Glaston Corporation Stock Exchange Release 16 April 2026 at 18.15
A. Resolutions taken by the Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of Glaston Corporation was held on 16 April 2026 in Helsinki. The General Meeting adopted the financial statements and consolidated financial statements for the financial period from 1 January to 31 December 2025 and discharged the following members of the Board of Directors and the CEOs from liability for the financial year from 1 January to 31 December 2025: Veli-Matti Reinikkala, Sebastian Bondestam, Antti Kaunonen, Sarlotta Narjus (until 16 April 2025), Arja Talma, Tero Telaranta, Michael Willome, Tina Wu (as of 16 April 2025), Toni Laaksonen (CEO until 31 May 2025), Miika Äppelqvist (CEO as of 1 June 2025).
In accordance with the proposal of the Board of Directors, the General Meeting resolved that the result for the financial year 2025 be placed in retained earnings and that neither dividend nor return of capital shall be distributed for the financial year 2025.
Adoption of the Remuneration Report for governing bodies
In accordance with the proposal of the Board of Directors, the General Meeting decided to adopt the Remuneration Report for the governing bodies. The resolution on the adoption of the Remuneration Report is advisory.
Remuneration of the members of the Board of Directors
In accordance with the proposal of the Shareholders' Nomination Board, the General Meeting resolved that the annual remuneration of the members of the Board of Directors remains unchanged and is as follows: the Chair of the Board of Directors EUR 74,000, the Deputy Chair EUR 45,000 and the other members of the Board of Directors EUR 35,000.
In accordance with the proposal by the Shareholders' Nomination Board, the General Meeting resolved that a member of the Board of Directors may, at his/her discretion, choose to receive the annual fixed remuneration partly in company shares and partly in cash so that approximately 40% of the annual fixed remuneration is paid in Glaston Corporation's shares. The number of shares forming the above remuneration portion, which would be payable in shares, will be determined based on the share value in the stock exchange trading maintained by Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd, calculated as the trade volume weighted average quotation of the share during the one-month period immediately following the date on which the interim report of January-March 2026 of the company is published.
In addition, the General Meeting resolved in accordance with the proposal of the Shareholders' Nomination Board that for each attended meeting of the Board of Directors, the meeting fees are paid according to the earlier practice so that the Chair of the Board is paid EUR 800 for meetings held in the Chair's home country and EUR 1,500 for meetings held elsewhere and other members of the Board are paid EUR 500 for meetings held in the home country of the respective member and EUR 1,000 for meetings held elsewhere. For per capsulam Board Meetings, half of the normal meeting fee will be paid. Furthermore, it was resolved that each member of the Board of Directors will be compensated for travel and accommodation costs and direct expenses arising from their work for the Board of Directors in line with the company's normal practice, as well as for mandatory social security and/or insurance contributions related to the board remuneration based on the local regulations of member of the Board's domicile.
In addition, the General Meeting resolved in accordance with the proposal of the Shareholders' Nomination Board that the meeting fees for the People and Remuneration and Audit Committees remain unchanged and therefore all members of the Audit and People and Remuneration Committees will be paid a meeting fee of EUR 500 for each meeting attended in the home country of the respective member and EUR 1,000 for each meeting attended elsewhere. In addition to the meeting fee, the Chair of the Audit Committee will be paid an annual fee of EUR 10,000 and the Chair of the People and Remuneration Committee will be paid an annual fee of EUR 7,500.
Composition of the Board of Directors
In accordance with the proposal of the Shareholders' Nomination Board, the number of members of the Board of Directors was resolved to be seven (7). The General Meeting decided, in accordance with the proposal of the Shareholders' Nomination Board, to re-elect Veli-Matti Reinikkala, Sebastian Bondestam, Antti Kaunonen, Arja Talma, Michael Willome and Tina Wu as members of the Board of Directors and elect Sandra Wickström as a new member. The Board of Directors was elected for a term continuing until the close of the next Annual General Meeting. More information on the members of the Board of Directors is available on Glaston Corporation's website at www.glaston.net.
Auditor
In accordance with the proposal of the Board of Directors, the General Meeting elected the public accounting firm KPMG Oy Ab as the company's auditor. The auditing firm has announced that the auditor in charge of the audit is Authorised Public Accountant (APA) Lotta Nurminen. The General Meeting decided that the auditor be imbursed as per the reasonable invoice approved by the company.
Sustainability reporting assurer
In accordance with the proposal of the Board of Directors, the General Meeting elected the authorised sustainability audit firm KPMG Oy Ab as the sustainability reporting assurer. The sustainability audit firm has announced that Lotta Nurminen, Authorised Sustainability Auditor (ASA), will act as the responsible sustainability auditor. The General Meeting decided that the sustainability reporting assurer be imbursed as per the reasonable invoice approved by the company.
