Stockmann announces shareholders’ Nomination Board proposals for the Annual General Meeting on 23 March 2017

Helsinki, Finland, 2017-Jan-19 — /EPR Retail News/ — Stockmann’s shareholders’ Nomination Board has in its meeting decided to propose the following to the Annual General Meeting, which will be held on 23 March 2017:

The Nomination Board proposes that the number of members of the Board of Directors remain eight.

The shareholders’ Nomination Board proposes that the present members of the Board of Directors, Kaj-Gustaf Bergh, Jukka Hienonen, Susanne Najafi, Leena Niemistö, Michael Rosenlew, Per Sjödell and Dag Wallgren, all having given their consents, be re-elected for the term of office continuing until the end of the next Annual General Meeting.

Board member Torborg Chetkovich has informed that she will no longer be available as member of the company’s Board of Directors. The Nomination Board proposes that LL.M, M.Sc.(Econ.) Esa Lager with his consent, be elected new Board member for the term of office stated above. Esa Lager (b. 1959, Finnish citizen) is professional Board member and he has earlier had several management positions in the Outokumpu Group, e.g. as deputy to CEO and CFO.

The Nomination Board proposes that the remuneration of the members of the Board of Directors remain at the present level.

Additional information on the member proposed by the Stockmann’s shareholders’ Nomination Board can be found on the company’s website www.stockmanngroup.com. The proposals of the Nomination Board will be included in the invitation to the Annual General Meeting.

Magnus Bargum (nominated by Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland) acts as Chairman of Stockmann’s shareholders’ Nomination Board, and Kaj-Gustaf Bergh (nominated by Föreningen Konstsamfundet rf.), Ole Johansson (nominated by HTT STC Holding Oy Ab), Leena Niemistö (nominated by Kari Niemistö) and Stockmann’s Chairman of the Board Jukka Hienonen act as members of the Nomination Board.

www.stockmanngroup.com

Further information:
Jukka Naulapää
Director
Legal Affairs
tel. +358 9 121 3850

Source: STOCKMANN plc

Stockmann announces Nomination Board consisting of its four largest shareholders

Helsinki, Finland, 2016-Oct-06 — /EPR Retail News/ — According to the decision of Stockmann’s Annual General Meeting, the Nomination Board consists of representatives of the four shareholders holding largest voting power, as registered in Stockmann’s shareholder register as of 1 September 2016 along with the Chairman of the Board of Directors as an expert member.

The Nomination Board prepares proposals for the Annual General Meeting in 2017 on the composition and remuneration of the Board of Directors.

Stockmann’s four largest shareholders by votes on 1 September 2016 were:

% of votes
1. Society of Swedish Literature in Finland 15.74
2. Föreningen Konstsamfundet Grouping 15.14
Föreningen Konstsamfundet r.f. 13.23
KSF Media Holding Ab 1.91
3. HTT STC Holding Oy Ab 10.70
4. Niemistö Kari 9.43

The shareholders have nominated following members to the Nomination Board:

Magnus Bargum, Treasurer, Society of Swedish Literature in Finland
Kaj-Gustaf Bergh, Managing Director, Föreningen Konstsamfundet r.f.
Ole Johansson, Chairman of the Board, Hartwall Capital Oy Ab, representing HTT STC Holding Oy Ab
Leena Niemistö, Chairman of the Board, Selective Investor Oy Ab, representing Kari Niemistö

In addition, Chairman of the Board Jukka Hienonen will join the Nomination Board as a member.

Lauri Veijalainen
CEO

Distribution:
Nasdaq Helsinki
Principal media

Contact:
Jukka Naulapää
Director, legal affairs
tel. +358 9 121 3850
www.stockmanngroup.com

Source: STOCKMANN plc

Stockmann announcement the appointment of Lauri Veijalainen as its new CEO

Helsinki,Finland, 2016-Sep-12 — /EPR Retail News/ — STOCKMANN plc, Changes board/management/auditors 12.9.2016 at 8:30 EET

Stockmann plc’s Board of Directors has appointed Lauri Veijalainen as Stockmann’s new Chief Executive Officer as of 12 September 2016. Lauri Veijalainen (born 1968), B.Sc., MBA, has served as Stockmann’s interim CEO since April 2016. Before that he was the company’s CFO from August 2015. He joined Stockmann in 2010 as Development Director for the Group’s International Operations.

“Stockmann is ready to continue the turnaround that is already visible in the Group’s financial performance. We have two successful and profitable divisions: Lindex and Real Estate. Now we will focus on improving the department store experience and the stores’ sales and profitability. After a thorough selection process, the Board of Directors concluded that Lauri Veijalainen has the best qualities for this position. He has versatile experience in the retail and real estate businesses, strong financial knowledge and he has over the past months proven his skills in carrying out major change projects at Stockmann. I am confident that Lauri is the right person to encourage personnel to achieve key goals,” says Jukka Hienonen, Chairman of the Board of Directors.

“With the trophy retail locations in Finland and the Baltics, a brand that evokes strong emotions, and a new clear focus, Stockmann has all prerequisites to return its department store operations back to profit by 2018. We want to further develop Stockmann’s department stores and the supporting online store to become a unique shopping destination for fashion, food, beauty, and home decoration. I am eager to take Stockmann further and rapid steps forward and to gain results as a team with my skilled colleagues,” says Lauri Veijalainen.

Further information:
Jukka Hienonen
Chairman of the Board of Directors
tel. +358 50 388 9670

Lauri Veijalainen
CEO
tel. +358 46 876 1648

Nora Malin
Director
Corporate Communications
tel. +358 400 612 414

www.stockmanngroup.com

STOCKMANN plc

Jukka Hienonen
Chairman of the Board of Directors

Distribution:
Nasdaq Helsinki
Principal media

Source: Stockmann Oyj Abp/globenewswire