General Meetings

The General Meeting is the supreme decision-making body of Vaisala, in which all the shareholders of the company can participate in the supervision and control of the company and exercise their right to vote, speak, and ask questions. The Annual General Meeting is held once a year before the end of June on a date determined by the Board of Directors. It decides on the matters stipulated in the Finnish Limited Liability Companies Act and the Articles of Association. The decisions are mainly made with simple majority of votes.

The Chair of the Board of Directors, members of the Board of Directors, and the President and CEO are present at the Annual General Meeting. The auditor is present at the Annual General Meeting. Board member candidates are present at the Annual General Meeting where they are elected. If the above-mentioned person or persons fail to attend the Annual General Meeting, Vaisala notifies the General Meeting of such non-attendance. The members of the Leadership Team participate in the Annual General Meeting, if possible.

Participation in the General Meeting requires that the shareholder is registered in Vaisala’s shareholder register, maintained by Euroclear Finland Ltd, on the record date of the meeting and that they register for the meeting by the date mentioned in the meeting notice.

Shareholders are entitled to have an issue placed on the agenda of the Annual General Meeting, provided that the issue can be decided upon by the Annual General Meeting according to the Limited Liability Companies Act. The request must be submitted in writing to the Board of Directors early enough that the issue can be included in the meeting notice. On its website, the company announces the date by which the shareholder must notify the Board of Directors of an issue to be added to the agenda of the Annual General Meeting. The date is available by the end of the previous financial year.

Vaisala publishes a notice of the Annual General Meeting no more than two months before the record date and no less than three weeks before the meeting on the company’s website or in any other way that may be decided by the Board of Directors, or Vaisala may deliver it directly to shareholders when required by law. In addition, Vaisala publishes a meeting notice as a stock exchange release after the Board of Directors has decided on the convening of the Annual General Meeting. The agenda of the Annual General Meeting, proposals on decisions, and meeting documents are available on the company’s website at least three weeks prior to the meeting. Documents of the Annual General Meeting will be held on the company’s website for at least five years from the time of the meeting. Minutes of the meeting will be published on the company’s website within two weeks of the meeting.

Corporate Governance Statement 2023