Scanfil Plc’s Annual General Meeting, 25 April 2018

25.4.2018

SCANFIL PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 25 APRIL 2018 at 3.00 pm

SCANFIL PLC’S ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, 25 APRIL 2018

Scanfil plc’s Annual General Meeting has in its meeting on 25 April 2018 confirmed the Financial Statements for 2017 and discharged the Board of Directors and the CEO from liability.

According to Board of Directors’ proposal The Annual General Meeting decided to distribute a dividend total of EUR 0.11 per share. The record date for the payment of dividend is 27 April 2018 and the date of payment of the dividend is 7 May 2018.

The Meeting resolved that the Board of Directors consists of five members. Harri Takanen, Jarkko Takanen, Christer Härkönen, Bengt Engström and Christina Lindstedt were re-elected as members of the Board of Directors.

In its meeting, held after the General Meeting, the Board of Directors elected Harri Takanen as the Chairman of the Board of Directors. The Board further resolved to organize the Board committees as follows: the members of the Audit Committee are Harri Takanen, Jarkko Takanen and Christina Lindstedt and the members of the
Nomination and Compensation Committee are Harri Takanen, Jarkko Takanen and Bengt Engström.

The meeting decided that the remuneration of Chairman of the Board of Directors is EUR 3,675/month and remuneration of a member of the Board of Directors is EUR 2,100/month. Additionally members of the Committee will receive a compensation of EUR 525/meeting. The remuneration for the auditor shall be paid against the auditor’s reasonable invoice. The company’s auditor is KPMG Oy AB, a company of Authorized Public Accountants, and the main auditor is Authorized Public Accountant Kirsi Jantunen. The auditor is appointed for an indefinite term.

The Meeting decided according to the Board of Directors’ proposal to authorize the Board of Directors to decide on the acquisition of the Company’s own shares.The maximum number of the shares to be repurchased shall not exceed 5,000,000 shares. Company shares will be purchased with funds from the company’s non-restricted equity, in which case the acquisition will decrease the company’s distributable non-restricted equity.

Shares will be purchased in another proportion than that of the holdings of the current shareholders. Purchasing will take place through public trading arranged by NASDAQ Helsinki Ltd. The shares will be purchased at the fair value established in public trading at the time of acquisition.

The authorization cancels the authorization given in the Annual General Meeting on 26 April 2017 to repurchase the company’s own shares. The authorization will remain in force for 18 months after it is issued.

The Meeting decided according to the Board of Directors’ proposal to authorize the Board of Directors to decide on share issues through one or more issues and the issue of other special rights entitling their holders to shares.

The number of shares to be issued based on the authorization can be no more than 13,000,000 shares.

The Board shall decide on the terms and conditions of share issues and the issue of special rights entitling their holders to shares. The authorization concerns both the issue of new shares and the transfer of treasury shares. Shares and special rights entitling their holders to shares can be issued in deviation from the shareholders’ pre-emptive rights (directed issue).

The authorization cancels the authorization given in the Annual General Meeting on 26 April 2017 to decide on share issues and the issue of special rights entitling their holders to share. The authorization shall be valid until 30 June 2019.

The minutes of the Annual General Meeting will be available on the company’s website, www.scanfil.com, as of 9 May 2018.

SCANFIL PLC

Petteri Jokitalo
CEO

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Scanfil is an international contract manufacturer and system supplier for the electronics industry with 40 years of experience in demanding contract manufacturing. Scanfil provides its customers with an extensive array of services, ranging from product design to product manufacturing, material procurement and logistics solutions. Vertically integrated production and a comprehensive supply chain are the foundation of Scanfil’s competitive advantages: speed, flexibility and reliability.

Typical Scanfil products include mobile and communications network devices, automation system modules, frequency converters, lift control systems, analysers, various slot and vending machines, and devices related to medical technology and meteorology. Scanfil services are used by numerous international automation, energy, IT and health service providers, as well as companies operating in the field of urbanisation. Scanfil’s network of factories consists of 10 production units in Europe, Asia and North America. The total number of employees is about 3,500.

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