ALMA MEDIA CORPORATION STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 8 MARCH 2007, 16.15 1 (2) DECISIONS OF ALMA MEDIA CORPORATION'S ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The Annual General Meeting carried the proposals of the company's major shareholders to elect Mr Ahti Vilppula to the Board of Directors and to appoint Ernst & Young Oy as the company's auditors. The Meeting decided to pay a dividend of 0.65 euros per share. The Meeting approved the amendments to the company's articles of association required by the new Finnish Companies Act, which came into force on 1 September 2006. The amendments are outlined in the Notice of Meeting, which is available at http://www.almamedia.fi/release?release=10412 and the new articles of association can be found at http://www.almamedia.fi/files/almamedia/ykm2007/ALMA_MEDIA_OYJ_Articles_of_Association_included_changes.pdf. The Meeting approved the annual accounts, discharged the Board of Directors and the President and CEO from liability for the financial year. The following existing members were re-elected to the Board of Directors: Lauri Helve, Matti Häkkinen, Matti Kavetvuo, Kai Seikku, Kari Stadigh and Harri Suutari, and Ahti Vilppula was elected as a new member. His CV can be found at http://www.almamedia.fi/boardofdirectors. A dividend of 0.65 euros per share will be paid. The record date for payment is 13 March 2007 and the payment date is 20 March 2007. At its constitutive meeting after the Annual General Meeting, the new Board of Directors elected Kari Stadigh as its chairman and Matti Kavetvuo as the deputy chairman. ALMA MEDIA CORPORATION Terhi Lambert-Karjalainen Communications Manager DISTRIBUTION: Helsinki Exchanges, principal media Alma Media is a profitably growing and internationally expanding company that invests in the future of newspapers and the online media. Its best known products are Aamulehti, Iltalehti, Kauppalehti and Etuovi.com. Net sales in 2006 totalled EUR 302 million and the operating margin was 16 %. The company's share is listed in the Mid Cap segment of the OMX Nordic Exchange's Nordic List, trading code ALN1V. More information at http://www.almamedia.fi/home.
Decisions of Alma Media Corporation's Annual General Meeting
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