paid in shares of the company. The remuneration shares will be acquired by a broker on behalf and in the name of the members of the Board of Directors and the company will pay the purchase of the shares to the members of the Board of Directors. The shares will be acquired to the members of the Board of Directors within two weeks following the release of the result of the second quarter of the year 2012. The number of the remuneration shares will be determined based on the market quotation of the shares at the time of purchase. The Annual General Meeting further decided that EUR 1 000 will be paid as remuneration per meeting to the chairman and EUR 500 per meeting will be paid to the other members of the Board. The members of the Board of Directors will further be reimbursed for reasonable travel and lodging costs. Travel and lodging costs will however not be compensated to those members of the Board of Directors who reside in the greater Helsinki area when the meetings are held in the greater Helsinki area. The auditor’s fees will be paid according to the auditor’s invoice approved by the Board of Directors.
The minutes of the Annual General Meeting are available on the company’s website at www.aspocomp.com/agm starting from 10 May 2012 at the latest.
For further information, please contact Sami Holopainen, CEO,
tel. +358 20 775 6860, sami.holopainen(at)aspocomp.com.
ASPOCOMP GROUP OYJ
Sami Holopainen
President and CEO
www.aspocomp.com
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