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Decisions taken by Sanoma Corporation’s Annual General Meeting and Board of Directors

Sanoma Corporation, Stock Exchange Release, 13 April 2021 at 17:30 EET Decisions taken by Sanoma Corporation’s Annual General Meeting and Board of Directors Sanoma Corporation’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held on 13 April 2021 in Helsinki. The AGM was held based on the so-called temporary act so that the shareholders of the Company and their proxy representatives participated in the meeting and exercised the shareholder’s rights only by voting in advance as well as by submitting counterproposals and asking questions in advance. The meeting adopted the Financial Statements, the Board of Directors’ Report and the Auditor’s Report for the year 2020, discharged the members of the Board of Directors as well as the President and CEO from liability for the financial year 2020, and made an advisory decision on the adoption of the Remuneration Report of the governing bodies. Use of profit and payment of dividend The AGM resolved that a dividend of EUR 0.52 per share shall be paid and a sum of EUR 700,000 shall be transferred to the donation reserve and used at the Board of Directors’ discretion. The dividend shall be paid in two instalments. The first instalment of EUR 0.26 per share shall be paid to a shareholder who is registered in the shareholders’ register of the Company maintained by Euroclear Finland Ltd on the dividend record date 15 April 2021. The payment date for this instalment is 22 April 2021. The second instalment of EUR 0.26 per share shall be paid in November 2021. The second instalment shall be paid to a shareholder who is registered in the shareholders’ register of the Company maintained by Euroclear Finland Ltd on the dividend record date, which, together with the dividend payment date, shall be decided by the Board of Directors in its meeting scheduled for 26 October 2021. The dividend record date would then be on or about 28 October 2021 and the dividend payment date on or about 4 November 2021. Remuneration of the Board of Directors The AGM resolved that the monthly remuneration payable to the members of the Board of Directors shall remain unchanged. The monthly remunerations are: EUR 12,000 for the Chairman of the Board, EUR 7,000 for the Vice Chairman of the Board, and EUR 6,000 for the members of the Board. The meeting fees of the Board of Directors remain unchanged and are: – For Board members who reside outside Finland: EUR 1,000 / Board meeting where the member was present; – For the Chairmen of Board Committees: EUR 2,000 / Committee meeting participated; – For Committee members who reside outside Finland: EUR 2,000 / Committee meeting where the member was present and EUR 1,000 / Committee meeting participated; and – For Committee members who reside in Finland: EUR 1,000 / Committee meeting participated. Composition of the Board of Directors The AGM resolved that the number of the members of the Board of Directors shall be set at nine. Pekka Ala-Pietilä, Julian Drinkall, Rolf Grisebach, Mika Ihamuotila, Nils Ittonen, Denise Koopmans, Sebastian Langenskiöld and Rafaela Seppälä were re-elected as members, and Anna Herlin was elected as a new member of the Board of Directors. Pekka Ala-Pietilä was elected as the Chairman of the Board and Nils Ittonen as the Vice Chairman. The term of all Board members ends at the end of the AGM 2022. Auditor The AGM appointed audit firm PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy as the auditor of the Company with Samuli Perälä, Authorised Public Accountant, as the auditor with principal responsibility. The Auditor shall be reimbursed against invoice approved by the Company. Authorisation to repurchase Company’s own shares The AGM authorised the Board of Directors to decide on the repurchase of a maximum of 16,000,000 of the Company’s own shares (approx. 9.8% of all shares of the Company) in one or several instalments. The shares shall be repurchased…