Neste Corporation, Stock Exchange Release, 5 February 2026 at 9:05 a.m. (EET)
Neste Corporation's (the "Company" or "Neste") shareholders are hereby invited
to the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the "AGM") to be held on
Wednesday 25 March 2026, beginning at 10:30 a.m. EET at Scandic Marina Congress
Center, Katajanokanlaituri 6, 00160, Helsinki, Finland. Registration and the
distribution of voting papers will begin at the AGM venue at 8:30 a.m. EET.
Shareholders can also exercise their right to vote by voting in advance.
Instructions for advance voting are presented in this AGM notice under section
C.
Prior to the AGM, Neste will host a discussion event for the shareholders, their
representatives and proxy representatives at the Scandic Marina Congress Center
on 25 March 2026 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. (EET). Neste's President and CEO,
Heikki Malinen and the CFO, Eeva Sipilä, will be present at the discussion
event. The presentation language of the discussion event is Finnish, and
simultaneous interpretation will not be available. The discussion event is not
part of the AGM, and the event will not be a decision-making forum. Questions
presented at the event are thus not questions referred to in Chapter 5, Section
25 of the Finnish Companies Act. Capacity for the discussion event is limited.
Participation in the discussion event requires advance registration. The
registration link is included in the Annual General Meeting confirmation email.
Participants have the opportunity to submit questions in advance during the
registration process.
Schedule for March 25, 2026:
08:30 Doors open for shareholders and assistants attending the discussion event
09:00-10:00 Discussion event
09:45 Attendees of the Annual General Meeting are kindly requested to arrive
from 9:45 a.m. (EET) onwards
10:00 Coffee and light refreshments served
10:30 Annual General Meeting commences
A. Matters to be handled and the agenda
The following matters will be discussed and decided at the AGM:
1. Opening of the meeting
2. Calling the meeting to order
3. Election of the examiners of the minutes and the supervisors for counting
votes
4. Establishing the legality of the meeting
5. Recording the attendance at the meeting and the voting list
6. Presentation of the Financial Statements, including also the Consolidated
Financial Statements, the Review by the Board of Directors, the Auditor's Report
and the Assurance Report on the Sustainability Statements for the year 2025
- Review by the President and CEO
The Annual Report, which includes the Company's Financial Statements, the Review
by the Board of Directors (including the Sustainability Statements) as well as
the Auditor's Report and the Assurance Report on the Sustainability Statements,
is available on the Company's website at www.neste.com/agm2026 at the latest on
4 March 2026.
7. Adoption of the Financial Statements, including also the adoption of the
Consolidated Financial Statements
8. Use of the profit shown on the Balance Sheet and deciding on the payment of
dividend
The Board of Directors proposes to the AGM that a dividend of EUR 0.20 per share
be paid on the basis of the approved balance sheet for 2025. The dividend will
be paid to shareholders registered in the shareholders' register of the Company
maintained by Euroclear Finland Oy on the record date of the dividend payment,
which shall be 27 March 2026. The Board proposes to the AGM that the dividend
would be paid on 7 April 2026.
9. Discharging the members of the Board of Directors and the President and CEO
from liability
10. Remuneration Report
The Board of Directors proposes that the Remuneration Report for the Company's
governing bodies for 2025 be approved. The resolution is advisory in accordance
with the Finnish Companies Act.
The Remuneration Report is available on the Company's website at
www.neste.com/agm2026 on 4 March 2026 at the latest.
11. Deciding the remuneration of the members of the Board of Directors
The proposal by the Shareholders' Nomination Board for remuneration to be paid
to the Board members for the next term is as follows (remuneration for 2025 in
brackets):
Annual fees:
The Board members are paid the following fixed annual fees for the term starting
at the end of the 2026 AGM and ending at the end of the 2027 AGM:
· Chair: EUR 195,000 (165,000);
· Vice Chair: EUR 98,000 (90,000);
· Chairs of the Committees: EUR 98,000 (90,000) if the person does not
simultaneously act as Chair or Vice Chair; and
· Members: EUR 83,000 (75,000).
