Notice of Marimekko Corporation’s Annual General Meeting
Marimekko Corporation, Stock Exchange Release, 19 February 2025
at 8.40 a.m. EET
Notice of Marimekko Corporation’s Annual General
Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of Marimekko Corporation will be held
on Tuesday 15 April 2025 at 2.00 p.m. (EEST) at Little Finlandia,
at the address Karamzininranta 4, 00100 Helsinki. The registration
of attendees and the distribution of voting slips will commence at
the meeting venue at 1.00 p.m. (EEST).
Shareholders can also exercise their voting rights by voting in
advance. In addition, it is possible to follow the Annual General
Meeting online via webcast on the company’s website at
https://company.marimekko.com/investors/management/general-meeting/annual-general-meeting-2025/. For
further instructions, please refer to Section C “Instructions for
the participants of the Annual General Meeting” of this notice.
A. Matters on the agenda of the Annual General
Meeting
1. Opening of the meeting
2. Calling the meeting to order
3. Election of persons to scrutinize the minutes and
supervise the counting of votes
4. Recording the legality of the meeting
5. Recording the attendance at the meeting and adoption
of the list of votes
6. Presentation of the financial statements, the report
of the Board of Directors, the auditor’s report and the assurance
report on sustainability reporting for 2024
Review by the President and CEO.
The company’s financial statements, the report of the Board of
Directors (including the sustainability report), the auditor’s
report and the assurance report on sustainability reporting will be
made available on 25 March 2025 at the latest on the company’s
website at
https://company.marimekko.com/investors/management/general-meeting/annual-general-meeting-2025/.
7. Adoption of the financial statements
8. Resolution on the use of the profit shown on the
balance sheet and the payment of dividend
On 31 December 2024, the parent company’s distributable funds
amounted to EUR 70,604,754.43 of which EUR 25,011,306.84 was profit
for the financial year 2024. The Board of Directors proposes to the
Annual General Meeting that a regular dividend of EUR 0.40 and an
extraordinary dividend of 0.25 per share be paid for the financial
year 2024. The total amount of the proposed dividend is
approximately EUR 26.3 million, and the remaining funds are to be
retained in equity.
The Board of Directors proposes that the dividend will be paid
to shareholders who are registered on the dividend payout record
date of 17 April 2025 in the company’s shareholder register held by
Euroclear Finland Ltd on behalf of the Board of Directors of the
company. The Board of Directors proposes 28 April 2025 as the
dividend payout date. No substantial changes in the company’s
financial position have occurred after the end of the financial
year. The company’s liquidity is good and, in the view of the Board
of Directors, the proposed dividend payout does not jeopardize the
company’s solvency.
9. Resolution on the discharge of the members of the
Board of Directors and the President and CEO of the company from
liability for the financial year 1 January–31 December
2024
10. Consideration of the remuneration report for
governing bodies
The remuneration report for 2024, prepared in accordance with
the remuneration policy adopted on 16 April 2024 by the company’s
Annual General Meeting, will be available on 25 March 2025 at the
latest on the company’s website at
https://company.marimekko.com/investors/management/general-meeting/annual-general-meeting-2025/
.
The Board of Directors proposes that the Annual General Meeting
adopt the company’s remuneration report for governing bodies as an
advisory resolution.
11. Resolution on the remuneration of the members of the
Board of Directors
Shareholders representing in total approximately 27 percent of
all the shares and votes of Marimekko Corporation have proposed to
the Annual General Meeting, on the basis of the proposal of the
Audit and Remuneration Committee, that the fees payable to the
members and the Chair of the Board would remain unchanged from 2024
and be as follows: an annual remuneration of EUR 55,000 would be
paid to the Chair, EUR 40,000 to the Vice Chair and EUR 30,000 to
the other Board members. Board members who reside outside Finland
would receive EUR 1,000 per Board meeting where they are physically
present. In addition, it is proposed that a separate remuneration
be paid for committee work to persons elected to a committee as
follows: EUR 2,000 per meeting to Chair and EUR 1,000 per meeting
to members. The fees for committee work would remain unchanged from
2024.
The above-mentioned shareholders have also proposed, based on
the proposal of the Audit and Remuneration Committee, that
approximately 40 percent of the annual remuneration of the members
of the Board of Directors would be paid in Marimekko Corporation’s
shares acquired from the market and the rest in cash. The shares
would be acquired directly on behalf of the Board members within
two weeks from the release of the interim report for 1 January–31
March 2025 or at the first time as possible under applicable
legislation. The annual remuneration would be paid entirely in
cash, if a Board member on the date of the Annual General Meeting,
15 April 2025, holds the company’s shares worth more than EUR
1,000,000.
