The Nomination Board of Suominen Corporation’s shareholders proposes to the Annual General Meeting that the number of Board members remains unchanged and would be six (6).

The Nomination Board proposes to the Annual General Meeting that Mr. Jan Johansson, Mr. Risto Anttonen, Mr. Hannu Kasurinen, Ms. Laura Raitio and Mr. Andreas Ahlström would be re-elected as members of Suominen Corporation’s Board of Directors.

Out of the current Board members, Ms. Jaana Tuominen has informed that she is not available as a candidate for the Board of Directors.

In addition, the Nomination Board proposes that Ms. Sari Pajari would be elected as a new member for the Board of Directors.

Pajari currently works as senior vice president, Sales and Marketing of Metsä Board Corporation and prior to that, amongst others, as senior vice president, Business Development at Metsä Board Corporation and senior vice president, CIO at Metsä Group. Pajari is a Finnish citizen.

All candidates have given their consent to the election. All candidates are independent of the company. The candidates are also independent of Suominen’s significant shareholders, with the exception of Andreas Ahlström who acts currently as investment director at Ahlström Capital Oy. The largest shareholder of Suominen Corporation, AC Invest Two B.V. is a group company of Ahlström Capital Oy. The candidate information relevant considering their service for the Board of Directors is presented at the company website www.suominen.fi.