Raisio plc’s shareholders are invited to attend the Annual General Meeting to be held on Tuesday 15 April 2025 at 2 p.m. (EEST) in the Turku Fair Center at the address Messukentänkatu 9-13, 20210 Turku, Finland. The reception of persons who have registered for the meeting and the distribution of voting tickets will commence at 1 p.m. (EEST) at the meeting venue. Coffee will be served after the meeting.
The shareholders can also exercise their voting rights by voting in advance.
Registration for the Annual General Meeting commences on 13 March 2025 at 9 a.m. (EET). A shareholder, who is registered in the shareholders’ register of the company and who wants to participate in the Annual General Meeting, shall register for the Annual General Meeting by giving a prior notice of participation, which shall be received by the company no later than on 8 April 2025 at 3 p.m. (EEST).
Registration notice can be given:
a) through the link above
For shareholders that are natural persons, electronic registration requires strong electronic authentication by personal online banking credentials or a mobile certificate or alternatively book-entry account number and personal ID. When logging into the service, natural persons can register for the Annual General Meeting, provide details of their proxy representative and vote in advance.
For shareholders that are legal entities, electronic registration does not require strong electronic authentication. Shareholders that are legal entities should enter their book-entry account or equity savings account number and business ID. In case the shareholder that is a legal entity uses electronic Suomi.fi authorization service, the registration requires strong electronic authentication, which works with personal online banking credentials or a mobile certificate.
b) by e-mail at osakaspalvelu@raisio.com
c) by phone to +358 2 443 2111 (from Mondays to Fridays between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.)
d) by regular mail addressed to Raisio Oyj, Osakaspalvelu, P.O. Box 101, FI-21201 Raisio, Finland
In connection with the registration, a shareholder must state the requested information, such as their name, personal identification number or business identity code, address, telephone number and email address, their book-entry or equity savings account number and the name of any possible assistant or proxy representative, and the personal identification number of their proxy representative. Any personal data provided will be used only for the purposes of the Annual General Meeting and for the processing of related registrations.
The shareholder, their proxy representative or legal representative shall be able to prove their identity and/or right of representation at the Annual General Meeting.
If the shareholder is a minor, the consent of both of the minor’s legal guardians is requested to be provided in connection with the registration for verifying the right to represent the shareholder. If the minor has only one legal guardian or someone other than a parent has been appointed the minor’s legal guardian, an extract from the civil register or another evidence is requested to be provided.
Shareholders that are registered in the shareholders’ register of the company may also vote in advance on the certain agenda items of the Annual General Meeting during the period between 13 March 2025 at 9 a.m. (EET) until 8 April 2024 at 3 p.m. (EEST):
a) through the registration link above
Electronic advance voting requires strong electronic authentication as described above.
b) by e-mail or regular mail
Shareholders also may submit the advance voting form or corresponding information by mail to Raisio Oyj, Osakaspalvelu, P.O. Box 101, FI-21201 Raisio, Finland or by e-mail to osakaspalvelu@raisio.com
Advance votes must have arrived before the closing date of advance voting. If a shareholder participates in the Annual General Meeting by submitting votes in advance to Raisio plc before the deadline for registration and advance voting, the submission constitutes due registration for the Annual General Meeting, provided that it contains the information required for registration, as mentioned above in this notice.
Under the Finnish Companies Act, shareholders who have voted in advance cannot exercise their right to ask questions, demand a vote at the Annual General Meeting or vote on a possible counterproposal, unless they participate in the Annual General Meeting at the meeting venue in person or by way of proxy representation.
For holders of nominee-registered shares, advance voting is carried out via the custodian. The account management organization of the custodian may cast advance votes on behalf of the holders of nominee-registered shares in accordance with the voting instructions provided by the holders of nominee-registered shares during the registration period for the nominee-registered shares.
An agenda item subject to advance voting is considered to have been presented unchanged to the Annual General Meeting.
A shareholder may vote on the matters as per his/her choice and also change his/her pre-cast votes during the whole pre-voting period. The electronic advance-voting service enables the shareholder to browse his/her pre-cast votes also after the Annual General Meeting and to print out a confirmation of the votes he/she has given in advance.