If Mika Ihamuotila is elected a member and Chair of the Board of
Directors as proposed in the section 13 of this notice in addition
to the aforementioned annual remuneration, a monthly fee of EUR
5,000 for half-time duty pursuant to a separate executive service
agreement will be paid. The fee is unchanged from 2024. The Audit
and Remuneration Committee separately evaluates the terms of the
service agreement, but Mika Ihamuotila will not take part in the
evaluation. If Mika Ihamuotila is elected as a member of the Audit
and Remuneration Committee, he will not receive the separate
remuneration for committee work.
12. Resolution on the number of members of the Board of
Directors
Shareholders representing in total approximately 27 percent of
all the shares and votes of Marimekko Corporation have proposed to
the Annual General Meeting that six (6) members be elected to the
Board of Directors.
13. Election of the members of the Board of
Directors
Shareholders representing in total approximately 27 percent of
all the shares and votes of Marimekko Corporation have proposed to
the Annual General Meeting that Massimiliano Brunazzo, Carol Chen,
Mika Ihamuotila, Teemu Kangas-Kärki, Tomoki Takebayashi and
Marianne Vikkula be re-elected to the Board of Directors.
Massimiliano Brunazzo, Carol Chen, Teemu Kangas-Kärki, Tomoki
Takebayashi and Marianne Vikkula are independent of the company and
its significant shareholders according to the evaluation of the
above-mentioned shareholders. Mika Ihamuotila is not independent of
the company nor its significant shareholders due to his indirect
shareholding through PowerBank Ventures Ltd, equaling 12.5 percent
of the shares and votes in the company.
The proposed Board members have informed the company that, if
they are elected, they intend to elect Mika Ihamuotila as Chair of
the Board and Teemu Kangas-Kärki as Vice Chair of the Board as well
as Teemu Kangas-Kärki as Chair and Mika Ihamuotila and Marianne
Vikkula as members of the Audit and Remuneration Committee.
All proposed persons have given their consent to the election.
The term of all the Board members ends at the end of the Annual
General Meeting of 2026. Biographical details of the proposed
members of the Board of Directors are available on the company’s
website at
https://company.marimekko.com/investors/management/board-of-directors.
14. Resolution on the remuneration of the
auditor
In accordance with the recommendation of the Audit and
Remuneration Committee, the Board of Directors proposes to the
Annual General Meeting that the auditor’s remuneration be paid as
per invoice approved by the company.
15. Election of the auditor
In accordance with the recommendation of the Audit and
Remuneration Committee, the Board of Directors proposes to the
Annual General Meeting that KPMG Oy Ab, Authorized Public
Accountants, be re-elected as the company’s auditor. KPMG Oy Ab has
informed that Heli Tuuri, Authorized Public Accountant, KHT, would
act as the principal auditor.
16. Resolution on the remuneration of the sustainability
reporting assurance provider
In accordance with the recommendation of the Audit and
Remuneration Committee, the Board of Directors proposes to the
Annual General Meeting that the remuneration of the sustainability
reporting assurance provider be paid as per invoice approved by the
company.
17. Election of the sustainability reporting assurance
provider
In accordance with the recommendation of the Audit and
Remuneration Committee, the Board of Directors proposes to the
Annual General Meeting that KPMG Oy Ab, be elected as the company’s
sustainability reporting assurance provider. KPMG Oy Ab has
informed that Heli Tuuri, (ASA), would act as the Authorized
Sustainability Auditor having principal responsibility.
18. Amendment of the Articles of
Association
The Board of Directors proposes that a new Article 8 concerning
the appointment of a sustainability assurance provider be added to
the Articles of Association, and that the numbering of the
subsequent articles be updated accordingly. Additionally, the Board
of Directors proposes that Article 10 (renumbered as Article 11
following the update to the article numbering) of the Articles of
Association concerning the matters to be addressed at the Annual
General Meetings be supplemented so that the Annual General Meeting
shall elect a sustainability reporting assurance provider in
accordance with the Finnish Companies Act and resolve upon their
remuneration. In their amended forms, said provisions of the
Articles of Association would read as follows:
“8 § The Company shall elect one Authorized Sustainability
Audit Firm as the Company’s sustainability reporting assurance
provider. The Authorized Sustainability Audit Firm shall designate
an Authorized Sustainability Auditor (ASA) having principal
responsibility.”
