Authorisation to repurchase own shares

The Annual General Meeting on April 13, 2021 authorised the Board of Directors to decide on the repurchase of and/or accepting as pledge a maximum of 5,000,000 free shares and 1,250,000 restricted shares. The authorisation will be valid until the end of the next Annual General Meeting, but not longer than until April 30, 2022.

Authorisation to issue shares

The AGM on April 27, 2020 authorised the Board of Directors to decide on share issues by assigning a total of no more than 12,500,000 free shares that are in the Company’s possession and a total of no more than 1,460,000 restricted shares that are in the Company’s possession, and by issuing a maximum of 20,000,000 new free shares. The share issue authorisations were valid until April 13, 2021.

Based on the authorisation granted to the Board by the AGM of April 27, 2020, the Board of Directors decided to implement a directed share issue as a part of the corporate acquisition in which Raisio acquired Verso Food Oy. In the share issue, a total of 1,000,000 Raisio plc’s free shares held by the company were conveyed to Kavli Holding AS. The conveyed 1,000,000 free shares corresponded to 0.61 per cent of all Raisio plc’s shares and 0.13 per cent of all votes. The shares were conveyed to Kavli Holding AS on 1 April 2021.

The AGM on April 13, 2021 authorised the Board of Directors to decide on share issues by assigning a total of no more than 12,500,000 free shares that are in the Company’s possession and a total of no more than 1,460,000 restricted shares that are in the Company’s possession, and by issuing a maximum of 20,000,000 new free shares. The share issue authorisations will be valid until the end of the next Annual General Meeting, but not longer than until April 30, 2022.