ELISA STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 30 JANUARY 2026 AT 9:00 AM
Notice is given to the shareholders of Elisa Corporation (the "Company") of the
Annual General Meeting to be held on Wednesday 1 April 2026 at 2:00 pm (EEST) at
Messukeskus Siipi, Rautatieläisenkatu 3, Helsinki. The reception of persons who
have registered for the Meeting and the distribution of voting tickets will
commence at 12:00 noon. Coffee will be served between 12:00 noon and 2:00 pm.
Shareholders may also exercise their voting rights by voting in advance.
Instructions for advance voting are presented in section C Instructions for
participants in the General Meeting.
A. Matters on the agenda of the General Meeting
1. Opening of the Meeting
2. Calling the Meeting to order
3. Persons to scrutinise the minutes and to supervise the counting of votes
4. Legality of the Meeting
5. Attendance at the Meeting and list of votes
6. Financial statements, report of the Board of Directors and auditor's report
for the year 2025
Review by the CEO
7. Adoption of the financial statements
8. Profit shown on the balance sheet and dividend payment
The Board of Directors proposes to the General Meeting that the profit for the
financial period 2025 be added to accrued earnings and that a maximum dividend
of EUR 2.40 per share be paid based on the adopted balance sheet of 31 December
2025 adopted by the General Meeting. According to the proposal, the dividend
will be paid in four instalments as follows.
The first instalment of the dividend of EUR 0.60 per share is proposed to be
paid to a shareholder registered in the shareholders' register of the Company
held by Euroclear Finland Oy on the dividend payment record date of the first
instalment of 7 April 2026. The Board of Directors proposes that the first
instalment of the dividend be paid on 15 April 2026.
In addition, the Board of Directors proposes that the Annual General Meeting
authorise the Board of Directors to later decide, at its discretion, on the
distribution of a maximum dividend of EUR 1.80 per share in total. The
authorisation would be valid until the opening of the next Annual General
Meeting.
Unless the Board of Directors decides otherwise for a justified reason, the
authorisation will be used to distribute dividend in three equal-sized
instalments during the period of validity of the authorisation. The Board of
Directors will make separate resolutions on each distribution of dividend so
that the preliminary record and payment dates for each dividend instalment will
be as set out below. The Company will make separate announcements of each such
resolution.
Preliminary record dates Preliminary payment dates Preliminary
amounts
20 July 2026 29 July
2026 EUR 0.60 per share
26 October 2026 4 November 2026
EUR 0.60 per share
10 February 2027 17 February
2027 EUR 0.60 per share
Each dividend instalment based on the authorisation will be paid to shareholders
registered in the Company's shareholder register maintained by Euroclear Finland
Ltd on the dividend record date of the instalment in question.
9. Discharging the members of the Board of Directors and the CEO from liability
10. Remuneration report
The Board of Directors proposes that the Remuneration Report of the Company's
governing bodies for 2025 be approved. The resolution is advisory in accordance
with the Finnish Limited Liability Companies Act.
The Remuneration Report will be available on the Company's website at
elisa.com/agm (http://www.elisa.com/agm) no later than on 11 February 2026.
11. Remuneration of the members of the Board of Directors and grounds for
reimbursement of expenses
The Shareholders' Nomination Board proposes that the amount of annual
remuneration for the members of the Board of Directors be changed, but that the
level of remuneration for participating in meetings should remain unchanged. The
proposal does not include share transfer restrictions; however, the Nomination
Board does require that members of the Board hold shares in the Company. The
proposal of the Shareholders' Nomination Board to the Annual General Meeting is
as follows:
The Chair be paid annual remuneration of EUR 165,000 (EUR 160,000 in 2025), the
Deputy Chair and the Chairs of the Committees EUR 91,000 (EUR 89,000 in 2025),
and other Board members EUR 74,000 (EUR 73,000 in 2025). In addition, a meeting
fee of EUR 800 (EUR 800 in 2025) per meeting of the Board and of a Committee
would be paid. However, if a Board member is physically present at a Board or
Committee meeting that is held in a country other than his/her permanent home
country, then the meeting fee would be EUR 1,600 (EUR 1,600 in 2025).
