The Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of Huhtamäki Oyj in 2025
Welcome to the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of Huhtamäki Oyj. The meeting will be held on Thursday, April 24, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. (EEST) at Scandic Marina Congress Center, Katajanokanlaituri 6, 00160 Helsinki, Finland. Reception of shareholders who have registered for the meeting and distribution of voting tickets will commence at 10:00 a.m. (EEST).
Shareholders may follow the Annual General Meeting via a webcast. The webcast is available for those shareholders who have registered for the webcast and are also registered in the Company's shareholders’ register maintained by Euroclear Finland Ltd on the record date of the Annual General Meeting, April 10, 2025. It is not possible to present questions, make proposals or vote via the webcast, and following the meeting via the webcast is not considered participation in the Annual General Meeting or exercise of shareholder rights.
Each shareholder who is registered on the record date of the Annual General Meeting, April 10, 2025 in the shareholders' register of the Company maintained by Euroclear Finland Ltd is entitled to participate in the Annual General Meeting. Shareholders whose shares are registered on their personal Finnish book-entry account or equity savings account are registered in the shareholders' register of the Company.
The registration period for the Annual General Meeting commences on March 25, 2025. A shareholder who is registered in the shareholders' register of the Company and who wants to participate in the Annual General Meeting shall register for the Annual General Meeting by giving a prior notice of participation which must be received no later than on April 16, 2025 at 4:00 p.m. (EEST).
A shareholder may register within the registration period by the following means:
a. Through the electronic registration form below
Electronic registration requires a strong electronic identification of the shareholder or the shareholder's proxy representative or legal representative with a Finnish, Swedish or Danish bank ID or mobile certificate.
b. by email to agm@innovatics.fi
c. by phone to +358 10 281 8909 during the registration period from Monday to Friday 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon and 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (EET/EEST)
In connection with the registration, requested information must be provided, such as the name, date of birth or business ID, address, telephone number and email address of the shareholder, and the name of a possible assistant or proxy representative or legal representative as well as the date of birth, and telephone number and/or email address of the proxy representative or legal representative. The personal data is used only in connection with the Annual General Meeting and with the processing of related necessary registrations. Read more on how Huhtamaki collects and processes personal data from the Privacy notice
Shareholders or their authorized representatives or proxy representatives shall, if required, be able to prove their identity and/or right of representation at the meeting venue.
Shareholders may follow the Annual General Meeting via a webcast. The webcast is available for those shareholders who have registered for the webcast and are also registered in the Company's shareholders’ register maintained by Euroclear Finland Ltd on the record date of the Annual General Meeting, April 10, 2025. It is not possible to present questions, make proposals, speak or vote via the webcast, and following the meeting via the webcast is not considered participation in the Annual General Meeting or exercise of shareholder rights.
A shareholder who wishes to follow the webcast shall register to the webcast no later than April 16, 2025 at 4.00 p.m. (EEST) through the electronic registration form below. The identity of the shareholder registering to the webcast is authenticated by online banking codes or by mobile certificate. Holders of nominee-registered shares, who cannot register through the electronic registration form below, may register by sending an email to agm@innovatics.fi within the registration period.
The video connection link and password to follow the meeting via the live webcast will be sent by email and/or text message to the email address and/or mobile phone number provided in connection with the registration on the day before the meeting.
A shareholder may participate in the Annual General Meeting and exercise their rights at the Annual General Meeting by way of proxy representation. Proxy representatives registering electronically for the Annual General Meeting must identify themselves personally through strong electronic authentication, after which they can register on behalf of the shareholder they represent.
Proxy representatives shall produce a dated proxy document or otherwise in a reliable manner demonstrate their right to represent the shareholder at the Annual General Meeting.
If a shareholder participates in the Annual General Meeting by means of several proxy representatives representing the shareholder with shares in different securities accounts, the shares in respect of which each proxy representative represents the shareholder shall be identified in connection with the registration for the Annual General Meeting.
Possible proxy documents are requested to be delivered primarily in connection with the electronic registration as attachments or alternatively by email to agm@innovatics.fi or as originals by regular mail to Innovatics Oy, AGM/Huhtamäki Oyj, Ratamestarinkatu 13 A, FI-00520 Helsinki, Finland before the end of the registration period, by which time the proxy documents must be received. In addition to delivering proxy documents, shareholders or their proxy representatives must also register for the Annual General Meeting as instructed in this notice.
Shareholders may also, as an alternative to traditional proxy documents, use the electronic Suomi.fi authorization service for authorizing their proxy representatives. The representative is mandated in the Suomi.fi service at www.suomi.fi/e-authorizations (authorization topic “Representation at the General Meeting”). When registering for the Annual General Meeting on the Company’s website, the authorized representatives shall identify themselves with strong electronic authentication, after which the electronic mandate is verified. The strong electronic authentication takes place with personal online banking credentials or a mobile certificate. For more information, see www.suomi.fi/e-authorizations.
A proxy document template is available below:
Holders of nominee-registered shares have the right to participate in the Annual General Meeting by virtue of such shares based on which they, on the record date of the Annual General Meeting, April 10, 2025, would be entitled to be registered in the shareholders’ register of the Company maintained by Euroclear Finland Ltd. The right to participate in the Annual General Meeting requires, in addition, that the shareholder on the basis of such shares has been temporarily registered in the shareholders’ register of the Company maintained by Euroclear Finland Ltd by April 17, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. (EEST) at the latest. As regards nominee-registered shares, this constitutes due registration for the Annual General Meeting.
Holders of nominee-registered shares are advised to request without delay the necessary instructions from their custodian regarding the temporary registration in the shareholders’ register of the Company, the issuing of proxy authorization documents and voting instructions, as well as registration for the Annual General Meeting. The account manager of the custodian shall temporarily register a holder of nominee-registered shares who wants to participate in the Annual General Meeting into the shareholders’ register of the Company at the latest by the time stated above.
Venue and date: The Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of Huhtamäki Oyj will be held on Thursday, April 24, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. (EEST) at Scandic Marina Congress Center, Katajanokanlaituri 6, 00160 Helsinki, Finland. Reception of shareholders who have registered for the meeting and distribution of voting tickets will commence at 10:00 a.m. (EEST). Coffee will be served after the meeting.
Language of the meeting and interpretation: The meeting language is Finnish. Simultaneous translation will be available at the meeting venue into English and, when relevant, Finnish.
Parking: No free parking has been arranged at the meeting venue.
Materials
The proposals for the decisions on the matters on the agenda of the meeting, the entire notice of the meeting, the Remuneration Report as well as the Annual Report including the Director’s Report (including the Sustainability Statement), the Auditor’s Report and the Assurance Report on the Sustainability Statement, can be found from the links below:
- Notice to the Annual General Meeting
- Agenda
- Proposals made by the Board of Directors to the Annual General Meeting
- Proposals made by the Shareholders’ Nomination Board to the Annual General Meeting
- Remuneration Report 2024
- Board member nominees
- Annual Report 2024
Important dates
- March 4: Deadline for shareholders to place items on the agenda of the general meeting
- March 25:
- Publication of the Notice to the Annual General Meeting
- Registration for the meeting begins
- Registration for the webcast begins
- April 10: Record date of the meeting
- April 16:
- Registration for the meeting ends (Finnish shareholders)
- Registration for the webcast ends
- April 24: Annual General Meeting of Shareholders
- April 28: Record date for the first dividend instalment
- May 6: Payment date for the first dividend instalment
- May 8: Minutes of the meeting available on this website
- October 1: Record date for the second dividend instalment
- October 8: Payment date for the second dividend instalment