{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"21393","rtpr_id":"nGNE2gL1SP","ticker":"KHG","exchange":"Nasdaq Helsinki","all_tickers":["KHG"],"title":"REG-Decisions of KH Group’s Annual General Meeting and the constitutive meeting of the Board of Directors","author":"Globe Newswire","published_at":"2026-05-05T14:30:13.734Z","article_body":"KH Group Plc\nStock exchange release 5 May 2026 at 5.30 pm EEST\n\nDecisions of KH Group’s Annual General Meeting and the constitutive meeting\nof the Board of Directors\n\nKH Group Plc’s Annual General Meeting was held on 5 May 2026 at Valla\nConference Centre, Valla Auditorium, at the address Itämerentori 2, FI-00180\nHelsinki, Finland. The Annual General Meeting supported all the proposals\nincluded in the notice of the Annual General Meeting. The General Meeting\nadopted the financial statements for the financial period 2025, discharged the\nmembers of the Board of Directors and the persons who had acted as CEO from\nliability for the financial period 2025 and adopted, through an advisory\ndecision, the company’s Governing Bodies’ Remuneration Report for the year\n2025.\n\nUse of profit shown on the balance sheet\n\nAs proposed by the Board of Directors, the General Meeting decided that no\ndividend be distributed for the financial period ended on 31 December 2025.\n\nRemuneration of the members of the Board of Directors\n\nThe General Meeting decided that an annual remuneration of EUR 50,000 be paid\nto the Chair of the Board and an annual remuneration of EUR 30,000 to the\nother members of the Board. Further, the Chair of the Audit Committee shall be\npaid a meeting fee of EUR 1,000 per Audit Committee meeting, and each member\nof the Audit Committee a meeting fee of EUR 500 per Audit Committee meeting.\nThe travel expenses of the members of the Board of Directors are compensated\nin accordance with the company’s travel policy. Earnings-related pension\ninsurance contributions are paid voluntarily for the paid remuneration.\n\nComposition of the Board of Directors\n\nThe General Meeting confirmed the number of members of the Board of Directors\nat five (5). Juha Karttunen, Christoffer Landtman, Jari Rautjärvi, Jon\nUnnérus and Maija Jokela were elected to the Board of Directors until the\nclosing of the Annual General Meeting of 2027.\n\nElection of the auditor and the sustainability reporting assurance provider\n\nThe General Meeting elected Ernst & Young Oy, Authorised Public Accountants,\nas the company’s auditor. Ernst & Young Oy has notified that Timo Eerola,\nAPA, acts as the principally responsible auditor for the company.\n\nThe General Meeting elected Ernst & Young Oy, Authorised Sustainability Audit\nFirm, as the company’s statutory sustainability reporting assurance\nprovider. Ernst & Young Oy has notified that Timo Eerola, ASA (Authorised\nSustainability Auditor), acts as the principally responsible sustainability\nauditor for the company.\n\nThe General Meeting decided that the remuneration of the auditor shall be paid\naccording to the auditor’s reasonable invoice approved by the company, and\nthat the remuneration of the statutory sustainability reporting assurance\nprovider shall be paid according to the sustainability reporting assurance\nprovider’s reasonable invoice approved by the company.\n\nAuthorising the Board of Directors to decide on the issuance of shares and\nspecial rights entitling to shares\n\nAs proposed by the Board of Directors, the General Meeting authorised the\nBoard of Directors to decide on the issuance of shares and/or the granting of\nspecial rights entitling to shares as referred to in Chapter 10, Section 1 of\nthe Finnish Limited Liability Companies Act, in one or several instalments.\nThe total number of shares to be issued under the authorisation may be at the\nmost 11,400,000 shares, and the authorisation concerns both the issuance of\nnew shares as well as the conveyance of shares held by the company. The\nauthorisation may be used to finance or carry out possible acquisitions or\nother arrangements or investments related to the company’s business, to\nimplement the company’s incentive program, or for other purposes decided by\nthe Board of Directors. The Board of Directors decides on all terms and\nconditions of a share issue and the issuance of special rights referred to in\nChapter 10, Section 1 of the Finnish Limited Liability Companies Act, and the\nauthorisation therefore includes the right of the Board of Directors to\ndeviate from the shareholders’ pre-emptive subscription right (directed\nissue), the right to issue shares against consideration or without payment,\nand the right to decide on a free issuance of shares to the company itself,\nhowever, taking into account the provisions of the Finnish Limited Liability\nCompanies Act concerning the maximum number of own shares held by the company.\n\nThe authorisation is effective until 30 June 2027 and it cancels the\ncorresponding authorisation given to the Board of Directors by the Annual\nGeneral Meeting on 6 May 2025.