A shareholder may participate in the Annual General Meeting and exercise their rights at the meeting also by way of proxy representation.
A proxy representative shall provide a dated proxy document or otherwise in a reliable manner demonstrate their right to represent the shareholder at the Annual General Meeting. Should a shareholder participate in the Annual General Meeting by means of several proxy representatives representing the shareholder with shares in different book-entry accounts or equity savings accounts, the shares by which each proxy representative represents the shareholder shall be identified in connection with the registration for the Annual General Meeting.
Shareholders that are natural persons can appoint a proxy representative in connection with the registration to the Annual General Meeting at the Company’s website by using strong authentication. Otherwise, a proxy document must be used.
Proxy document/Power of Attorney
Possible proxy documents should be delivered to the company by mail to Raisio Oyj, Osakaspalvelu, P.O. Box 101, FI-21201 Raisio, Finland or by e-mail to osakaspalvelu@raisio.com before the end of the registration period 8 April 2025 at 3 p.m. (EEST), by which time the proxy authorization documents have to be received. In case the proxy document has been delivered as a copy, the original document must be presented at the meeting venue. Shareholders or their proxy representatives must also register for the Annual General Meeting in the manner described above in this notice.
Delivery of the proxy authorisation documents before the end of the registration period is considered as registration for the Annual General Meeting, if they contain the information required for the registrations, as described above in this notice.
Shareholders that are legal entities can also use the electronic Suomi.fi authorization service instead of the traditional proxy authorization. The shareholder that is a legal entity authorizes a representative appointed by it in the Suomi.fi service at www.suomi.fi/e-authorizations (using the authorization topic “Representation at the General Meeting”). When registering to the Annual General meeting in the electronic meeting service, the representative must identify themselves with strong electronic authentication, after which the electronic mandate is automatically verified. The strong electronic authentication works with personal online banking credentials or a mobile certificate. For more information, see www.suomi.fi/e-authorizations.
A holder of nominee-registered shares has the right to participate in the Annual General Meeting by virtue of such shares based on which they on the Annual General Meeting record date 3 April 2025 would be entitled to be registered in the shareholders’ register held by Euroclear Finland Oy. The right to participate in the Annual General Meeting requires, in addition, that the shareholder on the basis of such shares has been temporarily registered into the shareholders’ register held by Euroclear Finland Oy by 10 April 2025 at 10 a.m. (EEST) at the latest. As regards nominee-registered shares, this constitutes due registration for the Annual General Meeting. Changes in shareholding after the Annual General Meeting record date affect neither the right to participate in the Annual General Meeting nor the shareholders’ number of votes.
A holder of nominee-registered shares is advised to request without delay the necessary instructions regarding temporary registration in the shareholders’ register, the issuing of proxy documents, registration in the Annual General Meeting and advance voting from their custodian bank. The account management organization of the custodian bank shall register a holder of the nominee-registered shares, who wants to participate in the Annual General Meeting, temporarily into the shareholders’ register of the company by the time stated above at the latest and if necessary, arrange advance voting on behalf of the holder of nominee-registered shares.
13 March at 8:30 a.m. (EET)
The Annual Review, which includes the company’s annual accounts, consolidated annual accounts, the report of the Board of Directors and the auditors’ report and the statement given by the Supervisory Board, and the Remuneration Report are published
13 March at 9 a.m. (EET)
Notice to the Annual General Meeting is published
Registration and advance voting begins
3 April
Record Date of Annual General Meeting
8 April at 3 p.m. (EEST)
Registration and advance voting closes
Deadline for submitting proxy documents
10 April at 10 a.m. (EEST)
Registration and advance voting closes for holders of nominee-registered shares
15 April at 2 p.m. (EEST)
Annual General Meeting in the Turku Fair Center at the address Messukentänkatu 9-13, 20210 Turku, Finland. The reception of persons who have registered for the meeting and the distribution of voting tickets will commence at 1:00 p.m.
