Annual General Meeting 2025
The Annual General Meeting (“General Meeting”) of Fortum Corporation (“Company”) will be held on Tuesday 1 April 2025, starting at 2:00 p.m. (EEST) at the main auditorium of the Finlandia Hall, address Mannerheimintie 13 e, Helsinki, Finland, (entrance from Mannerheimintie door M4 and Karamzininkatu door K4). The reception of the shareholders who have registered for the meeting and the distribution of the voting ballots will commence at the meeting venue at 12:30 p.m. (EEST). Coffee will be served prior to the meeting. The General Meeting is also accessible to participants who are disabled or have limited mobility.
The shareholders of the Company have the opportunity to exercise their voting rights also by voting in advance on certain agenda items of the General Meeting. In addition, the shareholders can follow the General Meeting live online via webcast on this page.
Further instructions regarding the General Meeting are provided below.
The complete notice to the General Meeting including the agenda, the proposals of the Board of Directors and the Shareholders’ Nomination Board to the General Meeting, and other statutory General Meeting documents can be found at the bottom of this page.
Important General Meeting dates
Important General Meeting dates | |
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17 February 2025 | Notice to the Annual General Meeting is published |
18 February 2025 at 10:00 a.m. (EET) | Registration for the AGM and advance voting begin |
20 March 2025 | Record date of the Annual General Meeting |
27 March 2025 at 10:00 a.m. (EET) | Registration and advance voting end |
1 April 2025 at 2:00 p.m. (EEST) | Annual General Meeting; reception of the shareholders at the venue starts at 12.30 p.m. (EEST) |
15 April 2025 | Minutes of the Annual General Meeting available on this page at the latest |
Dates related to the dividend payment | |
3 April 2025 | Record date of the dividend payment |
10 April 2025 | Dividend payment date |
Instructions for the participation in the General Meeting
Each shareholder, who on the record date of the General Meeting, 20 March 2025 is registered in the shareholders’ register of the Company held by Euroclear Finland Oy, has the right to participate in the General Meeting. A shareholder, whose shares are registered on their personal Finnish book-entry account, is automatically registered in the shareholders' register of the Company. Any changes in the ownership of shares that have occurred after the record date of the General Meeting do not affect the right to participate in the General Meeting nor the number of votes of the shareholder at the General Meeting.
A shareholder, who is registered in the shareholders' register of the Company and wishes to participate in the General Meeting, shall register for the meeting no later than on 27 March 2025 at 10:00 a.m. (EET). The notice of registration must be received by Innovatics Oy before the expiration of the above mentioned registration period.
Shareholders can register for the General Meeting and vote in advance in the following ways:
- online online - External link at https://ir1.innovatics.fi/ir/en/fortum/Agm/Registration/2025_1/Accept https://ir1.innovatics.fi/ir/en/fortum/Agm/Registration/2025_1/Accept - External link
Electronic registration and electronic advance voting require secure strong electronic authentication of the shareholder or their legal representative or proxy with a Finnish, Swedish or Danish online banking credentials or a mobile certificate.
- by email
A shareholder may register for the General Meeting and submit the registration from, the advance voting form available at the bottom of this page or corresponding information by email to agm@innovatics.fi, or by post addressed to Innovatics Oy, General Meeting / Fortum Corporation, Ratamestarinkatu 13 A, FI-00520 Helsinki, Finland.
If a shareholder participates in the General Meeting by submitting the votes in advance to Innovatics Oy, submission of the votes before the end of the registration and the advance voting period constitutes due registration for the General Meeting, provided that they contain the information required for the registration.
- by post
A shareholder may register for the General Meeting and submit the registration from, the advance voting form available at the bottom of this page or corresponding information by email to agm@innovatics.fi, or by post addressed to Innovatics Oy, General Meeting / Fortum Corporation, Ratamestarinkatu 13 A, FI-00520 Helsinki, Finland.
If a shareholder participates in the General Meeting by submitting the votes in advance to Innovatics Oy, submission of the votes before the end of the registration and the advance voting period constitutes due registration for the General Meeting, provided that they contain the information required for the registration.
