Posti Shareholders’ Nomination Board’s proposals for the Annual General Meeting 2026
POSTI GROUP CORPORATION STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 23 January 2026 at 16.00 EET
The Shareholders’ Nomination Board, established based on the Posti Group Corporation Extraordinary General Meeting on 18 September 2025, will present the following proposals to the Annual General Meeting 2026 planned to be held on 15 April 2026:
Number of members in the Board of Directors
The Shareholders’ Nomination Board proposes that the number of members of the Board of Directors would be seven (7).
Composition of the Board of Directors
The Shareholders’ Nomination Board proposes that the following current members of Posti’s Board of Directors - Raija-Leena Hankonen-Nybom, Jukka Leinonen, Frank, Marthaler, Tuomas Mäkipeska, Minna Pajumaa, Sanna Suvanto-Harsaae ja Stefan Svensson – would be re-elected for a term ending at the end of the Annual General Meeting 2027. Mervi Airaksinen has informed that she will no longer be available as Posti’s Board member.
The Shareholders’ Nomination Board further proposes that Sanna Suvanto-Harsaae be elected as Chair of the Board and Jukka Leinonen as Deputy Chair of the Board.
As to the election process, the Shareholders’ Nomination Board recommends that the shareholders take a position on the proposal on the composition of the Board of Directors as a whole. In addition to ensuring that individual Board member candidates possess the required competences, the Shareholders’ Nomination Board has also confirmed that the proposed Board of Directors as a whole has the best possible expertise and experience for Posti and that the composition of the Board of Directors also meets other requirements of the Finnish Corporate Governance Code for listed companies.
All candidates have given their consent to the position, and they are all independent of the company and its significant shareholders, except Minna Pajumaa, who has an employment relationship with the Ownership Steering Department of the Prime Minister’s Office.
The CVs of the Board member candidates are available at Posti’s website https://www.posti.com/en/investors/agm/2026 .
The Posti Board of Directors meetings are also attended by an employee representative, who will be elected prior to the Annual General Meeting planned to be held on 15 April 2026.
Remuneration of the Board of Directors
The Shareholders’ Nomination Board notes that its remuneration proposal is based on a long-term program for bringing the Board members’ remuneration to market level by 2026, which is completed with this proposal, and reflects the fact that Posti’s share is publicly listed. In determining the market level, a benchmark prepared by an external expert was used, which benchmark included the most relevant peer group of the Helsinki-listed companies with international operations.
The Shareholders’ Nomination Board proposes for the term ending at the end of Annual General Meeting 2027, a fixed annual fee instead of a monthly fee, an increase in the fixed annual fee as well as replacement of the previously applied fixed committee fee to simplify the remuneration structure as outlined below (previous term’s fees converted to annual fees in brackets):
Fixed annual fees
As to the fixed annual fees the proposed remuneration is:
- Chair EUR 58 000 (52 800);
- Deputy Chair EUR 34 000 (31 200);
- Committee Chair EUR 34 000 (31 200) provided that she/he does not simultaneously serve as Chair or Deputy Chair of the Board; and
- Member EUR 28 000 (26 400).
Meeting fees
In addition to the fixed annual fees, there would be a meeting fee for attending Board or Committee meetings as follows:
- EUR 1 000 (600) per meeting attended in person in the country of residence;
- EUR 2 000 (1 200) per meeting attended in person out of the country of residence; and
- EUR 1 000 (600) per meeting attended remotely.
No meeting fee is payable for decisions confirmed in writing without having a meeting.
Travel expenses by the Board members are reimbursed in line with the company’s travel policy.
Payment of remuneration The Shareholders’ Nomination Board also proposes that a part of the fixed annual fee be paid in Posti Group Corporation’s shares acquired from the market as follows:
Approximately 40 % of the fixed annual fee would be paid in shares and the remainder in cash. The Shares will be acquired on behalf and in the name of the Board members within two weeks starting from the first trading day on Nasdaq Helsinki following the publication of Posti Group Corporation interim report for 1 January – 31 March 2026. If the shares cannot be acquired and/or delivered due to reasons related to the company or the Board members, the shares will be acquired later or the fixed annual fee will be paid entirely in cash. The Company will bear the cost and the transfer tax, if any, arising from the purchase of shares.
The meeting fees are proposed to be paid entirely in cash. The employee representative would be entitled to the same meeting fees based on his/her attendance.
Composition of the Shareholders’ Nomination Board
After the public listing of Posti’s share in October 2025, the members of the Shareholders’ Nomination Board as nominated by the three biggest shareholders based on the holdings on 17 November 2025 are:
- Maija Strandberg, M.Sc (Econ.), Director General, Prime Minister’s Office, Ownership Steering Department (Chair);
- Annika Ekman, M.Sc (Econ.), EVP, Investments, Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company; and
- Erkka Kohonen, M.Sc. (Econ.), Senior Portfolio Manager, Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company.
The proposals above will also be included in the notice of the Annual General Meeting 2026 that will be published later.
For further information, please contact:
Chair of the Shareholders’ Nomination Board Maija Strandberg, Director General, Prime Minister’s Office Ownership Steering Department, tel +358 50 407 8423.
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Posti Group Corporation in brief
Posti is one of the leading delivery and fulfillment companies in Finland, Sweden, and the Baltics. We make our customers’ everyday lives smoother with a wide range of services, which includes parcels, freight, and postal services as well as warehouse, fulfillment, and logistics services. Our goal is to transport completely fossil-free by 2030 and be at zero by 2040. Our net sales in 2024 amounted to EUR 1,521.4 million and we have approximately 15,000 employees. Posti Group’s shares are listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki official list in Finland. www.posti.com