According to the proposal, the annual remuneration will be paid partly in
Company shares and partly in cash so that 40% of the remuneration is used to
acquire Company shares in the name of and on behalf of the Board members, and
the remainder will be paid in cash in order to cover mainly withholding tax on
the annual remuneration. The shares will be acquired for the Board members on
the third trading day following the publication of the interim report for the
first quarter of 2026.
The Company shall be responsible for the costs accruing from the acquisition of
the shares.
In the event that the acquisition of shares cannot be carried out due to reasons
attributable to the Company or Board member, the entire remuneration shall be
paid in cash.
Actual travel and other expenses arising from the Board work will be reimbursed.
12. Number of the members of the Board of Directors
The Shareholders' Nomination Board proposes to the General Meeting that the
number of members of the Board of Directors would be nine (eight members in
2025).
13. Election of the members of the Board of Directors
The Shareholders' Nomination Board proposes to the General Meeting that Mr
Tuomas Hyyryläinen, Mr Kim Ignatius, Ms Katariina Kravi, Ms Pia Kåll, Mr Urs
Schaeppi, Ms Eva-Lotta Sjöstedt and Mr Christoph Vitzthum be re-elected as
members of the Board. The Shareholders' Nomination Board further proposes that
Mr René Lindell and Ms Jane Silber are elected as new members of the Board.
The Shareholders' Nomination Board proposes to the General Meeting that
Christoph Vitzthum be elected as the Chair of the Board and Ms Katariina Kravi
be elected as the Deputy Chair.
Based on the evaluation of the Shareholders' Nomination Board, the proposed
candidates are deemed independent of Elisa and of Elisa's significant
shareholders, with the exception of Tuomas Hyyryläinen who is deemed independent
of Elisa but not independent of its significant shareholder Solidium due to his
position as a member of Solidium's Board of Directors.
The term of the members of the Board of Directors ends at the close of the
Annual General Meeting in 2027. Further information on the proposed nominees to
the Board of Directors can be found on the Company's website at
elisa.com/agm (http://www.elisa.com/agm).
With regard to the selection procedure for the members of the Board of
Directors, the Shareholders' Nomination Board recommends that shareholders take
a position on the proposal as a whole at the General Meeting. This
recommendation is based on the fact that at Elisa, in line with a good Nordic
governance model, the Shareholders' Nomination Board is separate from the Board
of Directors. The Shareholders' Nomination Board, in addition to ensuring that
individual nominees for membership of the Board of Directors possess the
required competences, is also responsible for making sure that the proposed
Board of Directors as a whole also has the best possible expertise and
experience for the company and that the composition of the Board of Directors
also meets other requirements of the Finnish Corporate Governance Code for
listed companies.
14. Remuneration of the auditor and grounds for reimbursement of travel expenses
The Board of Directors proposes, on the recommendation of the Board's Audit
Committee, to the General Meeting, that the auditor be remunerated and travel
expenses be reimbursed in accordance with the auditor's invoice accepted by the
Company.
15. Election of the auditor
The Board of Directors proposes, on the recommendation of the Board's Audit
Committee, to the General Meeting, that Ernst & Young Oy, Authorized Public
Accountants Organisation, be elected as the Company's auditor for the financial
period 2026. Ernst & Young Oy has informed the Company that the auditor with
principal responsibility would be Ms Terhi Mäkinen, Authorised Public Accountant
(KHT).
16. Remuneration of the sustainability reporting assurer and grounds for
reimbursement of travel expenses
The Board of Directors proposes, on the recommendation of the Board's Audit
Committee, to the General Meeting, that the sustainability reporting assurer be
remunerated and travel expenses be reimbursed in accordance with the
sustainability reporting assurer's invoice accepted by the Company.