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by phone
Registration for the General Meeting can also be done by phone by calling +358 10 2818 909 (on working days from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (EET). Shareholders are advised to note that advance voting is not available when registering by phone and to use the other channels described above.
In connection with the registration, a shareholder must provide the required information, such as their name, date of birth or business identity code, address, telephone number and the name of a proxy representative, legal representative, guardian or assistant, if any, the date of birth and the phone number of the proxy representative, legal representative, guardian or assistant, as applicable.
Shareholders are advised to note that the shareholder, their proxy representative, legal representative, guardian or assistant, if any, shall be able to prove their identity and/or right of representation at the General Meeting.
If the shareholder is a minor, the consent of both of the minor’s legal guardians is requested to be provided in connection with the registration for verifying the right to represent the shareholder. If the minor has only one legal guardian or someone other than a parent has been appointed the minor’s legal guardian, an extract from the civil register or another evidence is requested to be provided.
Further information about advance voting can be found below in the section “Instructions on electronic advance voting service”. For information regarding legal representatives and proxy representatives, please refer to the section “Proxy representatives and powers of attorney” below.
A holder of nominee-registered shares has the right to participate in the General Meeting by virtue of such shares based on which they would be entitled to be registered in the shareholders' register of the Company held by Euroclear Finland Oy on the record date of the General Meeting, 20 March 2025. In addition, the right to participate in the General Meeting requires that the shareholder, on the basis of such shares, has been temporarily registered into the shareholders’ register held by Euroclear Finland Oy by 10:00 a.m. (EET) on 27 March 2025 at the latest. For the nominee-registered shares, this constitutes due registration for the General Meeting. Any changes in the ownership of shares that have occurred after the record date of the General Meeting do not affect the right to participate in the General Meeting nor the number of votes of the shareholder at the General Meeting.
A holder of nominee-registered shares is advised to request well in advance the necessary instructions regarding the temporary registration in the shareholders' register of the Company, the issuing of proxy documents, voting instructions and registration for the General Meeting as well as advance voting from their custodian bank. The account management organisation of the custodian bank shall temporarily register the holder of the nominee-registered shares who wishes to participate in the General Meeting into the shareholders' register of the Company by the time stated above at the latest, and, as applicable, take care of the advance voting on behalf of the holder of the nominee-registered shares within the registration period. Please note that holders of nominee-registered shares cannot directly register for the General Meeting online on this page, but must register via their custodian bank instead.
A shareholder may participate in the General Meeting and exercise their rights at the meeting also by way of third-party proxy representation. A proxy representative may also vote in advance in accordance with the instructions provided herein. The proxy representative must first authenticate in the electronic registration service and advance voting (if applicable) personally with strong authentication, after which they will be able to register and vote in advance on behalf of the shareholder whom they represent.
A proxy representative shall provide a dated proxy document or otherwise in a reliable manner demonstrate their right to represent the shareholder at the General Meeting. Providing the right to represent can be done by using the suomi.fi e-authorizations service available in the electronic registration service.
If a shareholder participates in the General Meeting by means of several proxy representatives representing the shareholder with shares in different book-entry accounts, the shares with which each proxy representative represents the shareholder shall be identified in connection with the registration for the General Meeting.
A proxy document template and the voting instructions are available on the Company’s website at www.fortum.com/agm. Any proxy documents are requested to be submitted preferably as an attachment as part of the electronic registration, or alternatively by post addressed to Innovatics Oy, General Meeting / Fortum Corporation, Ratamestarinkatu 13 A, FI-00520 Helsinki, Finland, or by email addressed to agm@innovatics.fi, no later than by the end of the registration period, by which time the proxy documents must have been received by Innovatics Oy. In addition to submitting the proxy documents, the shareholder or their proxy representative must make sure to register for the General Meeting in accordance with the instructions provided herein.
