Decisions made by Vaisala Oyj's Annual General Meeting 2001

The Annual General Meeting of Vaisala Oyj decided on March 15, 2001 to approve the Company's annual accounts for 2000. The dividend will be FIM 4.00 per share.

Dividend

The Annual General Meeting decided that a dividend of FIM 4.00 per share corresponding to FIM 68,888,000.00 will be distributed for the financial year 2000. The record date for dividend payment is March 20, 2001 and dividend will be paid on March 27, 2001.

Discharge from liability

The Annual General Meeting granted the Members of the Board of Directors and the Company's President and CEO discharge from liability for the accounts.

The Members of the Board and Auditors

Two members of the Board of Directors, Yrjö Neuvo and Gerhard Wendt, were turn to resign, but they were chosen again for three years. SVH Pricewaterhouse Coopers OY Authorised Public Accountants and Mr Jukka Ala-Mello APA were chosen as the Company's auditors.

Amendment to the Articles of Association

The Annual General Meeting accepted the proposal of the Board of Directors to amend Section 12 of Articles of Association to read as follows:

12 § Summons to a Annual General Meeting must be delivered to shareholders no earlier than two (2) months and no later than three (3) weeks before the meeting by placing an advertisement in a national daily newspaper published in Helsinki, or, alternatively, by delivering the summons in another verifiable manner in writing. 

In order to attend the meeting, shareholders must register with the company by the deadline set by the Board of Directors and indicated in the summons; the earliest deadline is ten days before the meeting. 

The meeting of the Board of Directors

Mr Raimo Voipio, M.Sc. (Eng.) continues as Chairman of the Board and Yrjö Neuvo, Ph.D (EE), Senior Vice President R&D as Vice-Chairman. Mr Matti Ilmari, D.Sc. (Tech h.c.), Mr Mikko Voipio, M.Sc. (Eng.), Mr Gerhard Wendt, Ph.D and Prof. Pekka Hautojärvi will continue as Members of the Board.