Marimekko Corporation's Annual General Meeting, held today, adopted the
company's accounts for 2006 and approved the Board of Directors' proposal to pay
a dividend of EUR 0.65 per share for the 2006 financial year. The General
Meeting discharged the members of the Board of Directors and the President of
the company from liability for the 2006 financial year.
Adoption of financial statements
Marimekko Corporation's income statement and balance sheet and the consolidated
income statement and balance sheet for 2006 were adopted.
Dividends
The General Meeting approved the Board of Directors' proposal to pay a dividend
of EUR 0.65 per share for the 2006 financial year to a total EUR 5,226,000.00.
The dividends represent 65.4% of earnings per share for the financial year 2006.
The dividend will be paid to shareholders who are registered, on the dividend
payout record date of 17 April 2007, in the company's Shareholder Register kept
by Finnish Central Securities Depository Ltd. The dividend payout date is
24 April 2007.
Discharge from liability
The members of the Board of Directors and the President of the company were
discharged from liability for the 2006 financial year.
Board of Directors
The General Meeting resolved that the company's Board of Directors consists of
three (3) members. Mr Matti Kavetvuo, M.Sc.(Eng.), B.Sc. (Econ.), and Mrs Kirsti
Paakkanen, President, were re-elected and Mrs Tarja Pääkkönen (born 1962), Ph.D.
(Eng., Business Strategies), was elected as a new member of the Board of
Directors until the end of the next Annual General Meeting. Tarja Pääkkönen
works as a Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing, at Finland Post
Corporation. She is also a member of the Finland Post Group's Executive Board.
Before joining Finland Post Corporation, she worked for about ten years in
executive positions at different business units of Nokia Corporation, being also
a member of the Management Board of Nokia Mobile Phones.
At its meeting, held after the General Meeting, the Board of Directors elected
Matti Kavetvuo as Chairman of the Board.
Auditors
Nexia Tilintarkastus Oy, Authorised Public Accountants, will continue as regular
auditor and Mr Matti Hartikainen, Authorised Public Accountant, as deputy
auditor of the company.
MARIMEKKO CORPORATION
Communications
Marja Korkeela
Tel. +358 9 758 7238
Fax +358 9 759 1676
Email: marja.korkeela@marimekko.fi
DISTRIBUTION Helsinki Stock Exchange
Principal media
Marimekko's web site www.marimekko.com
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