Helsinki, Finland, 2017-04-05 17:30 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
Aktia Bank plc Stock Exchange Release 05/04/2017 at 6.30 p.m.
Decisions of Aktia Bank plc's Annual General Meeting 2017
The Annual General Meeting of Aktia Bank plc has today adopted the financial statements of the parent company and the consolidated financial statements and discharged the members of the Board of Supervisors, the members of the Board of Directors, the Managing Director and his alternate from liability.
In accordance with the proposal of the Board of Directors, the Annual General Meeting decided to distribute a dividend of EUR 0.60 per share, of which EUR 0.08 from non-recurring items, totalling approx. EUR 39.9 million for the financial period 1 January–31 December 2016. The record date for the dividend will be 7 April 2017 and the day for paying out the dividend 21 April 2017.
The Annual General Meeting established the number of members on the Board of Supervisors to be twentysix.
The members of the Board of Supervisors Christina Gestrin, Patrik Lerche, Håkan Fagerström, Peter Simberg, Solveig Söderback and Peter Karlgren who were all due to step down, were re-elected. Master of Laws Nina Wilkman and Member of Parliament Mats Löfström were elected as new members.
The annual remuneration for the members of the Board of Supervisors remained unchanged and EUR 24,400 for the chair, EUR 10,500 for deputy chairs and EUR 4,400 for members were established. A remuneration of EUR 500 was set per meeting attended.
The Annual General Meeting determined that the number of auditors shall be one, and elected APA firm KPMG Oy Ab as auditor.
The Annual General Meeting adopted the proposals by the Board of Directors concerning the authorisation to issue shares, the authorisation to acquire own shares to be used in the company's share based incentive scheme and/or as remuneration to members of executive bodies in the company as well as the authorisation to divest own shares.
An extraordinary Annual General Meeting is planned to be assembled in September 2017 to decide on amendment of the Articles of Association so that the Board of Supervisors is abolished.
All proposals mentioned above are included in the Summons to the AGM published on the website www.aktia.com under About Aktia > Corporate Governance > Annual General Meeting > Annual General Meeting 2017.
AKTIA BANK PLC
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Aktia provides a broad range of products within banking, insurance and real estate agency services. Aktia operates mainly in the coastal areas and inland growth areas. Aktia has approximately 380,000 customers who are served by some 1,000 employees at 45 branch offices and via online and telephone services. Aktia's shares (AKTAV, AKTRV) are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. For more information about Aktia see www.aktia.com .
