Auditor and sustainability reporting assurance provider

According to the company’s Articles of Association, the General Meeting elects one auditor for each term of office to audit the company’s administration and accounts. The auditor shall be an audit firm approved by the Finnish Patent and Registration Office, with a principal auditor who is an Authorised Public Accountant (APA). The auditor may be elected for a term of office commencing at the end of the General Meeting that elects the auditor, or at a later time as resolved by the General Meeting. The auditor’s term ends at the closing of the next Annual General Meeting following the commencement of the term. In accordance with the Articles of Association, the General Meeting decides on the auditor’s remuneration.

According to the Articles of Association, the General Meeting elects one sustainability assurance provider for each term of office to verify the company’s sustainability reporting. The principal sustainability assurance provider shall be a sustainability reporting auditor as defined in the Finnish Auditing Act. The company’s auditor, if holding the qualification of a sustainability reporting auditor, may also be elected to this role. The sustainability assurance provider may be elected for a term of office commencing at the end of the General Meeting that elects the provider, or at a later time as resolved by the General Meeting. The term of the sustainability assurance provider ends at the closing of the next Annual General Meeting following the commencement of the term. In accordance with the Articles of Association, the General Meeting decides on the remuneration of the sustainability assurance provider.

At the 2026 General Meeting, the audit firm KPMG Oy Ab was re‑elected as the company’s auditor and sustainability assurance provider for the term of office 2026, with APA, Authorised Sustainability Auditor Henrik Holmbom serving as the principal auditor and sustainability assurance provider. In accordance with the Board of Directors’ proposal, the General Meeting resolved that for the term of office commencing at the end of the Annual General Meeting 2027 and ending at the end of the Annual General Meeting 2028, the audit firm KPMG Oy Ab shall be elected as the company’s auditor and sustainability assurance provider, and KPMG has informed that APA, Authorised Sustainability Auditor Heli Tuuri will act as the principal auditor.