The Finnair Shareholders' Meeting held on Thursday, 11 April 2002 decided
upon hearing the report of by the Ministry of Transportation and
Communication to decrease the number of Supervisory Board Members from
eighteen to thirteen.
The Members of the Supervisory Board in turn to resign were Matti Kankare,
Tarja Kautto, Elisa Pelkonen, Pekka Perttula, Sirpa Pentikinen and Iiro
Viinanen. In addition Virpa Puisto, Pertti Salolainen and Ralf Sund had
asked for resignation from the Supervisory Board.
From those in turn to resign, the following were elected for a second
three-year period: Matti Kankare and Tarja Kautto as well as Sirpa
Pietikinen who is to sit for the remainder of Pertti Salolainen's term.
Party Secretary Aulis Rooth was elected to sit for the remainder of Ralf
Sund's term.
The members of the new Supervisory Board are: Deputy CEO Markku Hyvrinen,
MSc (Econ) Felix Bjrklund, MSc (Econ) Riitta Backas, Party Secretary Peter
Heinstrm, Member of Parliament Tytti Isohookana-Asunmaa, Party Secretary
Matti Kankare, Member of Parliament Tarja Kautto, Member of Parliament Juha
Korkeaoja, Managing Director Markku Koskenniemi, LL.M. Jouko K.
Leskinen, Member of Parliament Sirpa Pietikinen, Member of Parliament Jussi Ranta and
Party Secretary Aulis Rooth.
The Ministry of Transportation and Communication announced that it would
conduct a report within four weeks on the benefits of current members of the
company's governing bodies as well as those former members of governing
bodies who served for over ten years. In addition, the governing body, which
is to decide on these benefits, will be determined.
The Annual Sharehoders' Meeting accepted the Board of Directors' proposal of
a dividend of 0,07 euros per share. The dividend will be paid on 23 April
2002. |