17. Election of the sustainability reporting assurer
The Board of Directors proposes, on the recommendation of the Board's Audit
Committee, to the General Meeting, that Ernst & Young Oy, Authorized
Sustainability Audit Firm, be elected as the Company's sustainability reporting
assurer for the financial period 2026. Ernst & Young Oy has informed the Company
that the sustainability reporting auditor with principal responsibility would be
Ms Terhi Mäkinen, Authorised Public Accountant (KHT) and Authorized
Sustainability Auditor (KRT).
18. Authorising the Board of Directors to decide on the repurchase of the
Company's own shares
The Board of Directors proposes that the General Meeting authorise the Board of
Directors to decide on the repurchase or acceptance, as a pledge, of a maximum
number of 5,000,000 Elisa shares using funds in the unrestricted equity of the
Company. The repurchase may be carried out in one or several instalments. The
price paid for the shares repurchased under the authorisation shall, at maximum,
be the highest price of Elisa shares in trading on the regulated market at the
time of purchase. In repurchasing Elisa shares, derivatives, share lending and
other arrangements customary in the capital market may be concluded pursuant to
the law and other regulations. This authorisation entitles the Board of
Directors to repurchase the shares otherwise than in proportion to the
shareholdings of the shareholders (directed acquisition).
The shares may be repurchased in order to carry out acquisitions or other
arrangements related to the Company's business, to finance investments, to
improve the Company's capital structure, to be used as part of the Company's
incentive scheme, to be transferred for other purposes, or to be cancelled.
It is proposed that the authorisation include a right for the Board of Directors
to decide on all other matters related to the purchase of shares. It is proposed
that this authorisation remain in effect for 18 months from the date of the
resolution of the General Meeting. The authorisation is proposed to revoke the
repurchase authorisation granted to the Board of Directors by the Annual General
Meeting on 2 April 2025.
19. Authorising the Board of Directors to decide on the issuance of shares as
well as the issuance of special rights entitling to shares
The Board of Directors proposes that the General Meeting authorise the Board of
Directors to decide on the share issue, right of assignment of treasury shares
and/or granting of special rights referred to in Chapter 10, Section 1 of the
Finnish Limited Liability Companies Act.
The proposed authorisation entitles the Board of Directors to make one or
several resolutions on share issues, provided that the Board of Directors issues
shares up to a maximum number of 15,000,000. The share issue and shares granted
by virtue of special rights are included in the aforementioned maximum number.
At present, the proposed maximum number of such shares is approximately 9% of
all of the shares in the Company.
The share issue may either be made against payment or without payment and can
also be directed to the Company itself. The authorisation entitles the Board of
Directors to issue the shares otherwise than in proportion to the shareholdings
of the shareholders (directed share issue). The shares may be issued under the
proposed authorisation in order to carry out acquisitions or other arrangements
related to the Company's business, to finance investments, to improve the
Company's capital structure, to be used as part of the Company's incentive
scheme or to be used for other purposes decided on by the Board of Directors.
It is proposed that the authorisation include a right for the Board of Directors
to decide on all other matters related to the issuance of shares. It is also
proposed that the authorisation remain in effect for 18 months from the date of
the resolution of the General Meeting. The authorization is proposed to revoke
the authorisation to decide on the issuance of shares and special rights
entitling to shares granted to the Board of Directors by the Annual General
Meeting on 2 April 2025.
20. Amendment of the Charter of the Shareholders' Nomination Board
The Shareholders' Nomination Board proposes to the General Meeting that the
Charter of the Shareholders' Nomination Board be amended as follows:
The Shareholders' Nomination Board proposes changes to the timing of the annual
appointment of the Nomination Board; to the practices concerning the nomination
rights of shareholders whose separated holdings are counted together; to the
provisions concerning the quorum and unanimity of decision-making of the
Nomination Board; and to the provisions concerning the preparation of proposals
and amendment of the Charter. In addition, minor technical changes and updates
are proposed to the Charter. The proposed Charter of the Shareholders'
Nomination Board in its amended form is attached to this proposal (Appendix 1).