\n\nAuthorising the Board of Directors to decide on the repurchase of the\ncompany’s own shares\n\nAs proposed by the Board of Directors, the General Meeting authorised the\nBoard of Directors to decide to repurchase a maximum of 5,700,000 shares in\nthe company in one or several instalments by using funds in the company’s\nunrestricted equity, however, taking into account the provisions of the\nFinnish Limited Liability Companies Act concerning the maximum number of own\nshares held by the company. The company’s own shares may be repurchased to\nbe used as consideration in possible acquisitions or in other arrangements\nrelated to the company’s business, to finance investments, as a part of the\ncompany’s incentive program, to develop the company’s capital structure as\nwell as to be conveyed for other purposes, to be held by the company or to be\ncancelled. The authorisation also includes the right to pledge the company’s\nown shares. The company’s own shares may be repurchased in public trading\norganised by Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd otherwise than in proportion to the\nshareholdings of the shareholders, at the market price at the time of\nrepurchase. The shares will be repurchased and paid in accordance with the\nrules of Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd and Euroclear Finland Oy. The Board of Directors\ndecides in all other respects on the terms and conditions of the repurchase of\nown shares.\n\nThe authorisation is effective until 30 June 2027 and it cancels the\ncorresponding authorisation given to the Board of Directors by the Annual\nGeneral Meeting on 6 May 2025.\n\nAmendment of the Charter of the Shareholders’ Nomination Board\n\nThe General Meeting decided, in accordance with the proposal of the\nShareholders’ Nomination Board, to amend the Charter of the Shareholders'\nNomination Board so that going forward, the Nomination Board’s proposals to\nthe Annual General Meeting must be published no later than six (6) weeks\nbefore the next Annual General Meeting.\n\nMinutes of the General Meeting\n\nThe minutes of the General Meeting will be available on the company’s\nwebsite on 19 May 2026, at the latest.\n\nDecisions of the constitutive meeting of the Board of Directors\n\nIn its constitutive meeting held after the Annual General Meeting, the Board\nof Directors elected Juha Karttunen as its Chair.\n\nAdditionally, the Board of Directors elected Jari Rautjärvi as Chair and Juha\nKarttunen and Christoffer Landtman as members of the Audit Committee.\n\nThe Board of Directors considered all members of the Board of Directors to be\nindependent of the company and of the significant shareholders of the company.\n\nKH GROUP PLC\n\nFURTHER INFORMATION:\nCEO Carl Haglund, tel. +358 40 500 6898\n\nKH Group Plc is a Nordic corporation supporting sustainable construction and\nsociety’s critical functions with two business areas: KH-Koneet, supplier of\nconstruction and earth-moving machinery, and Nordic Rescue Group, rescue\nvehicle manufacturer. KH Group’s share is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki. More\ninformation at www.khgroup.com/en.","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nGNE2gL1SP","title":"REG-Decisions of KH Group’s Annual General Meeting and the constitutive meeting of the Board of Directors","author":"Globe Newswire","ticker":"KHG","created":"2026-05-05T14:30:13.734Z","tickers":["KHG"],"exchange":"Nasdaq Helsinki","article_body":"KH Group Plc\nStock exchange release 5 May 2026 at 5.30 pm EEST\n\nDecisions of KH Group’s Annual General Meeting and the constitutive meeting\nof the Board of Directors\n\nKH Group Plc’s Annual General Meeting was held on 5 May 2026 at Valla\nConference Centre, Valla Auditorium, at the address Itämerentori 2, FI-00180\nHelsinki, Finland. The Annual General Meeting supported all the proposals\nincluded in the notice of the Annual General Meeting. The General Meeting\nadopted the financial statements for the financial period 2025, discharged the\nmembers of the Board of Directors and the persons who had acted as CEO from\nliability for the financial period 2025 and adopted, through an advisory\ndecision, the company’s Governing Bodies’ Remuneration Report for the year\n2025.\n\nUse of profit shown on the balance sheet\n\nAs proposed by the Board of Directors, the General Meeting decided that no\ndividend be distributed for the financial period ended on 31 December 2025.\n\nRemuneration of the members of the Board of Directors\n\nThe General Meeting decided that an annual remuneration of EUR 50,000 be paid\nto the Chair of the Board and an annual remuneration of EUR 30,000 to the\nother members of the Board. Further, the Chair of the Audit Committee shall be\npaid a meeting fee of EUR 1,000 per Audit Committee meeting, and each member\nof the Audit Committee a meeting fee of EUR 500 per Audit Committee meeting.\nThe travel expenses of the members of the Board of Directors are compensated\nin accordance with the company’s travel policy. Earnings-related pension\ninsurance contributions are paid voluntarily for the paid remuneration.\n\nComposition of the Board of Directors\n\nThe General Meeting confirmed the number of members of the Board of Directors\nat five (5). Juha Karttunen, Christoffer Landtman, Jari Rautjärvi, Jon\nUnnérus and Maija Jokela were elected to the Board of Directors until the\nclosing of the Annual General Meeting of 2027.\n\nElection of the auditor and the sustainability reporting assurance provider\n\nThe General Meeting elected Ernst & Young Oy, Authorised Public Accountants,\nas the company’s auditor. Ernst & Young Oy has notified that Timo Eerola,\nAPA, acts as the principally responsible auditor for the company.