The highest ranking decision-making organ of a limited company is the Annual General Meeting, at which the shareholders can take part in the steering and control of the company. Under the Articles of Association and the Companies Act, the AGM makes decisions on matters within its competence, such as approving the Financial Statements, distribution of dividend, discharging the Board members and Managing Director, election of the Board of Directors and auditors as well as the compensation paid to these.
An ordinary General Meeting is held once a year before the end of June. The Board convenes the AGM by means of notices published in at least two papers specified by the AGM no more than three months and no less than three weeks before the AGM. In addition, Talentum publishes the notice as a stock exchange release and on its website. The website also gives information on the total number of shares and voting rights on the date of the AGM notice, the documents presented at the AGM, proposals of the Board or other authorised organs and any matters included in the agenda of the AGM without proposals. The minutes of the AGM with their Appendices will be accessible at the company's homepage within two weeks of the AGM.
According to Talentum Oyj's Articles of Association, the votes of a shareholder at the AGM may not exceed 1/6 of the total votes conferred by the shares. In case subsidiaries, companies and / or the Pension Foundation or Pension Insurance Society of such companies jointly own a number of shares in the company entitling them to more than 1/6 of the total number of votes, however, only the votes based on these shares not exceeding 1/6 of the total number of votes may be used.
Talentum Oyj’s annual general meeting 2011 - documents
Materials from the Annual General Meeting
Talentum Oyj’s annual general meeting 2012
Talentum’s annual general meeting is scheduled to be held on Friday March 30, 2012 at 2 p.m. in Helsinki. Shareholders have a right to put on the agenda of the AGM items that are within the competence of the general meeting. A shareholder must declare his or her demands in writing to Talentum Oyj’s Board of Directors on Friday February 3, 2012 at the latest. Such a demand shall be sent by mail to address Talentum Oyj / Legal affairs, P.O. Box 920, 00101 Helsinki, or email to info@talentum.fi.