In addition, a comparison with the current Charter of the Nomination Board is
available on the company's website
at elisa.com/agm (https://elisa.com/corporate/governance/annual-general
-meeting/).
21. Closing of the Meeting
B. Documents of the General Meeting
This notice, including all proposals of the Board of Directors and the
Shareholders' Nomination Board relating to the agenda of the General Meeting, is
available on the Company's website at elisa.com/agm (http://www.elisa.com/agm).
The Remuneration Report will be available on the above-mentioned website as of
11 February 2026, at the latest and Annual Report of the Company including the
Company's Financial Statements, the Report of the Board of Directors and the
Auditor's Report will be available as of 11 March 2026, at the latest. The
proposals for the decisions and documents related to the annual accounts are
also available at the Meeting. The minutes of the Meeting will be available on
the above-mentioned website as of 15 April 2026, at the latest.
C. Instructions for participants in the General Meeting
1. Shareholder registered in the shareholders' register
Each shareholder who is registered on the record date of the General Meeting, 20
March 2026, in the shareholders' register of the Company held by Euroclear
Finland Oy has the right to participate in the General Meeting. Shareholders
whose shares are registered on their personal Finnish book-entry account are
registered in the shareholders' register of the Company.
Registration for the meeting will begin on 30 January 2026 at 9:00 am (EET).
Shareholders entered in the Company's shareholder register who wish to
participate in the General Meeting must register for the General Meeting by 25
March 2026 at 6:00 pm (EET) at the latest, by which time the notice of
participation must be received. Such notice can be given:
a. through Elisa's website: www.elisa.com/agm. Registering requires strong
electronic identification (online banking credentials or Mobile ID) for natural
persons. Strong electronic identification is not required for legal persons. In
such a case, however, legal persons must provide the number of their book-entry
account, as well as other required information. If a shareholder utilises the
Suomi.fi electronic authorisation, registration requires strong electronic
identification from the authorised person, which operates using online banking
credentials or Mobile ID;
b. by e-mail to yhtiokokous@euroclear.com; or
c. by regular mail to Euroclear Finland Oy, Yhtiökokous / Elisa Corporation,
P.O. Box 1110, FI-00101 Helsinki, Finland.
Shareholders must, in connection with the registration, submit the requested
information, such as their name, date of birth/personal identity code or
business ID, address, telephone number and email address along with the name of
any assistant or proxy representative and the date of birth/personal identity
code of the proxy representative. Personal data disclosed in connection with the
shareholders' registration will be used only in connection with the General
Meeting and the related necessary handling of registrations. Shareholders, their
authorised representatives or proxy representatives must, where necessary, be
able to prove at the Meeting place their identity and/or right to represent the
shareholder.
2. Holders of nominee-registered shares
Holders of nominee-registered shares have the right to participate in the
General Meeting by virtue of such shares based on which they would be entitled
to be registered in the shareholders' register of the Company held by Euroclear
Finland Oy on the record date of the General Meeting, 20 March 2026. The right
to participate in the General Meeting requires, in addition, that the
shareholder on the basis of such shares has been temporarily registered in the
shareholders' register held by Euroclear Finland Oy by 10:00 am on 27 March
2026, at the latest. As regards nominee-registered shares, this constitutes due
registration for the General Meeting.
Holders of nominee-registered shares are advised to request without delay
necessary instructions regarding the temporary registration in the shareholder's
register of the Company, the issuing of proxy documents and voting instructions
and registration for the General Meeting as well as voting in advance from their
custodian bank. The account manager of the custodian bank must register a holder
of nominee-registered shares who wishes to participate in the Annual General
Meeting temporarily in the shareholders' register of the Company at the latest
by the time stated above and, if necessary, arrange advance voting on behalf of
the holder of nominee-registered shares before the end of the registration
period for shareholders of nominee-registered shares.
3. Proxy representative and powers of attorney
Shareholders may participate in the General Meeting and exercise their rights
there by way of proxy representation. Any proxy representatives must produce a
dated proxy document or otherwise in a reliable manner demonstrate their right
to represent the shareholder at the General Meeting. A proxy representative of a
shareholder may also vote in advance in accordance with this notice.
