Shareholders' Nomination Board's proposal for the composition of Aktia Bank Plc's Board of Directors and their remuneration

Aktia Bank Plc

Stock Exchange Release

31 January 2019 at 4:00 p.m.                                                                                   

Shareholders' Nomination Board's proposal for the composition of Aktia Bank Plc's Board of Directors and their remuneration                                                                   

The Shareholders’ Nomination Board has decided to present the following proposition to the Annual General Meeting 2019 of Aktia Bank Plc:

The number of Board members is proposed to be set at eight, i.e. one more than the present seven members.

The Shareholders’ Nomination Board proposes that the present members of the Board of Directors, Christina Dahlblom, Stefan Damlin, Maria Jerhamre Engström, Johannes Schulman, Lasse Svens and Arja Talma, all having given their consent, be re-elected for a term continuing up until the end of the next Annual General Meeting. For more information on the Board members proposed to be re-elected, please see the company’s website at .

The Shareholders’ Nomination Board also proposes that

• LL.M., Attorney-at-Law Tarja Wist (b. 1965), with her consent, be elected to new member of the Board of Directors with the same term as above. Tarja Wist is partner in the law firm Waselius & Wist and she has strong expertise in the banking and finance sector due to her long career as a legal counsel to customers in the financial sector; and that
• M. Sc. (Econ.), LL.M. Johan Hammarén (b. 1969), with his consent, be elected to new member of the Board of Directors with the same term as above. Johan Hammarén is Managing Director of Oy Hammarén & Co Ab and he has strong focus on entrepreneurship and innovative way of thinking. He has a background in Nokia and he is one of the founders of the law firm Fondia Oy as well as the wealth management firm JAM Advisors Oy, both pioneering companies with new business models in traditional fields.

All the proposed persons are independent in relation to the company and in their relationship to significant shareholders.

The Board member Catharina Stackelberg-Hammarén has informed that she will no longer be available for re-election.

All the proposed persons have informed that they intend, if they are elected, to re-elect Lasse Svens amongst them as chairman of the Board of Directors.

The Shareholders’ Nomination Board proposes that the fees for the members of the Board of Directors be unchanged from last year.

The proposals of the Shareholders’ Nomination Board will be included in the summons of the Annual General Meeting.

Chairman of the Shareholders’ Nomination Board of Aktia Bank Plc is Nina Wilkman (appointed by Stiftelsen Tre Smeder), members are Carl Pettersson (appointed by the Pension Insurance Company Veritas), Dag Wallgren (appointed by The Society of Swedish Literature in Finland), Johan Hammarén (appointed by Oy Hammarén & Co Ab) and Peter Boström (appointed by the Åbo Akademi University Endowment). Lasse Svens, chairman of the Board of Directors of Aktia Bank Plc acts as expert at meetings.

For more information, please contact:

Nina Wilkman, Chairman of the Shareholders’ Nomination Board, tel.  6122

Aktia provides a broad range of solutions within banking, asset management and personal insurance. Aktia operates in coastal areas and inland growth areas. Aktia has approximately 380,000 customers who are served at branch offices and online, through mobile interfaces as well as through telephone services. Aktia's share is listed on the list of Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. For more information about Aktia, see