Meeting fees:
In addition to the above-mentioned fixed annual fees, the Board members will be
paid as follows for participation in Board or committee meetings:
· EUR 1,000 (1,000) for meetings; or
· EUR 2,000 (2,000) for meeting, if the member travels to the meeting outside
his/her home country.
· The meeting fee for meetings held over the telephone or through other means
of data communication is paid according to the fee payable for meetings held in
the member's home country. No meeting fee is paid for decisions that are
confirmed in writing without a meeting.
· In addition, compensation for expenses is paid in accordance with the
Company's travel guidelines.
Payment in the form of shares:
Part of the fixed annual fees will be paid in the form of shares in Neste to be
purchased from the markets as follows:
A portion of 40% of the fixed annual fee will be paid in the form of shares and
the remainder in cash. Meeting fees will be paid in cash. The shares will be
purchased directly on behalf of the Board members within two weeks as of the
first trading day of the Helsinki Stock Exchange following the publication of
the interim report of Neste for the period 1 January to 31 March 2026. If the
shares are not purchased and/or delivered based on a reason pertaining to the
Company or the Board member, the fee will be in cash in its entirety. The
Company is responsible for any transfer tax potentially levied on the purchase.
12. Deciding the number of members of the Board of Directors
The Nomination Board proposes that the Board shall have nine members.
Should one or more of the candidates proposed by the Nomination Board not be
available for election to the Board of Directors for any reason, the proposed
number of Board members shall be decreased accordingly.
13. Election of the Chair, the Vice Chair, and the members of the Board of
Directors
The Nomination Board proposes that Pasi Laine shall be re-elected as the Chair
of the Board of Directors and that John Abbott continues as the Vice Chair of
the Board. In addition, the current members of the Board, Nick Elmslie, Anna
Hyvönen, Just Jansz, Essimari Kairisto, Conrad Keijzer and Sari Mannonen are
proposed to be re-elected for a further term of office.
The Nomination Board further proposes that Simo Sääskilahti shall be elected as
a new Board member.
All persons proposed for Board service have given their consent to serving on
the Board and are considered to be independent of the Company and its major
shareholders. More information on the persons proposed by the Nomination Board
for Board service can be found at www.neste.com.
Should one or more of the candidates proposed by the Nomination Board not be
available for election to the Board of Directors for any reason, the remaining
available candidates are proposed to be elected in accordance with the proposal
by the Nomination Board.
As regards 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 AGM. This recommendation is based on the fact
that at Neste, in line with the Nordic governance model, the Shareholders'
Nomination Board is separate from the Board of Directors. The 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.
The proposal concerning the Board composition deviates from the recommendation
for balanced representation of women and men set out in the Corporate Governance
Code and from the goal of 40% for the minimum number of members of the
underrepresented gender under Chapter 6, Section 9a of the Limited Liability
Companies Act as only three out of nine members of the proposed Board are women.
The Nomination Board has mapped competence requirements for candidates based on
the Company's business and the Board work. Following a careful assessment, the
Nomination Board has concluded that the individual nominees and the proposed
Board of Directors as a whole have the best ability to respond to the
requirements stemming from the Company's business and strategic objectives. The
recruitment process has been based on competences identified in advance by the
Nomination Board, a comprehensive candidate search by an external expert as well
as several interviews of female and male candidates. Mapping of competences and
candidates takes place annually, and the Nomination Board seeks during coming
years to address the balance between the genders.
14. Deciding the remuneration of the Auditor
The Board proposes, on the recommendation of the Audit Committee, to the AGM
that the Auditor's fee shall be paid as invoiced and approved by the Company.
15. Election of the Auditor
The Board proposes, on the recommendation of the Audit Committee, that the AGM
would re-elect KPMG Oy Ab, Authorized Public Accountants, as the Company's
Auditor. KPMG Oy Ab has announced that it will appoint Mrs. Leenakaisa Winberg,
Authorized Public Accountant, as the principally responsible auditor. The
Auditor's term of office shall end at the closure of the next AGM.
16. Deciding the remuneration of the Sustainability Reporting Assurer
The Board proposes, on the recommendation of the Audit Committee, to the AGM
that the fee of the Sustainability Reporting Assurer shall be paid as invoiced
and approved by the Company.
