Sanoma Corporation’s Annual General Meeting 2023 is planned to be held on Wednesday, 19 April 2023 in Helsinki. The Board of Directors will summon the AGM at a later date.
The Shareholders' Nomination Committee proposes that Pekka Ala-Pietilä, Julian Drinkall, Rolf Grisebach, Anna Herlin, Mika Ihamuotila, Nils Ittonen, Denise Koopmans and Sebastian Langenskiöld are re-elected as members of the Board of Directors. Rafaela Seppälä has informed that she does not stand for re-election to the Board. Consequently, the Nomination Committee proposes that Eugenie van Wiechen shall be elected as a new member of the Board.
Short CVs of the members of the Board
Eugenie van Wiechen - CV
The General Meeting is Sanoma’s highest decision-making body, convening at least once a year in accordance with the Sanoma Articles of Association.
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) is held by the end of June each year and it handles the matters that fall under its authority according to the Finnish Companies Act as well as any matters proposed to a General Meeting. Extraordinary General Meetings are convened to handle specific matters proposed to a General Meeting.
Shareholders’ right to have matters dealt with by the General Meeting
According to the Finnish Companies Act, a shareholder may also request that his or her proposal to be handled at the next General Meeting. Such a request shall be made in writing to the company’s Board of Directors and the proposed matters shall fall within the competence of the General Meetings according to the Finnish Companies Act. To this effect, a written request should have been sent to the Board of Directors on Friday, 13 January 2023 at the latest. Requests were asked to be emailed to agm@sanoma.com or sent to Sanoma Corporation, Group Legal Affairs, P.O. Box 60, 00089 Sanoma.
According to the Finnish Companies Act, e.g. the following matters are subject to the decision-making power of a General Meeting:
- amendments to the Articles of Association;
- increases or decreases in share capital;
- issues of shares or other rights entitling to shares;
- acquisition of own shares;
- decisions on the number, election and remuneration of Directors;
adoption of the financial statements; - distribution of profits / allocation of losses.