Espoo, Finland, 2016-04-07 12:15 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
Aspocomp Group Plc, Decisions of Annual General Meeting, April 7, 2016 at 1:15 p.m.
The Annual General Meeting of Aspocomp Group Plc held on April 7, 2016 adopted the annual accounts and the consolidated annual accounts for the financial period 2015 and granted the members of the Board of Directors and the CEO discharge from liability. The Meeting decided not to pay dividend for the financial period 2015.
The Annual General Meeting decided after voting to set the number of Board members at four (4) and re-elected the current members of the Board Ms. Päivi Marttila, and Ms. Kaarina Muurinen, and elected Mr. Juha Putkiranta, M.Sc. Engineering (born 1957), and Mr. Matti Lahdenperä, Lic.Sc. Tech. (born 1953) as new members to the Board, for a term of office ending at the closing of the following Annual General Meeting. The Annual General Meeting re-elected PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy, Authorized Public Accountants, as the company's auditor for a term of office ending at the closing of the following Annual General Meeting. PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy has notified that Mr. Markku Katajisto, Authorized Public Accountant, will act as its principal auditor.
The Annual General Meeting decided after voting that the chairman of the Board of Directors will be paid EUR 30,000 and the other members will be paid EUR 15,000 each in remuneration for their term of office. In addition, no meeting remuneration will be paid. The members of the Board of Directors will further be reimbursed for reasonable travel and lodging costs. Travel and lodging costs will however not be compensated to those members of the Board of Directors who reside in the greater Helsinki area when the meetings are held in the greater Helsinki area. The auditor’s fees will be paid according to the auditor’s invoice.
The Annual General Meeting decided to authorize the Board of Directors, in one or more installments, to decide on the issuance of shares and the issuance of options and other special rights entitling to shares referred to in Chapter 10 Section 1 of the Companies Act as follows:
The number of shares to be issued based on the authorization may in total amount to a maximum of 1,280,000 shares.
The Board of Directors decides on all the terms and conditions of the issuances of shares and of options and other special rights entitling to shares. The authorization concerns both the issuance of new shares as well as own shares possibly held by the company. The issuance of shares and of options and other special rights entitling to shares referred to in Chapter 10 Section 1 of the Companies Act may be carried out in deviation from the shareholders’ pre-emptive rights (directed issue).
The authorization cancels the authorization given by the General Meeting on March 26, 2015 to decide on the issuance of shares as well as the issuance of special rights entitling to shares. The authorization is valid until June 30, 2017.
The minutes of the Annual General Meeting are available on the company’s website at www.aspocomp.com/agm starting from April 21, 2016 at the latest.
For further information, please contact Mikko Montonen, CEO,
tel. +358 20 775 6860, mikko.montonen(at)aspocomp.com.
ASPOCOMP GROUP PLC
Mikko Montonen
CEO
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