17. Election of the Sustainability Reporting Assurer
The Board proposes, on the recommendation of the Audit Committee, that the AGM
would re-elect KPMG Oy Ab, Authorized Sustainability Audit Firm, as the
Company's Sustainability Reporting Assurer. KPMG Oy Ab has announced that it
will appoint Mrs. Leenakaisa Winberg, Authorized Public Accountant, Authorized
Sustainability Auditor, as the principally responsible sustainability reporting
assurer. The Sustainability Reporting Assurer's term of office shall end at the
closure of the next AGM.
18. Authorizing the Board of Directors to decide the buyback of Company shares
The Board proposes that the AGM should authorize the Board to purchase Company
shares ("Buyback authorization") under the following terms:
Under this Buyback authorization, the Board shall be authorized to decide the
purchase of and/or take as security a maximum of 23,000,000 Company shares using
the Company's unrestricted equity. The number of shares shall be equivalent to
approximately 2.99% of the Company's total shares.
Shares may be purchased in one or more lots. The purchase price shall be at
least the lowest price paid for Company shares in regulated trading at the time
of purchase and no more than the highest price paid for Company shares in
regulated trading at the time of purchase. In connection with the buyback of
Company shares, derivative, share lending, or other agreements that are normal
within the framework of capital markets may take place in accordance with
legislative and regulatory requirements and at a price determined by the market.
The authorization shall allow the Board to decide to purchase shares otherwise
than in proportion to shareholders' current holdings (directed buyback).
Shares so purchased can be used as consideration in possible acquisitions or in
other arrangements that are part of the Company's business, to finance
investments, as part of the Company's incentive program, or be retained,
conveyed, or cancelled by the Company.
The Board of Directors shall decide the other terms related to the buyback of
Company shares. The Buyback authorization shall remain in force for eighteen
(18) months from the decision taken by the AGM. The authorization is proposed to
revoke the buyback authorization granted to the Board of Directors by the AGM on
25 March 2025.
19. Authorizing the Board of Directors to decide on share issue
The Board proposes that the AGM would authorize the Board to decide on share
issue under the following terms:
Under the authorization, the Board shall be authorized to take one or more
decisions on the issuance of new shares and/or the conveyance of treasury shares
held by the Company, provided that the number of shares thereby issued and/or
conveyed totals a maximum of 23,000,000 shares, equivalent to approximately
2.99% of all the Company's shares.
The new shares may be issued and/or the treasury shares held by the Company may
be conveyed to the Company's shareholders in proportion to the shares they
already own or through a directed share issue that bypasses shareholders' pre
-emptive rights if the Company has a weighty financial reason for doing so, such
as using the shares in question as consideration in possible acquisitions or in
other arrangements that are part of the Company's business, to finance
investments, or as part of the Company's incentive program.
The new shares may be issued and/or the treasury shares held by the Company may
be conveyed against payment or free of charge. A directed share issue may only
be made free of charge if there is a particularly weighty financial reason, in
respect of the Company's interests and those of all of its shareholders, for
doing so. The new shares may also be issued free of charge to the Company
itself.
The Board shall decide on other terms and conditions of share issue. The
authorization shall remain in force for eighteen (18) months from the decision
taken by the AGM. The authorization shall revoke the authorization granted by
the AGM on 25 March 2025 to the Board to decide on share issue.
20. Closing of the meeting
B. AGM documents
The proposals included in the agenda of the AGM, together with this invitation,
shall be available at Neste Corporation's website at the address
www.neste.com/agm2026. Neste Corporation's Annual Report, including the
Company's Financial Statements, the Review by the Board of Directors (including
the Sustainability Statements), the Auditor's Report and the Assurance Report on
the Sustainability Statements, as well as the Remuneration Report shall be
available at the mentioned website on 4 March 2026 at the latest. The
documentation referred to above shall also be available at the AGM. The minutes
of the AGM will be available at the website referred to above as of 8 April 2026
onwards.
C. Instructions for the participants in the AGM
1. Shareholder registered in the shareholders' register
Shareholders registered in the shareholders' register of the Company maintained
by Euroclear Finland Oy on the AGM record date of 13 March 2026 shall be
entitled to attend the AGM. A shareholder, whose shares are registered on
his/her personal Finnish book-entry account, is registered in the shareholders'
register of the Company.