17 April
Dividend record date (Board’s proposal)
29 April
Dividend payment date (Board’s proposal)
Minutes of the meeting available on this website at the latest (in Finnish)
Notice of Raisio plc’s Annual General Meeting
Agenda
Annual Review 2024
Remuneration Report 2024
Shareholders’ proposals on the Supervisory Board
Proposed members for the Supervisory Board
Board of Directors’ proposals on auditors
Board of Directors’ proposals on the sustainability reporting assurer
Board of Directors’ proposal on the acquisition of the company’s own shares and/or accepting them as pledge
Board of Directors’ proposal on the issuance of shares
Supervisory Board’s proposal on the Board of Directors
CVs of the proposed new members for the Board of Directors
Information on nominated current members of the Board of Directors
Privacy policy
The Annual General Meeting is held in Finnish.
Pursuant to Chapter 5, Section 25 of the Finnish Companies Act, a shareholder who is present at the Annual General Meeting has the right to ask questions and to request information with respect to the matters to be considered at the meeting.
Changes in shareholding after the Annual General Meeting record date affect neither the right to participate in the Annual General Meeting nor the shareholders’ number of votes.
On the date of this notice the total number of Raisio plc’s shares is 159,170,336, of which 30,108,594 are restricted shares with 602,171,880 votes and 129,061,742 free shares with 129,061,742 votes. On the date of this notice the company holds a total of 1,180,659 free shares that do not entitle to participate in the Annual General Meeting.
Further information is available from Shareholder Services, tel. + 358 2 443 2111 (from Monday to Friday between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.) or via e-mail at osakaspalvelu@raisio.com.
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) is the Company’s highest decision-making body. It meets annually by the end of April to decide on the matters within its responsibilities, such as the adoption of the financial statements and consolidated financial statements, dividend distribution, discharge from liability, election of Board and Supervisory Board members and auditors, and the fees payable to them. Extraordinary General Meetings can be held if necessary.
The notice of the AGM shall be published, at the earliest three months and at the latest, three weeks before the AGM on the Company’s website and possibly in another manner determined by the Board. However, the notice of the AGM must be published no later than nine (9) days before the record date of the AGM.
Raisio plc’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held on 9 April 2024 in the Turku Fair Center at the address Messukentänkatu 9-13, 20210 Turku, Finland.
The resolutions of the Annual General Meeting were published as a Stock Exchange Release on 9 April 2024.
Meeting minutes (in Finnish)
Notice of Raisio plc’s Annual General Meeting
Agenda
CEO’s review of 2023 (presentation material in Finnish)
Annual Review 2023
Remuneration Report 2023
Remuneration Policy
Shareholders’ proposals on the Supervisory Board
Proposed members for the Supervisory Board
Board of Director’s proposals on auditors
Board of Director’s proposal on the acquisition of the company’s own shares and/or accepting them as pledge
Board of Director’s proposal on the issuance of shares
Supervisory Board’s proposal on the Board of Directors
CV of the proposed new member for the Board of Directors
Privacy policy for Raisio plc’s shareholder register and records of Raisio plc’s general meetings
Raisio plc’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held on 20 April 2023 in the President auditorium of BioCity at the address Tykistökatu 6, 20520 Turku, Finland.
The resolutions of the Annual General Meeting were published as a Stock Exchange Release on 20 April 2023.
Raisio plc’s Annual General Meeting was held on Tuesday 12 April 2022 at 2 p.m. EET at the company’s headquarters at Raisionkaari 55, 21200 Raisio, Finland.
The company’s shareholders were able to participate in the Annual General Meeting and exercise their shareholder rights only by voting in advance and by submitting counterproposals and asking questions in advance. It was not possible for the shareholders or their proxy representatives to participate in the meeting in person at the meeting venue and there was not any video link to the meeting.
The company’s Board of Directors resolved on the exceptional meeting procedures based on the temporary act to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic (375/2021) in order to hold the meeting in a predictable manner, taking into account the health and safety of the company’s shareholders, personnel and other stakeholders.
The resolutions of the Annual General Meeting were published as a Stock Exchange Release on 12 April 2022.
Raisio plc’s Annual General Meeting was held on Tuesday 14 April 2021 at 2 p.m. EET at the company’s headquarters at Raisionkaari 55, 21200 Raisio, Finland.