“11 § The Annual General Meeting shall be held annually
within six (6) months of the end of the financial year.
At the meeting shall be:
presented:
1. the financial statements of the Company and the Group,
and the report on operations,
2. the auditors’ report,
resolved upon:
3. the adoption of the financial statements,
4. the use of the profit shown on the balance
sheet,
5. granting discharge from liability to the members of the
Board of Directors and the President of the Company,
6. the remuneration of the members of the Board of
Directors,
7. the number of members of the Board of Directors,
8. the remuneration of the Auditor,
9. the remuneration of the sustainability reporting
assurance provider,
elected:
10. the members of the Board of Directors,
11. one Auditor and, when needed, a Deputy Auditor,
12. one sustainability assurance provider,
dealt with:
13. any other matters as per the notice of the
meeting.”
It is proposed that the Articles of Association remain unchanged
in other respects.
19. Authorization of the Board of Directors to decide on
the acquisition of the company’s own shares
The Board of Directors proposes that the Board be authorized by
the Annual General Meeting to decide on the acquisition of a
maximum of 150,000 of the company’s own shares in one or more
instalments. The number of shares represents approximately 0.4
percent of the total number of the company’s shares at the time of
the proposal. The shares would be acquired with funds from the
company’s non-restricted equity, which means that the acquisition
would reduce funds available for distribution. The shares would be
acquired otherwise than in proportion to the shareholdings of the
shareholders through public trading on Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd at the
market price prevailing at the time of acquisition and in
accordance with the rules and regulations of Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd.
The shares would be acquired to be used as a part of the company’s
incentive system, to be transferred for other purposes or to be
cancelled. The authorization is proposed to include the right of
the Board of Directors to decide on all of the other terms and
conditions of the acquisition of the shares. The authorization is
proposed to be valid for eighteen (18) months from the decision of
the Annual General Meeting and to supersede the authorization
granted by the 2024 Annual General Meeting.
20. Authorization of the Board of Directors to decide on
the issuance of new shares and transfer of the company’s own
shares
The Board of Directors proposes that the Board be authorized by
the Annual General Meeting to decide on the issuance of new shares
and the transfer of the company’s own shares in one or more
instalments. The total number of shares to be issued or transferred
pursuant to the authorization may not exceed 200,000 (new or the
company’s own) shares, which represents approximately 0.5 percent
of the total number of the company’s shares at the time of the
proposal. Pursuant to the authorization, the Board may decide on a
directed share issue in deviation from the shareholders’
pre-emptive rights for a weighty financial reason, such as the
company’s incentive system, personnel share issue, developing the
company’s capital structure, using the shares as consideration in
possible company acquisitions or carrying out other business
transactions. The share issue may be subject to a charge or free. A
directed share issue can be free of charge only if there is a
particularly weighty financial reason for the company and taking
into account the interests of all of the company’s shareholders.
The subscription price of the new shares and the amount paid for
the company’s own shares would be recorded in the company’s reserve
for invested non-restricted equity. The authorization is proposed
to include the right of the Board of Directors to decide on all of
the other terms and conditions of the share issue. The
authorization is proposed to remain in force for a period of
eighteen (18) months from the resolution of the Annual General
Meeting and to supersede the authorization granted by the 2024
Annual General Meeting.
21. Closing of the meeting
B. Documents of the Annual General Meeting
The proposals for the decisions on the matters on the agenda of
the Annual General Meeting as well as this notice are available on
Marimekko Corporation’s website at
https://company.marimekko.com/investors/management/general-meeting/annual-general-meeting-2025/. The
company’s financial statements, the report of the Board of
Directors (including the sustainability report), the auditor’s
report, the assurance report on sustainability reporting, the
remuneration report as well as the remuneration policy adopted by
the Annual General Meeting of 2024 will be available on the
company’s website on 25 March 2025 at the latest. Copies of these
documents and of this notice will be sent to shareholders upon
request. The minutes of the Annual General Meeting can be viewed on
the company’s website as of 29 April 2025 at the latest.
C. Instructions for the participants in the Annual
General Meeting
1. Shareholders registered in the shareholders’
register
Each shareholder who on the record date for the Annual General
Meeting, 3 April 2025, is registered in the shareholders’ register
of the company, held by Euroclear Finland Oy, has the right to
participate in the Annual General Meeting. A shareholder whose
shares are registered on their personal Finnish book-entry account
is registered in the shareholders’ register of the company.