Registration for the AGM will begin on 5 February 2026. A shareholder registered
in the shareholders' register of the Company and wishing to attend the AGM shall
make a notice of participation by 4:00 p.m. EET on 17 March 2026 at the latest,
by which time the notice of participation must be received. Shareholders may
make a notice of participation for the AGM:
a) Via Neste Corporation's website at www.neste.com, by following the
instructions detailed therein, or
b) By phone, at +358 (0)20 770 6862 (Monday-Friday, 9:00-11:00 a.m. and
1:00-3:00 p.m. EET), or
c) By letter, addressed to Neste Corporation, Annual General Meeting, POB 95, FI
-00095 NESTE.
When registering, shareholders shall provide the required information, e.g.
their name, date of birth/business identity code, address, telephone number and
email address as well as the name of a possible assistant or proxy
representative and personal identification number of a proxy representative. All
personal data provided to Neste Corporation will only be used for the purposes
of the AGM and in connection with processing the necessary registrations
relating to the AGM. Shareholders, their representatives, or proxy
representatives present at the AGM should, where required, be able to prove
their identity and/or authorization to represent a shareholder.
2. Shareholders with nominee-registered holdings
Shareholders with nominee-registered holdings are entitled to attend the AGM on
the basis of shares held on the record date of the AGM, i.e., 13 March 2026,
that would entitle them to be included in the shareholders' register maintained
by Euroclear Finland Oy. Attendance also requires that these shareholders are
included temporarily in the shareholders' register maintained by Euroclear
Finland Oy by 10:00 a.m. EET on 20 March 2026 at the latest. This is considered
as registering a shareholder with nominee-registered holdings to attend the AGM.
Shareholders with nominee-registered holdings are encouraged to request in good
time their custodian bank for the necessary instructions concerning temporary
registration with the shareholders' register, issuing letters of proxy and
voting instructions, and registering for the AGM and advance voting. Account
managers at custodian banks should register shareholders with nominee-registered
holdings, that wish to attend the AGM and that would be entitled to be included
in the shareholders' register on the basis of shares held as mentioned above, in
the shareholders' register of the Company on a temporary basis by the date and
time referred to above at the latest, and, if necessary, take care of advance
voting on behalf of the nominee-registered shareholder before the end of the
registration period for nominee-registered shareholders.
3. Use of a proxy and authorizations
A shareholder is entitled to participate and make use of his or her rights as a
shareholder at the AGM by proxy. The shareholder's proxy representative can also
vote in advance, if he/she so wishes, as described in this invitation.
A person holding a shareholder's proxy should be in possession of a dated letter
of proxy or otherwise be able to show in a reliable manner that he or she is
entitled to act in this capacity on behalf of a shareholder at the AGM.
Authorizations shall be considered to cover one meeting only, unless otherwise
stated. In the event that a shareholder is represented by more than one proxy
representative representing shares held in different securities accounts, each
proxy representative should state which shares he or she represents when
registering to attend the AGM.
Shareholders' letters of proxy should be sent to Neste Corporation, Annual
General Meeting, POB 95, FI-00095 NESTE, or via email (e.g. PDF) at the address
agm@neste.com to reach the Company before the last date for registration. In
addition to submitting proxy documents, shareholders or their proxy
representatives must ensure that they have registered for the AGM in the manner
described above in this notice.
Shareholders can also use the electronic Suomi.fi authorization service instead
of a traditional proxy document. In this case, the shareholder authorizes a
proxy that he/she/it nominates in the Suomi.fi authorization service on the
website suomi.fi/e-authorizations (using the mandate theme "Representation at
the General Meeting"). In connection with the AGM service, any person so
authorized must identify themselves with strong electronic identification in
connection with the registration, after which the electronic authorization will
be checked automatically. Strong electronic identification works with online
banking credentials or Mobile ID. More information on the electronic
authorization service is available on the website suomi.fi/e-authorizations.
