Committee of Alma Media’s Shareholders for the composition and remuneration of the Board of Directors of Alma Media Corporation

Alma Media Corporation                            Stock exchange release                          26 January 2024

PROPOSAL BY THE NOMINATION COMMITTEE OF ALMA MEDIA’S SHAREHOLDERS FOR THE COMPOSITION AND REMUNERATION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF ALMA MEDIA CORPORATION

The General Meeting of Shareholders of Alma Media Corporation, held on 17 March 2015, decided, by proposal of the Board of Directors of Alma Media Corporation, to set up a Nomination Committee composed of Alma Media’s Shareholders. The Nomination Committee’s duties include preparing proposals related to the election and remuneration of the members of the Board of Directors to the Annual General Meeting.

The Nomination Committee for the spring 2024 General Meeting of Shareholders was appointed in October 2023. Based on the ownership situation on 30 September 2023, the following representatives of the four largest shareholders were appointed as members of the Nomination Committee: Timo Aukia, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Ilkka Group; Peter Immonen, Member of the Board, Mariatorp; Henrik Ehrnrooth, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Otava; and Timo Sallinen, Head of Listed Securities, Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company. In addition, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Alma Media Corporation, Catharina Stackelberg-Hammarén, has acted as an expert member in the Nomination Committee. The Nomination Committee elected Henrik Ehrnrooth as its Chair, and as Secretary, General Counsel Mikko Korttila.

Proposals by the Nomination Committee

The Nomination Committee has submitted its proposals to Alma Media’s Board of Directors, to be presented to the Annual General Meeting of 2024.

Number of members of the Board of Directors and proposal for the composition of the Board

The Nomination Committee proposes to the Annual General Meeting of Alma Media Corporation, scheduled to be held on 5 April 2024, that the number of the members of the Board be confirmed as eight (8).

The Nomination Committee of the Shareholders proposes that the current Board members be re-elected for the new term of office, extending until the end of the next Annual General Meeting: Eero Broman, Heikki Herlin, Peter Immonen, Esa Lager, Alexander Lindholm, Kaisa Salakka and Catharina Stackelberg-Hammarén and that Ari Kaperi will be elected as a new member of the Board for the same term of office. The Nomination Committee of the Shareholders further proposes that Catharina Stackelberg-Hammarén serve as the Chair of the Board of Directors and Eero Broman serve as the Vice Chair.

Ari Kaperi (b. 1960, Master of Science in Business Administration) has held various positions in the Nordea Group until 2022 and is a member of the Board of Directors of Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company, Tampereen Energia, Nordea Group financing companies and the Cancer Foundation Finland sr, among others.

Personal information and positions of trust of current members are presented on the Company’s website https://www.almamedia.fi/en/investors/governance/board-of-directors/.

All persons nominated to be members of the Board of Directors have given their consent to the election.

All the proposed Board members are assessed to be independent of the company. The proposed members of the Board, with the exception of Eero Broman, Heikki Herlin, Peter Immonen, Esa Lager and Alexander Lindholm, are also assessed to be independent of the company’s significant shareholders.

Shareholders representing more than half of Alma Media’s shares and voting rights have indicated that they support the Shareholders’ Nomination Committee’s proposal.

Proposal for the remuneration of the Board of Directors

The Shareholders’ Nomination Committee proposes that the remuneration of the Board of Directors be kept unchanged, and that the following annual remuneration be paid to the members of the Board of Directors to be elected at the Annual General Meeting for the term of office ending at the close of the Annual General Meeting 2025: to the Chairman of the Board of Directors, EUR 68,800 per year; to the Vice Chairman, EUR 44,000 per year, and to members EUR 35,800 per year.

In addition, the Chair of the Board of Directors and the Chair of the Audit Committee would be paid a fee of EUR 1,500, the Chair of the Nomination and Compensation Committee a fee of EUR 1,000, the Deputy Chairs of the committees a fee of EUR 700 and members a fee of EUR 500 for those Board and Committee meetings that they attend. It is proposed that the travel expenses of Board members be compensated in accordance with company travel regulations.

It is proposed that the above-mentioned attendance fee for each meeting be doubled for (i) members living outside Finland in Europe or (ii) meetings held outside Finland in Europe; and tripled for (i) members resident outside Europe or (ii) meetings held outside Europe.

The members of the Board shall, as decided by the Annual General Meeting, acquire a number of Alma Media Corporation shares corresponding to approximately 40 per cent of the full amount of the annual remuneration for Board members, taking into account tax deduction at source, at the trading price on the regulated market arranged by the Helsinki Stock Exchange. Members of the Board are required to arrange the acquisition of the shares within two weeks of the release of the first quarter 2024 interim report or, if this is not possible due to insider trading regulations, as soon as possible thereafter. If it is not possible to acquire the shares by the end of 2024 for a reason such as pending insider transactions, the annual remuneration shall be paid in cash. Shares acquired in this way cannot be transferred until the recipient’s membership on the Board has ended. The company is liable to pay any asset transfer taxes that may arise from the acquisition of shares.

For more information, please contact:

Henrik Ehrnrooth, Chair of the Nomination Committee

For interview requests with Henrik Ehrnrooth, please contact Päivi Hautala, Otava, tel. +358 (0) 400 922 479

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Distribution: NASDAQ Helsinki, main media, www.almamedia.com

Alma Media in brief

Alma Media is an international company of digital media, marketplaces and services with a strong capacity for renewal. We inspire human curiosity and choice by creating services that combine technology and content with a local heart. In Finland, our best-known brands include Kauppalehti, Talouselämä, Iltalehti, Jobly, Etuovi.com, Nettiauto and Nettimoto. Our recruitment services include prace.cz and jobs.cz in the Czech Republic, Profesia.sk in Slovakia and mojposao.net in Croatia.

In Finland, our business operations include leading housing and automotive marketplaces, financial and professional media, national consumer media and content and data services for businesses and professionals. Alma Media’s international business in Eastern Central Europe, Sweden and the Baltic countries consists of recruitment services and an online marketplace for commercial properties.

Alma Media operates in 12 countries in Europe and employs approximately 1,700 professionals. Alma Media’s revenue from continuing operations was EUR 309 million in 2022 of which the share of digital business was 81%. Alma Media’s share is listed on NASDAQ Helsinki. Read more at www.almamedia.fi/en/.

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