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Evli Oyj — AGM Information 2018
Mar 13, 2018
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Decisions taken by Evli Bank Plc's Annual General Meeting and Board of Directors on March 12, 2018
Decisions taken by Evli Bank Plc's Annual General Meeting and Board of Directors on March 12, 2018
EVLI BANK PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE MARCH 13, 2018, AT 2.30 PM
Decisions taken by Evli Bank Plc's Annual General Meeting and Board of Directors
on March 12, 2018
Evli Bank Plc's Annual General Meeting on March 12, 2018 approved the financial
statements and discharged the members of the Board of Directors and the
company's CEO from liability for the financial year 2017. The Meeting approved
the Board of Directors' proposal to pay a dividend of EUR 0.52 per share. The
dividend will be paid to shareholders who are recorded in the company's
shareholder register maintained by Euroclear Finland Ltd. The record date is
March 14, 2018. The dividend will be paid on March 21, 2018.
Board of Directors and Auditor
The Annual General Meeting decided that the Board of Directors will consist of
five members. The following people were re-elected to the Board of Directors:
Henrik Andersin, Robert Ingman, Johanna Lamminen, Mikael Lilius and Teuvo
Salminen.
It was decided that the following remuneration shall be paid to the members of
the Board of Directors: EUR 5,000.00 per month to the Members of the Board and
EUR 6,000.00 per month to the Chairmen of the Committees. EUR 7,500.00 per month
will be paid to the Chairman of the Board.
The auditing firm PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy was elected as the company's auditor
and Jukka Paunonen, APA, as the principally responsible auditor. The auditor
shall be paid remuneration according to a reasonable invoice approved by the
company.
Authorizing the Board of Directors to decide on the repurchase of the company's
own shares
The Annual General Meeting authorized the Board of Directors to decide on the
repurchase of the company's own series A and series B shares in one or more lots
as follows:
The total number of own series A shares to be repurchased may be a maximum of
1,562,418 shares, and the total number of own series B shares to be repurchased
may be a maximum of 780,624 shares. The proposed number of shares represents
approximately 10 percent of all the shares of the company' on the date of the
Notice of the Annual General Meeting.
Based on the authorization, the company's own shares may only be repurchased
with unrestricted equity.
The company's own shares may be repurchased at the price formed for series B
shares in public trading or at the price otherwise formed on the market on the
purchase day.
The Board of Directors will decide how the company's own shares will be
repurchased. Financial instruments such as derivatives may be used in the
purchasing. The company's own shares may be repurchased in other proportion than
the shareholders' proportional shareholdings (private purchase). Shares may be
repurchased through public trading at the prevailing market price formed for the
B-shares in public trading on Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd on the date of repurchase.
The authorization replaces earlier unused authorizations to repurchase the
company's own shares. The authorization will be in force until the next Annual
General Meeting but no later than until June 30, 2019.
Authorizing the Board of Directors to decide on the issuance of shares as well
as the issuance of options and other special rights entitling to shares
The Annual General Meeting authorized the Board of Directors to decide on the
issuance of shares and special rights entitling to shares pursuant to chapter
10, section 1, of the Limited Liability Companies Act in one or more lots, for a
fee or free of charge.
Based on the authorization, the number of shares issued or transferred,
including shares received based on special rights, may total a maximum of
2,343,042 series B shares. The proposed number of shares represents
approximately 10 percent of all the shares of the company on the date of the
Notice of the Annual General Meeting. Of the above-mentioned total number,
however, a maximum of 234,304 shares may be used as part of the company's share-
based incentive schemes, representing approximately 1 percent of all the shares
of the company on the date of the Notice of the Annual General Meeting.
The authorization entitles the Board of Directors to decide on all the terms and
conditions related to the issuing of shares and special rights entitling to
shares, including the right to deviate from the shareholders' pre-emptive
subscription rights. The Board of Directors may decide to issue either new
shares or any own shares in the possession of the company.
The authorization replaces earlier unused authorizations concerning the issuance
of shares as well as the issuance of options and other special rights entitling
to shares. The authorization will be in force until the end of the next Annual
General Meeting but no longer than until June 30, 2019.
The minutes of the meeting will be available on www.evli.com/agm as of March
26, 2018 at the latest.
Decisions by the Board of Directors
The organizational meeting of the Board of Directors elected from among its
members Henrik Andersin as its Chairman and Mikael Lilius as its Vice Chairman.
Teuvo Salminen was elected Chairman and Johanna Lamminen and Robert Ingman as
members of the Audit Committee. Mikael Lilius was elected as Chairman and Henrik
Andersin as member of the Compensation Committee.
Johanna Lamminen, Mikael Lilius and Teuvo Salminen are independent of both the
company and of significant shareholders.
EVLI BANK PLC
For additional information, please contact:
Juho Mikola, CFO, Evli Bank Plc, tel. +358 (0)9 4766 9871, [email protected]
Evli Bank Plc
Evli is a bank specialized in investments that helps institutions, corporations
and private persons increase their wealth. The product and service offering
includes mutual funds, asset management and capital markets services,
alternative investment products, investment research, administration of
incentive programs and Corporate Finance services. The company also offers
banking services that support clients' investment operations. Evli is the
highest ranked and most used institutional asset manager in Finland*.
Evli has a total of EUR 11.2 billion in client assets under management (net
12/2017). The Evli Group's equity capital totals EUR 72.5 million and its BIS
capital adequacy ratio is 15.0 percent (December 31, 2017). The company has more
than 200 employees. Evli Bank Plc's B shares are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd.
*TNS Sifo Prospera External Asset Management Finland 2017, SFR Scandinavian
Financial Research Institutional Investment Services, Finland 2017 (shared first
place).
Distribution: Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd, main media, www.evli.com
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