Authorization to the Board of Directors to decide on the repurchase as well as on the acceptance as pledge of the company's own shares
In accordance with the proposal of the Board of Directors, the General Meeting authorized the Board of Directors to decide on the repurchase as well as on the acceptance as pledge of the company's own shares in one or several tranches as follows.
The number of own shares to be repurchased or accepted as pledge shall not exceed 4,000,000 shares, which corresponds to approximately 10 per cent of all registered shares in the company, subject to the provisions of the Finnish Limited Liability Companies Act on the maximum amount of shares owned by or pledged to the company or its subsidiaries. Only the unrestricted equity of the company can be used to repurchase own shares on the basis of the authorization.
Own shares can be repurchased at a price formed in public trading on the date of the repurchase or at a price otherwise formed on the market.
The Board of Directors decides how own shares will be repurchased or accepted as pledge. Own shares can be repurchased in deviation of the proportional shareholdings of the shareholders (directed repurchase).
The authorization is effective until 30 June 2027 and revokes corresponding earlier authorizations.
Authorization to the Board of Directors to decide on the issuance of shares as well as the issuance of option rights and other special rights entitling to shares
In accordance with the proposal of the Board of Directors, the General Meeting authorized the Board of Directors to resolve on one or more issuances of shares which contain the right to issue new shares or dispose of the shares in the possession of the company and to issue option rights or other special rights entitling to shares pursuant to Chapter 10 of the Finnish Companies Act. The authorization consists of up to 4,000,000 shares in the aggregate representing approximately 10 per cent of the current number of shares in the company.
The authorization does not exclude the Board of Directors' right to decide on a directed issue of shares. The authorization can be used for material arrangements from the company's point of view, such as financing or implementing business arrangements or investments or for other such purposes determined by the Board of Directors in which case a weighty financial reason for issuing shares, option rights or other special rights and possibly directing a share issue would exist.
The Board of Directors was authorized to resolve on all terms and conditions of the issuance of shares, option rights and other special rights entitling to shares as referred to in Chapter 10 of the Finnish Limited Liability Companies Act, including the payment period, grounds for the determination of the subscription price and subscription price or allocation of shares, option rights or other special rights free of charge or that the subscription price may be paid besides in cash also by other assets either partially or entirely (contribution in kind).
The authorization is effective until 30 June 2027 and revokes corresponding earlier authorisations.
Amendment of the company's Articles of Association
In accordance with the proposal of the Board of Directors, the General Meeting decided on a partial amendment of the Articles of Association so that article 13 of the company's Articles of Association concerning the list of items on the agenda of the Annual General Meeting will be updated by adding references to the remuneration (current sub-item 8) and election (current sub-item 12) of the sustainability reporting assurer, if necessary. Otherwise, the Articles of Association remain unchanged.
Minutes of the Annual General Meeting
The minutes of the Annual General Meeting will be available on the company's website at www.glaston.net/annual-general-meeting-2026/ at the latest on April 30, 2026.
B. Decisions of the organization meeting of the Board of Directors
In its organization meeting held after the Annual General Meeting, the Board of Directors re-elected Veli-Matti Reinikkala as the Chair and Sebastian Bondestam as the Deputy Chair of the Board of Directors.
The Board of Directors determined the composition of the Board committees as follows:
Audit Committee
Arja Talma (Chair), Antti Kaunonen and Sandra Wickström were elected as members of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors.
People and Remuneration Committee
Veli-Matti Reinikkala (Chair), Sebastian Bondestam, Michael Willome and Tina Wu were elected as members of the People and Remuneration Committee of the Board of Directors.
The Board of Directors has assessed the independence of its members and determined that all members of the Board of Directors are independent of the company. In addition, the Board of Directors has determined that all members of the Board of Directors are independent of the company's major shareholders, except for Sebastian Bondestam and Sandra Wickström. The competence requirements pertaining to the members of the Board committees have been considered when electing the members to these committees.
Helsinki, 16 April 2026
GLASTON CORPORATION
Further information:
Minna Toiviainen, General Counsel, tel. +358 10 500 500
Glaston Corporation
Glaston is the glass processing industry's innovative technology leader supplying equipment, services and solutions to the architectural, mobility, display and solar industries. The company also supports the development of new technologies integrating intelligence to glass.
Glaston is committed to providing its clients with both the best know-how and the latest technologies in glass processing, with the purpose of building a better tomorrow through safer, smarter, and more energy efficient glass solutions. Glaston operates globally with manufacturing, services and sales offices in nine countries and its shares (GLA1V) are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd.
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