The company’s shareholders were able to participate in the Annual General Meeting and exercise their shareholder rights only by voting in advance and by submitting counterproposals and asking questions in advance. It was not possible for the shareholders or their proxy representatives to participate in the meeting in person at the meeting venue and there was not any video link to the meeting.
The company’s Board of Directors resolved on the exceptional meeting procedures based on the temporary act to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic (677/2020) in order to hold the meeting in a predictable manner, taking into account the health and safety of the company’s shareholders, personnel and other stakeholders.
The resolutions of the Annual General Meeting were published as a Stock Exchange Release on 13 April 2021.
Raisio plc’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held with special arrangements on 27 April 2020 at the company’s headquarters in Raisio due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The AGM approved the financial statements, including the consolidated financial statements for the financial year 1 January – 31 December 2019, and granted the members of the Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board as well as the CEO discharge from liability. The AGM decided to pay a dividend of EUR 0.13 per each restricted and free share. The dividend will be paid on 7 May 2020 to each shareholder who is entered in the shareholders’ register on the record date of 29 April 2020. The dividend will not be paid on the shares held by the company. The AGM also confirmed the remuneration policy for the company’s governing bodies. The Board of Directors’ proposals to the AGM were approved without changes.
Raisio plc’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) approved the financial statements for the financial year 1 January – 31 December 2018 and granted the members of the Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board as well as the Chief Executives discharge from liability. The AGM decided to pay a dividend of EUR 0.16 per share, including an extra dividend of EUR 0.04 per share. The Board of Directors’ proposals to the AGM were approved without changes.
A total of 2,166 shareholders were personally present or represented by a proxy at the AGM held in Turku, representing 57,0 million shares, i.e. 34,5 per cent of the total share capital.
The AGM approved the Board of Directors’ proposal to pay a dividend of EUR 0.16 for each restricted and free share, including an extra dividend of EUR 0.04 for each restricted and free share. The dividend will be paid on 3 April 2019 to each shareholder who is entered in the shareholders’ register on the record date of 21 March 2019. The dividend will not be paid on the shares held by the company.
Raisio plc’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) approved the financial statements for the financial year 1 January – 31 December 2017 and granted the members of the Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board as well as the Chief Executives discharge from liability. The AGM decided to pay a dividend of EUR 0.17 per share. The Board of Directors’ proposals to the AGM were approved without changes.
A total of 2,323 shareholders were personally present or represented by a proxy at the AGM held in Turku, representing 62.0 million shares, i.e. 37.5 per cent of the total share capital.
The AGM approved the Board of Directors’ proposal to pay a dividend of EUR 0.17 for each restricted and free share. The dividend will be paid on 5 April 2018 to each shareholder who is entered in the shareholders’ register on the record date of 23 March 2018. The dividend will not be paid on the shares held by the company.
Raisio plc’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) approved the financial statements for the financial year 1 January – 31 December 2016 and granted the members of the Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board as well as the Chief Executive discharge from liability. The AGM decided to pay a dividend of EUR 0.17 per share. The Board of Directors’ proposals to the AGM were approved without changes.
A total of 2,367 shareholders were personally present or represented by a proxy at the AGM held in Turku, representing 53.1 million shares, i.e. 32.1% of the total share capital.
Raisio plc’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) approved the financial statements for the financial year 1 January – 31 December 2015 and granted the members of the Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board as well as the Chief Executive discharge from liability. The AGM decided to pay a dividend of EUR 0.16 per share. The Board of Directors’ proposals to the AGM were approved without changes.
A total of 2,468 shareholders were personally present or represented by a proxy at the AGM held in Turku, representing 45.3 million shares, i.e. 27.4 % of the total share capital.
Raisio plc’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) approved the financial statements for the financial year 1 January – 31 December 2014 and granted the members of the Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board as well as the Chief Executive discharge from liability. The AGM decided to pay a dividend of EUR 0.14 per share. The Board of Directors’ proposals to the AGM were approved without changes.
A total of 2,514 shareholders were personally present or represented by a proxy at the AGM held in Turku, representing 42.7 million shares, i.e. 25.9 % of the total share capital.