Tieto CorporationStock Exchange Release 16 February 2010, 9.00 am EET The committees of Tieto Corporation's Board of Directors propose to the Annual General Meeting that the meeting would decide as follows: 1 Composition of the Board of Directors and their remuneration The Remuneration and Nomination Committee of the Board of Directors proposes to the Annual General Meeting that the Board of Directors have eight members and that the current Board members Kimmo Alkio, Risto Perttunen, Markku Pohjola and Olli Riikkala be re-elected and in addition Christer Gardell, Kurt Jofs, Eva Lindqvist and Teuvo Salminen are proposed to be elected as new Board members. The current Board members Bruno Bonati, Mariana Burenstam Linder and Anders Ullberg have informed that they will not be available for re-election. The term of office of the Board members ends at the close of the next Annual General Meeting. All the proposed candidates have given their consent to being elected. Christer Gardell (born 1960) is the Founder and Managing Partner of Cevian Capital, a fund focused on public companies in Europe with headquarter in Stockholm, Sweden. He holds a Master of Science from Stockholm School of Economics, including studies at the London Business School. He is currently a Board member of Metso Corporation. Kurt Jofs (born 1958), M.Sc. (Tech.) has an extensive experience in various industries. During 2003-2008 he acted as Executive Vice President of Ericsson Group and was responsible for Networks business unit. He is currently the Chairman of the Board of Northern Hotels Holding AB and a Board member of ASA Transport AB. Eva Lindqvist (born 1958), M.Sc. (Eng.), MBA from Melbourne University, has held different positions within the Ericsson Group during 1981-1999. She has also had a number of leading positions within TeliaSonera AB during 2000-2007, for example, Senior Vice President of Mobile Business and President and Head of International Carrier. She holds various Board positions, e.g. in Schibsted ASA and Assa Abloy AB. Teuvo Salminen (born 1954), M.Sc. (Econ.), MBA from Helsinki School of Economics, Authorized Public Accountant, is a Senior Advisor in Pöyry PLC and was Deputy to the President and CEO until the end of 2009. He joined Pöyry in 1985 and has acted in various positions, inter alia, as the Chief Financial Officer and member of the Group Executive Committee. He has been a Board Member of CapMan Plc as from 2001 and Vice Chairman of the Board as from 2005. As of 1 January 2010, he was appointed Advisor at CapMan Plc. He has also been a Board member in YIT Corporation during 2001-2009. In addition to the above, the company's personnel shall appoint two members, each with a personal deputy, to the Board of Directors. The personnel representatives on the Board are Anders Eriksson (deputy Bo Persson) and Jari Länsivuori (deputy Esa Koskinen). The Committee proposes that the remuneration of the Board of Directors be unchanged as follows: monthly remuneration of EUR 2 500 to the ordinary members of the Board of Directors, EUR 3 800 to the Vice Chairman and EUR 5 700 to the Chairman. The same fee as to the Board Vice Chairman will be paid to the Chairman of a Board Committee unless the same individual is also the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board. In addition to these fees, it is proposed that the members of the Board of Directors be paid a remuneration of EUR 800 for each board meeting and for each permanent or temporary committee meeting. It is the company's practice not to pay fees to Board members who are also employees of the Tieto Group. 2 Remuneration and election of the auditor The Audit and Risk Committee of the Board of Directors proposes to the Annual General Meeting that the auditor to be elected at the Annual General Meeting be reimbursed according to the auditor's invoice and incompliance with the purchase principles approved by the committee. The committee proposes that the firm of authorized public accountants PricewaterhouseCoopers Ltd. be re-elected as the company's auditor for the financial year 2010. The proposals will be included in the notice to the Annual General Meeting which will be published later. For further information, please contact: Jouko Lonka, General Counsel, tel. +358 2072 68719, +358 400 424 451, jouko.lonka@tieto.com TIETO CORPORATION DISTRIBUTION NASDAQ OMX Helsinki NASDAQ OMX Stockholm Principal Media Tieto is an IT service company providing IT, R&D and consulting services. With approximately 16 000 experts, we are among the leading IT service companies in Northern Europe and the global leader in selected segments. We specialize in areas where we have the deepest understanding of our customers' businesses and needs. Our superior customer centricity and Nordic expertise set us apart from our competitors. www.tieto.com <http://www.tieto.com/> [HUG#1384779]
Proposals by the committees of Tieto's Board of Directors to the Annual General Meeting to be convened on 25 March 2010
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