Decisions made by Vaisala Oyj's Annual
General Meeting 22 March, 2005
The Annual General
Meeting of Vaisala Oyj decided on March 22, 2005 to approve the Company's
annual accounts for 2004. The dividend will be EUR 0.75 per share. The Annual
General Meeting also authorized the Board of Directors to acquire a maximum of
35.000 of the companys A- shares, according to the Board of Directors'
proposal.
Dividend
The Annual General
Meeting decided that a dividend of EUR 0.75 per share, corresponding to the
total of EUR 13,109,250 will be distributed for the financial year 2004. The
record date for dividend payment is March 29, 2005 and dividend will be paid on
April 5, 2005.
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 of Directors
It was decided that
the Board of Directors will consist of six members. Two members of the Board of
Directors, Raimo Voipio, M.Sc. (Eng.) and Mikko Niinivaara M.Sc. (Eng.), were
to retire by rotation. They were re-elected for three years.
Auditors
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Oy Authorised Public Accountants and Mr Jukka Ala-Mello APA were chosen as the
Company's auditors.
The meeting of the Board of Directors
Raimo Voipio, M.Sc.
(Eng.) will continue as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Yrjö Neuvo, Ph.D
(EE) will continue as Vice-Chairman. Professor Pekka Hautojärvi, Mikko
Niinivaara M.Sc. (Eng.), Mikko Voipio, M.Sc. (Eng.) and Gerhard Wendt, Ph.D
will continue as Members of the Board of Directors.