The Annual General Meeting of Finnlines Plc

Finnlines Plc	Stock Exchange Release 16 March, 2007                             

The Annual General Meeting of Finnlines Plc                                     
                                                                                

Finnlines Plc´s Annual General Meeting held today approved the financial        
statements and discharged the company's officers from liability for the         
financial year 2006.                                                            

The Meeting decided to pay a dividend of EUR 0,42 per share.                    
The dividend                                                                    
payment day is Tuesday 28 March, 2007.                                          

The meeting decided that the company's Board of Directors has seven members. Mr.
Emanuele Grimaldi, Managing Director of the Atlantica S.p.a. di Navigazione was 
re-elected and as new members Mr. Gianluca Grimaldi, Managing Director of       
Grimaldi Compagnia di Navigazione S.p.a., Mr. Diego Pacella, Managing Director  
of Industria Armamento Meridionale, Mr. Heikki Laine, Mr. Antti Pankakoski, Mr. 
Olav K. Rakkenes and Mr. Jon-Aksel Torgersen, CEO of Astrup Fearnley AS, were   
elected.                                                                        

The firm of authorised public accountants Deloitte& Touche Oy  was appointed as 
the company's auditors.                                                         


Finnlines Plc                                                                   




Antti Lagerroos                                                                 
President and CEO                                                               


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