Neste Oil Corporation
Stock Exchange Release
4 February 2010 at 9.50 a.m. (EET)
Invitation to the Annual General Meeting
Neste Oil Corporation's shareholders are hereby invited to the Annual General
Meeting ("AGM") to be held on Thursday, 15 April 2010, beginning at 11.00 am
EET, in the Congress Wing of the Helsinki Fair Centre at Messuaukio 1, Helsinki.
The reception of persons who have registered for the meeting and the
distribution of voting tickets will begin at 10.00 am EET.
A. Matters to be discussed and the agenda
The following matters will be considered at the AGM:
1. Opening of the meeting
2. Matters of order for the meeting
3. Election of the examiners of the minutes and the persons to supervise the
counting of votes
4. Recording that the meeting is competent and forms a quorum
5. Recording the attendance at the meeting and adoption of the voting list
6. Presentation of the Financial Statements for the year 2009, including also
the Consolidated Financial Statements, and the Review by the Board of
Directors, the Auditor's Report, and the Statement of the Supervisory Board
1. * Review by the President & CEO
7. Adoption of the Financial Statements, including also the adoption of the
Consolidated Financial Statements
8. Use of the profit shown on the Balance Sheet and deciding the payment of a
dividend
The Board of Directors will propose to the AGM that a dividend of EUR 0.25 per
share shall be paid on the basis of the adopted balance sheet for the year
2009. This will be paid to shareholders who are included in the list of
shareholders maintained by Euroclear Finland Oy on the record date set for
payment of the dividend, which shall be Tuesday, 20 April 2010. The Board will
propose to the AGM that payment shall be made on Tuesday, 27 April 2010.
9. Deciding the discharge of the members of the Supervisory Board and the
Board of Directors, and the President & CEO from liability
10. A proposal by the Finnish Shareholders Association for the abolishment of
the Supervisory Board
The Finnish Shareholders Association, one of the Company's shareholders, will
propose that the Company's Supervisory Board should be abolished from this AGM
onwards and that the Company's Articles of Association should be amended to
reflect this.
11. Deciding the remuneration to be paid to the members of the Supervisory
Board
12. Deciding the number of members of the Supervisory Board
13. Election of the Chairman, Vice Chairman, and members of the Supervisory
Board
14. Deciding the remuneration of the members of the Board of Directors
The AGM Nomination Committee will propose to the AGM that the annual
remuneration paid to the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Vice
Chairman, and other Board members for the term of office lasting until the
conclusion of the next AGM shall remain unchanged, in other words that the
Chairman shall receive EUR 66,000 a year, the Vice Chairman EUR 49,200 a
year, and other members EUR 35,400 a year each. In addition, an attendance
payment of EUR 600 per meeting shall be made to Board members attending
meetings of the Board and its committees, and members' expenses reimbursed
in accordance with the Company's travel policy. The attendance payment
shall be doubled, to EUR 1,200 per meeting, for members of the Board living
outside Finland.
15. Deciding the number of members of the Board of Directors
The AGM Nomination Committee will propose to the AGM that the number of
Board members shall be confirmed at eight.
16. Election of the Chairman, Vice Chairman, and members of the Board of
Directors
The AGM Nomination Committee will propose to the AGM that the following members
of the existing Board of Directors, Timo Peltola, Mikael von Frenckell, Michiel
Boersma, Ainomaija Haarla, Nina Linander, Hannu Ryöppönen and Markku Tapio,
shall be re-elected to sit until the closing of the next AGM and that
Maija-Liisa Friman shall be elected as a new member. The Nomination Committee
will proposethat Mr. Timo Peltola shall continue as Chairman and that Mr. Mikael
von Frenckell shall continue as Vice Chairman.
All relevant information regarding the individuals proposed with respect to
their serving on the Board can be found at the Company'swebsite,
www.nesteoil.com.
17. Deciding the remuneration of the Auditor
On the recommendation of the Audit Committee, the Board will propose to the AGM
that the Auditor's remuneration is paid against invoice approved by the Company.
18. Election of Auditor
The Board will propose, on the recommendation of the Audit Committee, that the
AGM should re-select Ernst & Young Oy, Authorized Public Accountant, as the
Company's Auditor, with Anna-Maija Simola, Authorized Public Accountant, as the
main responsible Auditor. The Auditor's term of office shall end at the closing
of the next AGM.
19. A proposal by the Board of Directors to amend the Company's Articles of
Association
The Board of Directors will propose that Subsection 1 of Section 11 of the
current Articles of Association should be amended tothe effect that the
invitation to a general meeting should be made at least twenty one (21) days
prior to a meeting and at least nine (9) days prior to the record date set for
the meeting as defined in Subsection 2 of Section 2 of Chapter 4 of the
Companies Act.
20. A proposal by the State of Finland to appoint a Nomination Committee
The Prime Minister's Office, which represents the State of Finland in its
capacity as a shareholder, will propose that the AGM should appoint a
Nomination Committee to prepare proposals covering the members of the Board
of Directors and the remuneration payable to Board members for
consideration by the following AGM. The Nomination Committee shall comprise
representatives of the Company's three largest shareholders and shall also
include, as an expert member, the Chairman of the Board. The right to
appoint the shareholder representatives on the Committee shall lie with the
three shareholders holding the largest number of votes associated with all
the Company's shares on the first day of November preceding the AGM. In the
event that a shareholder does not wish to exercise his right to appoint a
member, this right shall be transferred to the next largest shareholder.
