PROPOSAL TO MARIMEKKO CORPORATION'S ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Marimekko Corporation, Stock Exchange Release, 12 February 2015 at 8.35

PROPOSAL TO MARIMEKKO CORPORATION'S ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING CONCERNING THE COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Shareholders who represent approximately 18% of all of Marimekko Corporation’s shares and votes and who are independent of the company’s management have informed the company that they propose to the Annual General Meeting to be held on 9 April 2015 that six members be elected to the Board of Directors for a term ending at the close of the 2016 Annual General Meeting and that Elina Björklund, Arthur Engel, Mika Ihamuotila, Joakim Karske and Catharina Stackelberg-Hammarén be re-elected as members of the Board. Pekka Lundmark, the Chairman of the Board since 2008, has informed the company that he is no longer available for re-election.

The same shareholders further propose that Mr Mikko-Heikki Inkeroinen be elected as a new member of the Board. Mikko-Heikki Inkeroinen, 27, Master of Social Sciences, is Head of Digital Commerce at Expert AS. Expert AS is a Norway-based consumer electronics retailer with around 500 stores in the Nordic region and a turnover of approximately one billion euros.

The same shareholders have also announced that they propose that the new Board of Directors, from amongst its members, elect Mika Ihamuotila as Chairman of the Board and Elina Björklund as Vice Chairman of the Board as well as Elina Björklund as Chairman and Joakim Karske and Catharina Stackelberg-Hammarén as members of the Audit and Remuneration Committee.

All proposed persons have given their consent to the election. Biographical details of the new proposed Board member Mikko-Heikki Inkeroinen are available on the company’s website at company.marimekko.com under Investors/Annual General Meeting.

The Notice of the Annual General Meeting and all other proposals to the Meeting will be published separately in a stock exchange release around the end of February 2015.

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Marimekko is a Finnish design company renowned for its original prints and colours. The company’s product portfolio includes high-quality clothing, bags and accessories as well as home décor items ranging from textiles to tableware. When Marimekko was founded in 1951, its unparalleled printed fabrics gave it a strong and unique identity. Marimekko products are sold in about 40 countries. In 2014, brand sales of the products worldwide amounted to EUR 187 million and the company's net sales were EUR 94 million. More than 140 Marimekko stores serve customers around the globe. The key markets are Northern Europe, North America and the Asia-Pacific region. The Group employs about 500 people. The company’s share is quoted on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd. www.marimekko.com