Resolutions of Lemminkäinen Corporation's Annual General Meeting

LEMMINKÄINEN CORPORATION  STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE  28 MARCH 2017 AT  5:20 P.M.

RESOLUTIONS OF LEMMINKÄINEN CORPORATION'S ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

On 28 March 2017, Lemminkäinen Corporation's Annual General Meeting adopted the company's annual accounts and consolidated financial statements for 2016 and granted the members of the Board of Directors and the President and CEO discharge from liability.

Payment of dividend

The General Meeting resolved, in accordance with the Board of Directors' proposal, to pay a dividend of EUR 0.66 per share, i.e. EUR 15,325,134.00 in total.

The dividend will be paid to shareholders who are registered on the record date for payment of dividend, i.e. on 30 March 2017, in the shareholders' register of the company held by Euroclear Finland Ltd. The dividend will be paid on 6 April 2017.

Board membership and remuneration

The General Meeting confirmed the number of members of the Board of Directors as eight. Berndt Brunow, Noora Forstén, Finn Johnsson, Juhani Mäkinen, Kristina Pentti-von Walzel, Heikki Räty and Heppu Pentti were re-elected as members of the Board and Harri-Pekka Kaukonen as new member of the Board.

The General Meeting confirmed that a fixed annual fee of EUR 120,000 be paid to the Chairman of the Board, EUR 54,000 to the Vice Chairman of the Board and the Chairman of the Audit Committee and EUR 42,000 to the members of the Board of Directors. In addition, the Board members shall be paid an attendance fee of EUR 500 per Board meeting and the Audit Committee members shall be paid an attendance fee of EUR 500 per Audit Committee meeting.

Members residing abroad are to be paid the attendance fee increased by EUR 1,000. Travel expenses will be reimbursed as invoiced.

Election of the auditor and audit fee

Authorised Public Accountants PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy was re-elected to serve as the company's auditor. The audit fee will be paid as invoiced and approved by the company.

Authorisation to repurchase the company's own shares

The General Meeting resolved, in accordance with the Board of Directors' proposal, to authorise the Board of Directors to resolve on the repurchase of the company’s own shares, in one or several instalments, using the unrestricted shareholders’ equity of the company. The authorisation covers a maximum of 2,321,990 own shares, which corresponds to 10 per cent of all the current shares of the company, however taking into account the provisions of the Finnish Limited Liability Companies Act on the maximum amount of own shares in the possession of the company or its subsidiaries.

The Board of Directors may resolve to repurchase shares in another proportion than that of existing shareholdings of the shareholders. The shares shall be purchased in public trading at the prevailing market price. The purchases shall be carried out on Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd in accordance with its rules and regulations.

The authorisation also includes the right of the Board of Directors to resolve on all other terms and conditions of the repurchase of the shares. The authorisation remains effective for a period of 18 months from the resolution of the General Meeting. The previous authorisation granted to the Board of Directors regarding repurchase of own shares expired simultaneously. 

Authorisation of the Board of Directors to resolve on a share issue and an issue of special rights

The General Meeting resolved, in accordance with the Board of Directors' proposal, to authorise the Board of Directors to resolve on a share issue and/or an issue of special rights entitling to shares referred to in Chapter 10, Section 1 of the Finnish Limited Liability Companies Act in one or several instalments, either against payment or without payment. The number of shares to be issued, including the shares to be received based on special rights, shall not exceed 4,643,980 shares. The maximum number corresponds to 20 per cent of all the current shares of the company. The Board of Directors may resolve to issue either new shares or own shares possibly held by the company.

The authorisation entitles the Board of Directors to resolve on all terms and conditions of the share issue and the issue of special rights entitling to shares, including the right to derogate from the pre-emptive right of the shareholders. The authorisation may be used for the financing or execution of any acquisitions or other business arrangements, to strengthen the balance sheet and financial position of the company or for other purposes as determined by the Board of Directors. The authorisation remains effective for a period of 18 months from the resolution of General Meeting. The previous authorisation regarding a share issue and an issue of special rights expired simultaneously.

Minutes of the meeting

The minutes of the General Meeting of shareholders will be available on Lemminkäinen's website as from 11 April 2017 at the latest.

LEMMINKÄINEN CORPORATION
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Johan Nybergh
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johan.nybergh@lemminkainen.com

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Lemminkäinen is an expert in complex infrastructure construction and building construction in Northern Europe and one of the largest paving companies in its market. Together with our customers and 4,700 professionals we employ, we build a sustainable society. In 2016, our net sales were EUR 1.7 billion. Lemminkäinen Corporation’s share is quoted on Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. www.lemminkainen.com