In addition, a shareholder who is a natural person can also authorize a proxy
representative in connection with electronic registration, instead of a
traditional proxy document. An authorized proxy representative can vote in
advance on behalf of such natural person by regular mail or e-mail, as described
below in point 4, sub-item b.
4. Advance voting
Shareholders with a Finnish book-entry account can vote in advance during the
period 5 February 2026 - 4:00 p.m. EET on 17 March 2026
a) Via the Company's website
b) By regular mail or e-mail by delivering an advance voting form available on
the Company's website or corresponding information to Euroclear Finland Oy by
regular mail to Euroclear Finland Oy, Yhtiökokous / Neste 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 advance voting period. Delivery of
the votes in this manner before the deadline for delivering the notice of
participation and the advance voting period is deemed as a registration for the
AGM, provided that abovementioned information that is required for registration
of participation appear therefrom.
It is not possible for a shareholder who has voted in advance to use the right
to ask questions or the right to demand a vote in accordance with the Finnish
Companies Act, unless the shareholder itself, or the shareholder's proxy
representative, participates in the AGM at the AGM venue.
As regards the nominee-registered shareholders, the advance voting is done
through the account manager. The account manager can vote in advance on behalf
of the nominee-registered shareholders it represents in accordance with the
voting instructions given by them during the registration period set for nominee
-registered shares.
The decision proposal that is the subject of advance vote is considered to have
been presented unchanged at the AGM. The conditions of electronic advance voting
and other thereto related instructions are available through the Company's
website at www.neste.com/agm2026.
5. Other instructions and information
The AGM will be held in Finnish language. There will be a simultaneous
interpretation into English at the AGM.
Shareholders attending the AGM shall be entitled under Chapter 5, Section 25 of
the Finnish Companies Act to request information with respect to the matters to
be considered at the AGM.
Changes in shareholding after the record date of the AGM do not affect the right
to participate in the AGM or the number of voting rights held in the AGM.
The total number of shares in Neste Corporation on the date of this invitation,
is 769,211,058, representing an equivalent number of votes. On 5 February 2026,
the Company has a total of 936,999 own shares in its possession that cannot be
used to vote at the AGM.
Coffee will be served for meeting participants before the Annual General Meeting
at the Scandic Marina Congress Center from 10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. (EET).
The Scandic Marina Congress Center is located in Katajanokka, Helsinki, opposite
the Scandic Grand Marina hotel at Katajanokanlaituri 6, 00160 Helsinki. We
recommend arriving by public transport, as parking in the area is very limited.
Tram line 4 runs to Katajanokka, stopping very close to the Scandic Marina
Congress Center. The nearest tram stop is Kauppiaankatu, which is approximately
a 200-meter walk from the congress center. A taxi stand is located in front of
the Scandic Grand Marina hotel entrance. For more information about the venue,
please visit the Scandic Marina Congress Center
website (https://www.scandichotels.fi/hotellit/suomi/helsinki/scandic-grand
-marina/kokoukset-ja-juhlatilat/scandic-marina-congress
-center?_ga=2.145030068.1818139614.1675447505
-2115446596.1668196579&_gac=1.116430580.1673959343.Cj0KCQiAq5meBhCyARIsAJrtdr6QJ6
eQ7U56Sn_EPxZSAcu1aW_yMu-iAuvFHlGeZo6Jhbck-h5bggwaAlFiEALw_wcB).
Espoo, 4 February 2026
Neste Corporation
Board of Directors
Further information: Please contact Neste's media service, tel. +358 800 94025 /
media@neste.com (weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. EET). Please subscribe to
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Neste in brief
Neste (NESTE, Nasdaq Helsinki) is the world's leading producer of renewable
diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), with production on three continents.
The company's renewables production capacity is expected to reach 6.8 million
tons annually in 2027. Neste also produces high-quality oil products at its
Porvoo refinery in Finland. The company has a network of nearly 1,000 fuel
stations with expanding service offering, such as EV charging, in Finland and in
the Baltics.
Neste's strategy focuses on growth in renewable fuels, which help its customers
to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Neste is included in many
international indices for its sustainability performance. In 2025, Neste's
revenue stood at EUR 19.0 billion. Read more: neste.com (http://www.neste.com)