A shareholder who is registered in the company's Shareholder
Register and who wants to participate in the Annual General Meeting
is requested to register for the meeting no later than 7 April 2025
at 4.00 p.m. (EEST), by which time the registration must be
received.
Notice of participation can be given starting from Monday 10
March 2025 at 9.00 a.m. (EET):
a) by filling in the registration form on the
company’s website at
https://company.marimekko.com/investors/management/general-meeting/annual-general-meeting-2025/
Electronic registration requires strong electronic
authentication of the shareholder or the shareholder’s proxy
representative or legal representative with a Finnish, Swedish or
Danish bank ID or mobile certificate. If shareholders use
Suomi.fi-authorizations, registration requires the authorized
person’s strong electronic authentication with Finnish online
banking codes or a mobile certificate.
b) by mail or email
A shareholder registering by mail or email must submit the
registration and advance voting form available on the company's
website or corresponding information by mail to Innovatics Oy,
General Meeting / Marimekko Oyj, Ratamestarinkatu 13 A, 00520
Helsinki, Finland or by email to agm@innovatics.fi.
In connection with the registration, a shareholder shall provide
the requested information, such as their name, date of birth,
business ID, email address, telephone number as well as the name,
date of birth, phone number and/or email address of a possible
proxy representative or legal representative. The personal data
given by shareholders to Marimekko Corporation or Innovatics Oy is
used only in connection with the Annual General Meeting and the
processing of the necessary related registrations. For further
information on how Marimekko processes personal data, please review
Marimekko Corporation’s privacy notice regarding the Annual General
Meeting, which is available at the company’s website at
https://company.marimekko.com/investors/management/general-meeting/annual-general-meeting-2025/ or
contact the company by email at yk@marimekko.com. Please note that
personal information provided in connection with registration by
email is possibly sent through an unsecure connection on the
shareholder’s own responsibility.
The shareholder, their authorized representative or proxy
representative should, when necessary, be able to prove their
identity and/or right of representation at the meeting venue.
Further information on registration is available during the
registration period of the Annual General Meeting by calling
Innovatics Oy at +358 10 2818 909 on business days from 9:00 a.m.
to 12:00 noon and from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
2. Holder of nominee-registered shares
A holder of nominee-registered shares has the right to
participate in the Annual General Meeting by virtue of those shares
based on which the holder on the record date for the Annual General
Meeting, 3 April 2025, would be entitled to be registered in the
shareholders’ register of the company, held by Euroclear Finland
Oy. In addition, participation in the Annual General Meeting
requires that the shareholder on the basis of such shares has been
temporarily registered in the shareholders’ register held by
Euroclear Finland Oy by 10 April 2025 at 10.00 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 record date for the Annual General Meeting
do not affect the right to participate in the Annual General
Meeting or the number of votes held by the shareholder.
A holder of nominee-registered shares is advised to well in
advance request the necessary instructions regarding the temporary
registration in the shareholders’ register of the company, the
issuing of proxy documents, voting instructions and registration
for the Annual General Meeting from their custodian bank as well as
voting in advance. The account manager of the custodian bank shall
register a holder of nominee-registered shares who wishes to
participate in the Annual General Meeting to be temporarily entered
into the shareholders’ register of the company by the time stated
above and shall arrange advance voting on behalf of the holder of
nominee-registered shares within the registration period for
nominee-registered shares.
3. Proxy representative and powers of
attorney
A shareholder may participate in the Annual General Meeting and
exercise their rights at the meeting by way of proxy
representation. Shareholders proxy representative may also vote in
advance in the manner described in this notice. Electronic
registration and advance voting on behalf of a shareholder requires
strong electronic authentication of the proxy representative. 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 on
different book-entry accounts, the shares by which each proxy
representative represents the shareholder shall be identified in
connection with the registration.
Proxy and voting instruction templates will be available on the
company’s website at
https://company.marimekko.com/investors/management/general-meeting/annual-general-meeting-2025/
on 10 March 2025 at the latest. Any proxy documents, including the
advance voting form, should be sent by mail to Innovatics Oy,
General Meeting / Marimekko Oyj, Ratamestarinkatu 13 A, 00520
Helsinki, Finland or by email to agm@innovatics.fi. In addition to
delivering the proxy documents, the shareholder or their proxy
representative should register for the Annual General Meeting in
the manner described above.
