The Annual General Meeting of Outokumpu Oyj was held on March 21, 2017 in Helsinki, Finland. The Meeting approved the financial statements and discharged the management of the company from liability for the financial year 2016. The Meeting decided that a dividend of 0.10 euros per share be paid for 2016 and authorized the Board of Directors to repurchase the company’s own shares and to decide on the issuance of shares as well as special rights entitling to shares. The Meeting also approved the amendments in the articles of association.

The Annual General Meeting decided that the Board of Directors would consist of eight members. Markus Akermann, Roberto Gualdoni, Kati ter Horst, Heikki Malinen, Saila Miettinen-Lähde, Jorma Ollila and Olli Vaartimo of the current members of the Board of Directors were re-elected, and Eeva Sipilä was elected as a new member for the term of office ending at the end of the next Annual General Meeting. The Annual General Meeting re-elected Jorma Ollila as the Chairman and Olli Vaartimo as the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors.

The Annual General Meeting decided to maintain the annual remuneration of the Board of Directors at the same level as during the previous term: 140,000 euros for the Chairman, 80,000 euros for the Vice Chairman and 60,000 euros for the other members of the Board of Directors. The meeting fees will also remain at the same level as during the previous term: a meeting fee of 600 euros would be payable separately for each Board and Committee meeting. For the Board members residing outside of Finland the meeting fee would be 1,200 euros.

All resolutions by the Annual General Meeting 2017

All materials related to the Annual General Meeting can be found below. 

AGM 2017 materials

Minutes of the meeting 2017
Resolutions by the Annual General Meeting 2017
Notice to the Annual General Meeting 2017
Proposal by the Nomination Board to the Annual General Meeting 2017
CV of Eeva Sipilä
AGM 2017 - Proposal of the Board of Directors to the Annual General Meeting - Election of Auditor
Annual report 2016
Financial statements 2016
Annual Accounts Bulletin 2016