approve the Company's annual accounts for 2001. The dividend will be
EUR 0.55 per share.
Dividend
The Annual General Meeting decided that a dividend of EUR 0.55 per
share, corresponding to the total of EUR 9,491,350, will be
distributed for the financial year 2001. The record date for dividend
payment is March 19, 2002 and dividend will be paid on March 26, 2002.
Discharge from liability
The Annual General Meeting granted the Members of the Board of
Directors and the Company's President and CEO discharge from liability
for the accounts.
The Members of the Board of Directors and Auditors
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Raimo Voipio, M.Sc. (Eng.), who
was to retire by rotation, was re-elected for three years. Mikko
Niinivaara, M.Sc. (Eng.) wad elected to succeed member of the Board of
Directors Matti Ilmari, D.Sc. (h.c.), who was to retire by rotation.
PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy Authorised Public Accountants and Mr Jukka
Ala-Mello APA were chosen as the Company's auditors.
The meeting of the Board of Directors
Raimo Voipio, M.Sc. (Eng.) will continue as Chairman of the Board of
Directors and Yrjö Neuvo, Ph.D (EE), Executive Vice President and
Chief Technical Officer will continue as Vice-Chairman. Mikko
Niinivaara M.Sc. (Eng.), Mikko Voipio, M.Sc. (Eng.), Gerhard Wendt,
Ph.D and Professor Pekka Hautojärvi will continue as Members of the
Board of Directors.