Finnlines Plc Stock Exchange Release 14 April, 2010 The Annual General Meeting of Finnlines Plc approved the Financial Statements and discharged the company's officers from liability for the financial year 2009 except for Mr. Christer Antson. It was decided to accept the proposal of the Board of Directors that no dividend shall be paid for the year 2009. The meeting decided that the number of Board Members be six. Current Board Members were re-elected; Mr Emanuele Grimaldi, Mr Gianluca Grimaldi, Mr Diego Pacella, Mr Antti Pankakoski, Mr Olav K Rakkenes and Mr Jon-Aksel Torgersen. The yearly compensation to the Board will remain unchanged as follows: the chairman EUR 50,000, the vice-chairman EUR 40,000 and the member EUR 30,000. The Annual General Meeting re-elected Deloitte & Touche Oy as the Company's auditor for the fiscal year 2010. It was decided that the external auditors will be reimbursed according to invoice. It was decided to authorize the Board of Directors to resolve on the issuance of shares in one or several tranches. The Board of Directors may, on the basis of the authorization, resolve on the issuance of shares in one or several tranches, so that the aggregate number of shares to be issued shall not exceed 20,000,000 shares. The Board of Directors decides on all the conditions of the issuance of shares. The issuance of shares may be carried out in deviation from the shareholders' pre-emptive rights (directed issue). The authorization is valid until the next Annual General Meeting. The authorization replaces the Annual General Meeting's authorization to decide on a share issue of 15 April, 2009. It was decided to that § 10 of the Articles of Association of the Company regarding the convocation period of the Shareholders' Meeting be altered to correspond with the amended provisions of the Companies Act as follows: “The Shareholders' Meeting shall be announced in a national newspaper chosen by the Board, no earlier than three months before the Shareholders' Meeting and no later than 21 days before the Shareholders' Meeting. The invitation must in any event be given no later than nine (9) days before the record date of the Shareholders' Meeting.” It was decided to that § 13 of the Articles of Association concerning the holding of the Annual General Meeting be specified as follows: “The Annual General Meeting shall be held annually at the latest in June. At the Annual General Meeting the following shall be presented: 1. The financial statements 2. The Auditors' report; decided: 3. Approval of the income statement and balance sheet; 4. Measures to which the result shown in the financial statements may give rise as well as the date, starting from which the shareholders can collect their dividends; 5. Discharge from liability to the members of the Board of Directors and the President; 6. Number of Board Members and the remuneration to be paid to Board Members; 7. The remuneration to be paid to the Auditors; 8. Any other matters mentioned in the convocation to the General Meeting; elected: 9. Board Members and 10. The Auditor and Deputy Auditor.” THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Distribution - Nasdaq OMX Helsinki Ltd - Main media