Decisions taken by the Extraordinary General Meeting of Alma Media Corporation

Alma Media Corporation   Stock Exchange Release  August 19, 2010 at 16.20 (EEST)

 

DECISIONS TAKEN BY THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF ALMA MEDIA CORPORATION

 

Alma Media Corporation held an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) today. The meeting was convened at the request of Oy Herttaässä Ab, a shareholder of Alma Media. A total of 165 shareholders representing 79.8% of all shares and votes attended the EGM.

 

Oy Herttaässä Ab proposed to the EGM that the number of members of the Board of Directors of Alma Media Corporation be complemented by one and that Kai Mäkelä be elected member of the Board of Directors. After a vote, the EGM decided not to increase the number of members of the Board of Directors. Lauri Helve, Seppo Paatelainen, Kai Seikku, Erkki Solja, Catharina Stackelberg-Hammarén, Kari Stadigh and Harri Suutari, who were elected Board members in the Annual General Meeting held on March 11, 2010, will continue as members of the Board of Directors of Alma Media.

 

In addition, Kai Telanne, President and CEO of Alma Media Corporation, presented to the EGM a clarification regarding the investment in a new printing facility in Tampere, Finland, at the request of Oy Herttaässä Ab. Since the investment belongs under the general jurisdiction of the Board of Directors, and as the Board of Directors had not submitted the matter for approval by the EGM, the EGM made no decisions on the matter.

 

ALMA MEDIA CORPORATION
Rauno Heinonen
Vice President, Corporate Communications and IR

 

For further information, please contact:
Mikko Korttila, General Counsel and Secretary to the Board of Directors, Alma Media Corporation, tel. +358 50 593 4589

 

Distribution: NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Oy, principal media

 

 

Alma Media in brief

 

Alma Media is a profitable and innovative company with a focus on newspapers and online media. Its best known products are the Aamulehti, Iltalehti, Kauppalehti and Etuovi.com.

 

Alma Media’s net sales in 2009 totalled MEUR 307.8 with an operating margin of 13.5 per cent. The company’s share (ALN1V) is listed in the NASDAX OMX Helsinki Exchange. Read more at www.almamedia.fi.

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