The Annual General Meeting on 24 March 2017 approved the parent company's and consolidated financial statements for the financial year 1 January - 31 December 2016 and discharged the members of the Supervisory Board and the Board of Directors and the CEO from liability. The Annual General Meeting decided to distribute a dividend of EUR 0.70 per share in accordance with the Board proposal. The Board of Directors' proposals were approved without changes.
DIVIDEND
The Annual General Meeting decided to distribute as dividend EUR 0.70 per share on the financial year 2016. The dividend will be paid on 4 April 2017 to shareholders who are registered in the company’s shareholder register kept by Euroclear Finland Ltd on the record date of 28 March 2017. No dividend will be paid on shares held by the company.
ELECTION OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SUPERVISORY BOARD, THE MEMBERS OF THE SUPERVISORY BOARD'S NOMINATION COMMITTEE AND THE AUDITORS, AND REMUNERATION
The Annual General Meeting confirmed that the Supervisory Board will have 18 members elected by the Annual General Meeting. Five members of the Supervisory Board completing their term were reappointed. Reappointed members are Jaakko Halkilahti, Mika Leikkonen, Marja-Liisa Mikola-Luoto, Petri Rakkolainen and Mauno Ylinen.
Sauli Lähteenmäki and Jorma Takanen were elected by the Annual General Meeting as the members of the Supervisory Board's Nomination Committee.
Pasi Karppinen, APA, and PriceWaterhouseCoopers Oy Authorised Public Accountants, with Jari Viljanen, APA, as the auditor with principal authority be appointed as auditors for the period ending with the close of the 2018 Annual General Meeting.
The Annual General Meeting decided that the monthly fee paid to the Supervisory Board’s chairman is EUR 1,000, and to the deputy chairman EUR 665. The meeting allowance paid to the members of the Supervisory Board and the members of the Supervisory Board´s Nomination Committee is EUR 300. In addition, compensation for travelling expenses are paid in accordance with the general travel rules of Apetit Plc. The auditors’ fees are paid according to an invoice approved by the company.
The minutes of the Annual General Meeting will be available on the company’s website, www.apetitgroup.fi/en, as of 7 April 2017.
APETIT PLC
Juha Vanhainen
CEO
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Corporate Councel Asmo Ritala, tel, +358 10 402 00
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