Finnlines Plc Stock Exchange Release 15 April, 2008 The Annual General Meeting of Finnlines Plc on April 15, 2008 The minority shareholders (more than 10% of the shares) used their rights to require the postponement of the handling of the closing of the books and the discharge of the Board to a continued meeting. The meeting also decided to postpone the Board of Directors' proposal for authorization to increase the share capital to the same meeting. The time and place of the continued meeting will be informed later on. 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, 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 re-elected. The yearly compensation to the Board will be as follows: the chairman EUR 50 000, the vice-chairman EUR 40 000 and the member EUR 30 000. The firm of authorised public accountants Deloitte & Touche Oy was appointed as the company's auditors. The Meeting of Shareholders decided to cancel the authorization to increase the share capital by a new issue granted to the Board of Directors by the Annual General Meeting on March 17, 2004. Finnlines Plc Christer Antson President and CEO DISTRIBUTION Helsinki Stock Exchange Main media