The Annual General Meeting 2016

The Annual General Meeting of Lassila & Tikanoja plc was held on March 17, 2016. 

The Annual General Meeting of Lassila & Tikanoja plc, which was held today on 17 March 2016, adopted the financial statements and consolidated financial statements for the financial year 2015 and discharged the members of the Board of Directors and the President and CEO from liability. The Annual General Meeting resolved on the use of the profit shown on the balance sheet and the payment of dividend, the composition and remuneration of the Board of Directors, the election of the Auditor and on the authorisation of the Board of Directors to repurchase the company's shares and to decide on the share issue and the issuance of special rights entitling to shares.

The Annual General Meeting resolved that a dividend of EUR 0.85 per share be paid on the basis of the balance sheet to be adopted for the financial year 2015. The dividend will be paid to a shareholder who is registered in the Company’s shareholders’ register maintained by Euroclear Finland Ltd on the record date for dividend payment, 21 March 2016. The dividend will be paid on 30 March 2016.

The number of the members of the Board of Directors was confirmed six (6). The following Board members were re-elected to the Board until the end of the following AGM: Heikki Bergholm, Eero Hautaniemi, Laura Lares, Sakari Lassila and Miikka Maijala. Teemu Kangas-Kärki was elected as a new member to the Board of Directors.

The Annual General Meeting resolved on the following annual fees: Chairman EUR 46,250, Vice Chairman EUR 30,500 and the ordinary members EUR 25,750.

The fees shall be paid so that 40% of the annual fee is paid in Lassila & Tikanoja's shares held by the company or, if this is not feasible, shares acquired from the markets, and 60% in cash. Shares are to be issued to Board members and, where necessary, acquired directly from the markets on behalf of Board members within the next fourteen trading days, free from restrictions on trading, from the Annual General Meeting. In addition, the following meeting fees will be paid: Chairman EUR 1,000, Vice Chairman EUR 700 and members EUR 500 per meeting. The meeting fees will also be paid to the Chairman and to the members of the committees established by the Board as follows: Chairman EUR 700 and members EUR 500.

The Annual General Meeting re-elected KPMG Oy Ab Authorised Public Accountants, as Auditor of the Company until the close of the next Annual General Meeting. KPMG Oy Ab has announced that it will name Lasse Holopainen, Authorised Public Accountant, as its principal auditor. The meeting resolved that the fees of the Auditor will be paid according to invoice presented.

The Annual General Meeting authorised the Board of Directors to repurchase Company shares under the following terms and conditions:

• By virtue of the authorisation, the Board of Directors is authorised to repurchase a maximum of 2,000,000 Company’s own shares using the Company’s non-restricted equity. This number of shares corresponds to approximately 5.2% of the Company’s total number of shares on the date of the notice to the meeting.
• The Company’s own shares will be repurchased otherwise than in proportion to the existing shareholdings of the Company’s shareholders through trading on regulated market organized by NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd (“Stock Exchange”) at the market price quoted at the time of the repurchase. Shares will be acquired and paid for in accordance with the rules of the Stock Exchange and Euroclear Finland Ltd.
• The purpose of the share repurchase is to develop the Company’s capital structure and/or to use the shares as consideration in potential acquisitions, other business arrangements, as part of the Company’s share-based incentive programme, or to finance investments. The repurchased shares may either be held by the Company, or cancelled or conveyed.
• The Board of Directors shall decide on other terms and conditions related to the share repurchase. The share repurchase authorisation is valid for 18 months. This authorisation cancels previous authorisations to repurchase own shares.

The Annual General Meeting authorised the Board of Directors to decide, in one or more instalments, on issuance of new shares or shares possibly held by the Company through share issue and/or issuance of option rights or other special rights entitling to shares, referred to in Chapter 10, Section 1 of the Finnish Companies Act, so that by virtue of the authorisation altogether 2,000,000 shares may be issued and/or conveyed at the maximum. This number of shares corresponds to approximately 5.2% of the Company’s total number of shares on the date of the notice to the meeting.

The authorisation can be used for the financing or execution of potential acquisitions or other arrangements or investments relating to the Company’s business, for the implementation of the Company’s incentive scheme or for other purposes subject to the Board of Directors’ decision.

The authorisation entitles the Board of Directors to decide on all terms and conditions of the share issue and the issuance of special rights referred to in Chapter 10, Section 1 of the Finnish Companies Act. The authorisation thus includes the right to issue shares also in a proportion other than that of the shareholders’ current shareholdings in the Company under the conditions provided in law, the right to issue shares against payment or without charge as well as the right to decide on a share issue without payment to the Company itself, subject to the provisions of the Finnish Companies Act on the maximum amount of treasury shares.

The authorisation is valid for 18 months.