If a shareholder participates in the General Meeting by means of several proxy
representatives representing the shareholder with shares in different securities
accounts, the shares by which each proxy representative represents the
shareholder shall be identified in connection with the registration for the
General Meeting.
Any proxy documents should be delivered to the Company at the above-mentioned
email address (e.g. as a PDF attachment) or regular mail address before the last
date for registration. In addition to submitting proxy documents, shareholders
or their proxy representative must ensure that they have registered for the
General Meeting in the manner described above in this notice.
Shareholders can also use the electronic Suomi.fi authorisation service instead
of a traditional proxy document. In this case, the shareholder authorises a
proxy that they nominate in the Suomi.fi authorisation service on the website
suomi.fi/e-authorizations using the mandate theme “Representation at the General
Meeting”. In connection with Euroclear Finland Oy's General Meeting service, any
person so authorised must identify themselves with strong electronic
identification in connection with the registration, after which the electronic
authorisation will be checked automatically. Strong electronic identification
works with online banking credentials or Mobile ID. More information is
available on the website suomi.fi/e-authorizations.
4. Voting in advance
Shareholders with a Finnish book-entry account can vote in advance on certain
items on the agenda of the General Meeting during the period 30 January 2026 at
9:00 am (EET) - 25 March 2025 at 6:00 pm (EET) by the following means:
a. On the Company's website elisa.com/agm (http://www.elisa.com/agm)
Voting in advance requires strong electronic identification (bank codes or the
Mobile ID) for natural persons. Strong electronic identification is not required
for legal persons. In such a case, however, legal persons must provide the
number of their book-entry account, as well as other required information. If a
shareholder utilises the Suomi.fi electronic authorisation, voting in advance
requires strong electronic identification from the authorised person, which
operates using online banking credentials or Mobile ID.
b. By regular mail or e-mail
A shareholder voting in advance by regular mail or e-mail must deliver an
advance voting form available on the Company's website
elisa.com/agm (http://www.elisa.com/agm) to Euroclear Finland Oy by regular mail
to Euroclear Finland Oy, Yhtiökokous / Elisa Corporation, P.O. Box 1110, FI
-00101 Helsinki, Finland or by e-mail to yhtiokokous@euroclear.com.
Advance votes must be received by the end of the advance voting period. If a
shareholder participates in the General Meeting by delivering votes in advance
by regular mail or e-mail to Euroclear Finland Oy, the delivery of the votes
before the deadline for registration for the meeting and advance voting shall
constitute a registration for the General Meeting as long as the information
required for registration as set out in the advance voting form is provided.
It is not possible for a shareholder who has voted in advance to exercise the
right to request information under the Finnish Companies Act or to request a
vote unless he/she or through a proxy representative attends the General Meeting
at the meeting venue.
For holders of nominee-registered shares, advance voting takes place through the
account manager. The account manager may vote in advance on behalf of nominee
-registered shareholders represented by it in accordance with the voting
instructions given by the latter during the registration period set for nominee
-registered shares.
A proposal for a resolution subject to advance voting shall be deemed to have
been presented unchanged at the Annual General Meeting.
Other information
The meeting language is Finnish.
Pursuant to Chapter 5, Section 25 of the Finnish Companies Act, a shareholder
who is present at the General Meeting has the right to request information with
respect to the matters to be considered at the Meeting.
Changes in shareholdings occurring after the record date of the General Meeting
do not have an effect on the right to attend the General Meeting or on the
number of votes held by a shareholder.
On the date of this notice to the General Meeting, 30 January 2026, the total
number of shares and votes in Elisa Corporation is 167,335,073.
Helsinki, 30 January 2026
ELISA CORPORATION
The Board of Directors
ELISA CORPORATION
Vesa Sahivirta
IR Director
tel. +358 50 520 5555
Distribution:
Nasdaq Helsinki
Principal media
elisa.com