Instead of traditional proxy document, shareholders can use
electronic authorization services of Suomi.fi. In that case the
shareholder authorizes a named authorised person through Suomi.fi’s
services at https://www.suomi.fi/e-authorizations by using the
mandate theme “Representation at the General Meeting”. In
connection with the registration, General Meeting Services require
strong electronic authentication after which the electronic
authorization is automatically verified. Strong electronic
authentication requires Finnish online banking codes or a mobile
certificate. For more information, please see Suomi.fi’s
e-authorization pages at https://www.suomi.fi/e-authorizations/ as
well as the company’s website at
https://company.marimekko.com/investors/management/general-meeting/annual-general-meeting-2025/.
4. Voting in advance
A shareholder whose shares are registered on the shareholder’s
Finnish book-entry account can register and vote in advance on
certain matters on the agenda of the Annual General Meeting from 10
March 2025 at 9.00 a.m. (EET) until 7 April 2025 at 4.00 p.m.
(EEST) by the following means:
a) Through the company’s website at
https://company.marimekko.com/investors/management/general-meeting/annual-general-meeting-2025/
Electronic advance voting requires strong electronic
authentication of the shareholder or the shareholder’s proxy
representative or legal representative with a Finnish, Swedish or
Danish bank ID or mobile certificate. If shareholders use
Suomi.fi-authorizations, registration requires the authorized
person’s strong electronic authentication with Finnish online
banking codes or a mobile certificate.
b) Through mail or email
Shareholders can also submit the advance voting form available
on the company’s website at
https://company.marimekko.com/investors/management/general-meeting/annual-general-meeting-2025/
or corresponding information by mail to Innovatics Oy, General
Meeting / Marimekko Oyj, Ratamestarinkatu 13 A, 00520 Helsinki,
Finland or by email to agm@innovatics.fi. The advance voting form
will be available on the company’s website on 10 March 2025 at the
latest.
In addition to voting in advance, the shareholder must register
for the Annual General Meeting prior to the end of the registration
period.
A shareholder who has voted in advance cannot request
information under the Finnish Companies Act or request a vote at
the General Meeting or change the given votes if they or their
proxy representative is not present at the General Meeting
venue.
With regards to holders of nominee-registered shares, the
advance voting is performed via the account management
organisation. The account management organisation may vote in
advance on behalf of the holders of nominee-registered shares it
represents, in accordance with the voting instructions provided by
them, during the registration period for holders of
nominee-registered shares.
A proposal subject to advance voting is considered to have been
presented unchanged at the General Meeting. The terms and other
instructions concerning the electronic voting are available on the
company’s website at
https://company.marimekko.com/investors/management/general-meeting/annual-general-meeting-2025/.
Further information on advance voting is available during the
registration period of the Annual General Meeting by calling
Innovatics Oy at +358 10 2818 909 on business days from 9:00 a.m.
to 12:00 noon and from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
5. Other instructions and information
It is possible to follow the Annual General Meeting online via
webcast. Instructions on following the webcast are available on the
company’s website at
https://company.marimekko.com/investors/management/general-meeting/annual-general-meeting-2025/.
Following the Annual General Meeting via webcast is not
considered participating in the Annual General Meeting or
exercising shareholder rights.
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 request information with respect to the matters to be
considered at the Annual General Meeting.
Changes in shareholding after the record date for the Annual
General Meeting do not affect the right to participate in the
Annual General Meeting or the number of votes held by the
shareholder.
On the date of this notice, 19 February 2025, the total number of
shares and votes in Marimekko Corporation is 40,649,170. On the
date of this notice, the company holds 77,790 of its own shares,
which do not entitle to voting at the Annual General Meeting.
Helsinki, 19 February 2025
MARIMEKKO CORPORATION
Board of Directors
Further information:
Anna Tuominen
Tel. +358 40 584 6944
anna.tuominen@marimekko.com
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Marimekko is a Finnish lifestyle design company renowned for
its original prints and colors. The company’s product portfolio
includes high-quality clothing, bags and accessories as well as
home décor items ranging from textiles to tableware. When Marimekko
was founded in 1951, its unparalleled printed fabrics gave it a
strong and unique identity. In 2024, the company's net sales
totaled EUR 183 million and comparable operating profit margin was
17.5 percent. Globally, there are roughly 170 Marimekko stores, and
online store serves customers in 38 countries. The key markets are
Northern Europe, the Asia-Pacific region and North America. The
Group employs about 480 people. The company’s share is quoted on
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