Sanoma Corporation's Annual General Meeting was held on Tuesday 29 April 2025 at 10:00 (EET) at Sanomatalo, address Töölönlahdenkatu 2, Helsinki.
Minutes of the Annual General Meeting 29 April 2025 (unofficial translation)
Decisions taken by Sanoma Corporation’s Annual General Meeting and Board of Directors
Chair of the Board's presentation at the AGM (video interpreted into English)
CEO's presentation at the AGM (video)
Notice to the Annual General Meeting 29.4.2025 (Stock Exchange Release 11 February 2025)
Full-Year Result 2024 Release (11 February 2025)
Important dates:
| 11 February 2025 | Notice to the AGM published |
| 26 March 2025 at 10:00 | Registration to the AGM and advance voting commence, proxy and voting instruction templates will be available (at the very latest) |
| week 14 | Annual Report 2024 (incl. e.g. Financial Statements, Report of the Board of Directors and Remuneration Report) will be published |
| 15 April 2025 | AGM record date |
| 22 April 2025 at 16:00 | Registration to the AGM and advance voting end |
| 24 April 2025 at 10:00 | Holders of the nominee-registered shares: Registration and the advance voting end |
| 29 April 2025 at 10:00 | Annual General Meeting, reception of participants and distribution of the voting tickets commences at 9.00 |
| 2 May 2025 | Dividend record date, first instalment (Board’s proposal to the AGM) |
| 9 May 2025 | Dividend payment date, first instalment (Board’s proposal to the AGM) |
The General Meeting is Sanoma’s highest decision-making body, convening at least once a year in accordance with the Sanoma Articles of Association.
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) is held by the end of June each year and it handles the matters that fall under its authority according to the Finnish Companies Act as well as any matters proposed to a General Meeting. Extraordinary General Meetings are convened to handle specific matters proposed to a General Meeting.
According to the Finnish Companies Act, e.g. the following matters are subject to the decision-making power of a General Meeting:
- amendments to the Articles of Association;
- increases or decreases in share capital;
- issues of shares or other rights entitling to shares;
- acquisition of own shares;
- decisions on the number, election and remuneration of Directors;
- adoption of the financial statements;
- distribution of profits / allocation of losses.
Shareholders’ right to have matters dealt with by the General Meeting
According to the Finnish Companies Act, a shareholder may also request that his or her proposal to be handled at the next General Meeting. Such a request should be made in writing to the company’s Board of Directors and the proposed matters shall fall within the competence of the General Meetings according to the Finnish Companies Act. To this effect, a written request was to be sent to the Board of Directors on Tuesday, 14 January 2025 at the latest.
