Decisions of the Annual General Meeting of Neova Oy
The Annual General Meeting of Neova Oy held on, 26 March 2025 adopted the 2024 financial statements and discharged the members of the Supervisory Board, the members of the Board of Directors and the CEO from liability. The Annual General Meeting decided, in accordance with the board’s proposal, that a dividend of EUR 1,165 per share will be distributed for the fiscal year 1 January – 31 December 2024, i.e. a total of EUR 34,950,000.
The Board, Supervisory Board and Auditors
The Annual General Meeting decided that the number of board members was confirmed at six (6). The Annual General Meeting decided that Stefan Damlin, Dick Hordijk, Jari-Pekka Punkari and Panu Routila will continue as board members, and Karoliina Joensuu and Riikka Timonen were elected as new members. Panu Routila is the Chairman of the Board.
The Annual General Meeting decided that Harri Hietala, Janne Jukkola, Antti Kangas, Jari Koskela, Janne Laine, Piritta Rantanen and Eerikki Viljanen will continue as members of the Supervisory Board. Mika Härkönen, Pasi Kivisaari and Marianne Munkki were elected as new members. Antti Kangas continues as Chairman of the Supervisory Board and Mika Härkönen was elected as the Vice Chairman.
The auditing firm PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy was chosen as the auditor, which has announced KHT Panu Vänskä as the principal auditor.
The Annual General Meeting decided, in accordance with the proposal of the Board of Directors, to elect PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy as the verifier for CSRD sustainability reporting. The selection is conditional on CSRD reporting obligations applying to Neova at the time of reporting in 2025
The Annual General Meeting confirmed the remuneration of the Chairman of the Board, the Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Board and the board members. The Chairman’s monthly remuneration is EUR 3,000, the Chairman’s of the Audit Committee monthly remuneration is EUR 1,900 and the member’s monthly remuneration is EUR 1,750. A meeting fee of EUR 600 is paid to each member of the Board of Directors for meetings, and in addition, board members who live elsewhere than in Finland are paid an additional meeting fee of EUR 600 for attendance meetings held in Finland. The meeting fee is paid for the meetings of the board and its committees and working groups.
The Annual General Meeting confirmed the meeting fee of the Chairman of the Supervisory Board at EUR 800, the meeting fee of the Vice Chairman at EUR 600 and the meeting fee of the members at EUR 500 per meeting. It was decided to pay the auditor’s fee according to a reasonable invoice.
Shareholders’ Nomination Committee
It was decided to elect Maija Strandberg (chairman) and Rami Vuola as members of the Shareholders’ Nomination Committee. It was stated that no remuneration is paid to the members of the Shareholders’ Nomination Committee.
Donations
It was decided that EUR 10,000 will be set aside for public benefit donations, the use of which will be decided by Neova Oy’s Board of Directors.
More information: Ahti Martikainen, Director, Communications and Public Affairs, Neova Oy, tel. +358 40 680 4723