The Company's largest shareholders shall be determined on the basis of
ownership information registered with the book-entry securitiessystem, with
the proviso that the holdings of a shareholder held in a number of separate
funds, for example, and who is required under the Securities Markets Act,
as part of the flagging requirement, to notify the authorities of changes
in the size of his holdings, shall be combined and treated as a single
holding if the shareholder concerned informs the Company's Board of
Directors of his wish that this should be done in writing by 29 October
2010 at the latest. The Chairman of the Company's Board of Directors shall
convene the Committee, and the Committee's members shall appoint a Chairman
from among themselves. The Nomination Committee shall present their
proposal to the Company's Board of Directors by 1 February preceding the
AGM at the latest.
21.A proposal by shareholders Maija Suomela and Matti Liimatainen for the use of
palm oil to be abandoned
Details on the proposal can be found at Neste Oil Corporation's website,
www.nesteoil.com <http://www.nesteoil.com/>.
22.Closing of the meeting
B. AGM documents
The proposals to be put to the agenda of the Annual General Meeting detailed
above, together with this invitation, shall be available for consultation at
Neste Oil Corporation's website at www.nesteoil.com. Neste Oil Corporation's
Annual Report, containing the Company's Financial Statements, Review by the
Board of Directors, Auditor's Report, and a Statement by the Supervisory Board,
shall be available at the site referred to above in the week beginning 8 March
2010. The proposals and financial statement documents mentioned above shall also
be available for consultation by shareholders as of the same date at the
Company's Head Office at Keilaranta 21, 02150 Espoo and shall be available for
consultation at the meeting. Copies of these documents, together with this
invitation, will be sent to shareholders on request. The minutes of the meeting
will be available on the Internet at the site referred to above from 29 April
2010 onwards.
C. Instructions for those attending the AGM
1. Entitlement to attend and registration
Shareholders registered in the list of Company shareholders maintained by
Euroclear Finland Oy on the record date of Thursday, 1 April 2010 shall be
entitled to attend the Annual General Meeting. A shareholder with shares
registered in his or her own Finnish book-entry account is automatically
registered in the list of Company shareholders.
A shareholder wanting to attend the AGM should make his or her wish known to the
Company by 4.00 pm EET on 9 April 2010 at the latest. Shareholders can register
for the AGM:
a. Via the Company website, www.nesteoil.com, following the instructions
detailed there, or
b. By e-mail, via nesteoil.yhtiokokous@yhteyspalvelut.elisa.fi, or
c. By phone, on +358 10 458 9595 (Monday-Friday, 7.30 am - 6.00 pm EET), or
d. By fax, on +358 10 458 5440, or
e. By letter, addressed to Neste Oil Corporation, Marja Telenius, POB
95, 00095 NESTE OIL.
When registering, shareholders should provide their name, personal
identification number, address, telephone number, and the name of a possible
assistant or proxy representative and the personal identification number of a
proxy representative. All personal data provided to Neste Oil Corporation will
only be used for the purposes of the AGM and in connection with processing of
the necessary registrations relating to the meeting.
A shareholder attending the Annual General Meeting shall be entitled under
Chapter 5, Section 25 of the Companies Act to present questions to the meeting
on the matters listed in the agenda.
2. Use of a proxy and authorizations
A shareholder is entitled to participate and make use of his or her rights as a
shareholder at the Annual General Meeting by proxy.
A person holding a shareholder's proxy should be in possession of a dated letter
of proxy or otherwise be able to show in a reliable manner that he or she is
entitled to act in this capacity on behalf of a shareholder. Authorizations
shall be considered as covering one meeting only unless otherwise stated. In the
event that a shareholder is represented by more than one proxy representing
shares held in different securities accounts, the shares by which each proxy
representative represents the shareholder shall be identified when registering
to attend the AGM.
Originals of shareholders' letters of proxy should be sent to Neste Oil
Corporation, Marja Telenius, POB 95, 00095 NESTE OIL to reach the Company before
the end of registration
3. Shareholders with nominee-registered holdings
Shareholders with nominee-registered holdings are advised to request their
custodian banks for the necessary instructions concerning registration with the
list of shareholders, issuing letters of proxy, and registering for the meeting
in good time. Account managers of the custodian banks will notify shareholders
with nominee-registered holdings that wish to attend the AGM and are entitled to
do so on the basis of shares held on the record date set for the AGM for
inclusion in the temporary list of the Company's shareholders by 10.00 EET on
12 April 2010 at the latest. A shareholder with nominee-registered holdings is
considered to have registered his or her wish to attend the AGM if he or she has
been notified for temporary inclusion in the list of shareholders as defined in
Subsection 2 of Section 2 of Chapter 4 of the Companies Act. Further information
can also be found at the Company's website, www.nesteoil.com.
4. Additional information
The total number of shares and votes in Neste Oil Corporation on the date of
this invitation, 3 February 2010, was 256,403,686.
Participants can park at the Helsinki Fair Centre's car park at their own
expense.
Details on how to get to the Centre by public transport can be found at the
Finnish Fair Corporation's website at www.finnexpo.fi.
Espoo, 3 February 2010
Neste Oil Corporation
Board of Directors
Further information: Matti Hautakangas, General Counsel, tel. +358 10 458 5350
[HUG#1380552]