\n\nThe General Meeting elected Ernst & Young Oy, Authorised Sustainability Audit\nFirm, as the company’s statutory sustainability reporting assurance\nprovider. Ernst & Young Oy has notified that Timo Eerola, ASA (Authorised\nSustainability Auditor), acts as the principally responsible sustainability\nauditor for the company.\n\nThe General Meeting decided that the remuneration of the auditor shall be paid\naccording to the auditor’s reasonable invoice approved by the company, and\nthat the remuneration of the statutory sustainability reporting assurance\nprovider shall be paid according to the sustainability reporting assurance\nprovider’s reasonable invoice approved by the company.\n\nAuthorising the Board of Directors to decide on the issuance of shares and\nspecial rights entitling to shares\n\nAs proposed by the Board of Directors, the General Meeting authorised the\nBoard of Directors to decide on the issuance of shares and/or the granting of\nspecial rights entitling to shares as referred to in Chapter 10, Section 1 of\nthe Finnish Limited Liability Companies Act, in one or several instalments.\nThe total number of shares to be issued under the authorisation may be at the\nmost 11,400,000 shares, and the authorisation concerns both the issuance of\nnew shares as well as the conveyance of shares held by the company. The\nauthorisation may be used to finance or carry out possible acquisitions or\nother arrangements or investments related to the company’s business, to\nimplement the company’s incentive program, or for other purposes decided by\nthe Board of Directors. The Board of Directors decides on all terms and\nconditions of a share issue and the issuance of special rights referred to in\nChapter 10, Section 1 of the Finnish Limited Liability Companies Act, and the\nauthorisation therefore includes the right of the Board of Directors to\ndeviate from the shareholders’ pre-emptive subscription right (directed\nissue), the right to issue shares against consideration or without payment,\nand the right to decide on a free issuance of shares to the company itself,\nhowever, taking into account the provisions of the Finnish Limited Liability\nCompanies Act concerning the maximum number of own shares held by the company.\n\nThe authorisation is effective until 30 June 2027 and it cancels the\ncorresponding authorisation given to the Board of Directors by the Annual\nGeneral Meeting on 6 May 2025.\n\nAuthorising the Board of Directors to decide on the repurchase of the\ncompany’s own shares\n\nAs proposed by the Board of Directors, the General Meeting authorised the\nBoard of Directors to decide to repurchase a maximum of 5,700,000 shares in\nthe company in one or several instalments by using funds in the company’s\nunrestricted equity, however, taking into account the provisions of the\nFinnish Limited Liability Companies Act concerning the maximum number of own\nshares held by the company. The company’s own shares may be repurchased to\nbe used as consideration in possible acquisitions or in other arrangements\nrelated to the company’s business, to finance investments, as a part of the\ncompany’s incentive program, to develop the company’s capital structure as\nwell as to be conveyed for other purposes, to be held by the company or to be\ncancelled. The authorisation also includes the right to pledge the company’s\nown shares. The company’s own shares may be repurchased in public trading\norganised by Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd otherwise than in proportion to the\nshareholdings of the shareholders, at the market price at the time of\nrepurchase. The shares will be repurchased and paid in accordance with the\nrules of Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd and Euroclear Finland Oy. The Board of Directors\ndecides in all other respects on the terms and conditions of the repurchase of\nown shares.\n\nThe authorisation is effective until 30 June 2027 and it cancels the\ncorresponding authorisation given to the Board of Directors by the Annual\nGeneral Meeting on 6 May 2025.\n\nAmendment of the Charter of the Shareholders’ Nomination Board\n\nThe General Meeting decided, in accordance with the proposal of the\nShareholders’ Nomination Board, to amend the Charter of the Shareholders'\nNomination Board so that going forward, the Nomination Board’s proposals to\nthe Annual General Meeting must be published no later than six (6) weeks\nbefore the next Annual General Meeting.\n\nMinutes of the General Meeting\n\nThe minutes of the General Meeting will be available on the company’s\nwebsite on 19 May 2026, at the latest.\n\nDecisions of the constitutive meeting of the Board of Directors\n\nIn its constitutive meeting held after the Annual General Meeting, the Board\nof Directors elected Juha Karttunen as its Chair.\n\nAdditionally, the Board of Directors elected Jari Rautjärvi as Chair and Juha\nKarttunen and Christoffer Landtman as members of the Audit Committee.\n\nThe Board of Directors considered all members of the Board of Directors to be\nindependent of the company and of the significant shareholders of the company.\n\nKH GROUP PLC\n\nFURTHER INFORMATION:\nCEO Carl Haglund, tel. +358 40 500 6898\n\nKH Group Plc is a Nordic corporation supporting sustainable construction and\nsociety’s critical functions with two business areas: KH-Koneet, supplier of\nconstruction and earth-moving machinery, and Nordic Rescue Group, rescue\nvehicle manufacturer. KH Group’s share is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki. 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