Fondia Plc

Company release

2026-03-19 at 4.50 p.m. EET

The Annual General Meeting of Fondia Plc was held today on 19 March 2026 at 3.00 p.m. EET in Helsinki.

The General Meeting approved the company's financial statements and granted discharge from liability to the members of the Board of Directors and the CEOs for the financial period 1 January 2025-31 December 2025.The General Meeting approved, on an advisory basis, the remuneration report 2025 for the governing bodies of the company.

In addition, the General Meeting decided on the following matters:

Payment of dividend

In accordance with the proposal of the Board of Directors, the General Meeting resolved to pay a dividend of EUR 0.30 per share to be paid for each share entitled to dividend from the parent company's distributable reserves. The dividend will be paid to the shareholder who, on the record date for the dividend payment on 23 March 2026, is registered in the shareholders' register of the company kept by Euroclear Finland Ltd. The dividend will be paid on 31 March 2026.

Members of the Board of Directors and remuneration

The number of Board members was set at three (3). Johan Hammarén and Katariina Lindholm were re-elected as Board members and Sampo Pasanen was elected as a new member. The term of office of the Board members will expire at the end of the next Annual General Meeting. The General Meeting decided that the following remuneration will remain unchanged and thus the following fees will be paid to the members of the Board of Directors: Chair of the Board of Directors EUR 3,500 per month and the other members of the Board of Directors EUR 2,000 per month each. Travel expenses will be reimbursed in accordance with the maximum amount of the current travel allowance base set by the Tax Administration.

Auditor

The General Meeting resolved that Grant Thornton Oy, Authorized Public Accountants, was re-elected as the company's auditor. Grant Thornton Oy has notified that KHT Peter Åhman, Authorized Public Accountant, will act as the auditor with principal responsibility.

Authorising the Board of Directors to decide on the repurchase of own shares

The Annual General Meeting resolved to authorize the Board of Directors to decide on the repurchase of company's own shares as follows:

The number of own shares to be repurchased on the basis of the authorisation shall not exceed 300,000 shares in total, which corresponds to approximately 7.6 per cent of the current total number of the shares in the company. However, the company, together with its subsidiaries, may not own and/or pledge more than 10 per cent of all shares in the company at any time. Own shares may only be repurchased on the basis of the authorisation by using the unrestricted equity of the company.

Own shares can be repurchased on the repurchase date at a price formed in multilateral trading or otherwise at a price formed in the market. Shares may also be repurchased outside public trading at a price that does not exceed the market price in public trading at the time of acquisition.

The Board of Directors decides how the shares are repurchased. Own shares may be repurchased other than in proportion to the shares held by the shareholders (directed repurchase) if there is a weighty financial reason for the company within the meaning of Chapter 15, Section 6 of the Companies Act.

Own shares may be repurchased for the purpose of developing the company's capital structure, for transfer for the purpose of financing or implementing possible acquisitions, investments or other arrangements relating to the company's business, for use in the company's incentive schemes or otherwise for further transfer, retention or annulment.

The authorisation annuls the authorisation given to the Board of Directors by the Annual General Meeting of 20 March 2025. The authorisation is effective until the end of the next Annual General Meeting, however no longer than until 30 June 2027. 

Authorising the Board of Directors to decide on the issuance of shares, option rights and other special rights entitling to shares

The Annual General Meeting resolved to authorize the Board of Directors to decide on the issuance of shares, option rights and other special rights entitling to shares referred to in Chapter 15, Section 6 of the Finnish Limited Liability Companies Act in one or more tranches as follows:

The number of shares to be issued on the basis of the authorisation shall not exceed 390,000 shares in total (including shares to be issued on the basis of special rights), which corresponds to approximately 9.9 per cent of the current total number of the shares in the company.

The Board of Directors decides on all the conditions of the issuance of shares, option rights and special rights entitling to shares. The authorisation may be used to issue both new shares and shares held by the company. New shares may be issued, and shares held by the company may be transferred either against payment or free of charge. In the issue and transfer of shares, option rights and other special rights entitling to shares, the shareholders' pre-emptive subscription rights (directed issue) may be derogated from if there is a weighty economic reason from the company's point of view, such as the use of shares to develop the company's capital structure, to implement possible acquisitions, investments or other arrangements relating to the company's business or to implement the company's commitment and incentive schemes. The Board of Directors may also decide on a share issue free of charge to the company itself.

The authorisation annuls the authorisation given to the Board of Directors by the Annual General Meeting of 20 March 2025. The authorisation is effective until the end of the next Annual General Meeting, however no longer than until 30 June 2027.

Decisions of the constitutive meeting of Board of Directors

The Board of Directors elected at the Annual General Meeting held an organizational meeting immediately after the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting. Johan Hammarén was elected as Chair of the Board and Katariina Lindholm as Vice Chair of the Board. The Board decided not to establish any committees.

At its meeting, the Board assessed the independence of its members in accordance with the Finnish Corporate Governance Code for listed companies. The Board concluded that of the members Johan Hammarén, Katariina Lindholm and Sampo Pasanen are independent of the company. Katariina Lindholm and Sampo Pasanen are also independent of the company's significant shareholders. Johan Hammarén is significant shareholder of the company.

Fondia Plc
 

For further information, please contact:

Timo Lappi, CEO, tel. +358 40 756 7809

Certified Adviser Aktia Alexander Corporate Finance Oy, tel. +358 50 520 4098

Fondia in brief

Fondia solves the legal needs of companies by combining the best services from internal legal departments and law firms. Fondia operates in Finland, Sweden, Estonia, and Lithuania. Fondia employs around 160 people. Group's net sales in 2025 were €23.9 million.

www.fondia.com

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Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd 
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