Shareholders can also use the electronic Suomi.fi authorisation service in the electronic registration service for authorising their proxies, instead of using the traditional proxy authorisation. In this case, the shareholder authorises a representative appointed by it in the Suomi.fi service at www.suomi.fi/e-authorizations (using the authorisation topic “Representation at the General Meeting”). When registering, the representative must identify themselves with strong electronic authentication in the electronic registration service, after which the electronic mandate is automatically checked. The strong electronic authentication works with personal banking credentials or a mobile certificate. For more information, see www.suomi.fi/e-authorizations.
A shareholder whose shares in the Company are registered in their personal Finnish book-entry account may vote in advance on certain agenda matters of the General Meeting using the channels described above during the period from 18 February 2025 at 10:00 a.m. (EET) until 27 March 2025 at 10:00 p.m. (EET). Advance votes will be taken into account if the ownership is entered into the shareholders' register of the Company held by Euroclear Finland Oy on the record date of the General Meeting 20 March 2025.
A shareholder who has voted in advance may only request information under the Finnish Companies Act, request a vote at the General Meeting or vote on a possible counterproposal, if they or their proxy representative participate in the Annual General Meeting at the meeting venue.
Advance voting requires strong identification of the shareholder or their legal representative or proxy with a Finnish, Swedish, or Danish bank ID, or a mobile certificate.
If a shareholder that is a legal entity chooses to use the electronic Suomi.fi authorisation service further described above, the registration requires strong electronic authentication, which works with personal online banking credentials or a mobile certificate.
A shareholder may vote on the matters as per their choice and change their pre-cast votes during the whole advance voting period, and may also continue to browse the pre-cast votes in the electronic advance voting service after General Meeting. The shareholder may also print out a confirmation of the votes they have given in advance in the advance voting service.
The shareholder is connected to the electronic advance voting service through a secure internet connection. The communication connection used is encrypted using SSL technology, which is commonly used, e.g., by online banks.
The shareholders will have an opportunity to follow the General Meeting live online on this page. The videolink for following the meeting online will be published on this page on the day of the General Meeting, Tuesday 1 April 2025, at the latest. Following the General Meeting online does not require prior registration.
Shareholders are asked to take into account that following the meeting via webcast is not considered participating in the General Meeting referred to in the Finnish Companies Act, and that it is not possible for the shareholders to exercise their shareholder rights in the General Meeting through the webcast.
Shareholders that wish to follow the live webcast can exercise their voting rights by voting on certain matters on the agenda in advance in accordance with the instructions provided above.
Remote access to the General Meeting will be provided through Inderes Plc's virtual general meeting service on the Videosync platform, which includes video and audio access to the General Meeting. Remote access does not require any paid software or downloads. In addition to an internet connection, remote access requires a computer, smartphone or tablet with speakers or headphones for sound. One of the following browsers is recommended for remote access: Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Safari, or Opera.
You can test the compatibility of your computer, smartphone or tablet with the network connection here: https://demo.videosync.fi/agm-compatibility?language=en https://demo.videosync.fi/agm-compatibility?language=en - External link.
Any personal data provided to the Company or Innovatics Oy by a shareholder will only be used for the purposes of the Annual General Meeting and processing of the necessary registrations related to the General Meeting. The General Meeting participants or individual persons addressing the meeting will not be filmed individually in the meeting hall.
For more information about the processing of the personal data related to the General Meeting, please see the separate General Meeting privacy notice on this page.
Further information on registration and advance voting is available by phone during the registration period of the General Meeting by calling Innovatics Oy at +358 10 2818 909 on weekdays from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (EET). To contact the Company in matters related to the General Meeting, email to agm@fortum.com.
Pursuant to Chapter 5, Section 25 of the Finnish Companies Act, a shareholder who is present at the General Meeting has the right to request information with respect to the matters to be considered at the meeting. Information on general meetings laid down in the Finnish Companies Act and the Securities Markets Act is available at www.fortum.com/about-us/investors/corporate-governance/general-meeting www.fortum.com/about-us/investors/corporate-governance/general-meeting - External link.
On the date of the notice to the General Meeting, the total number of shares in Fortum Corporation and votes represented by such shares is 897,264,465.
Any changes in the ownership of shares that have occurred after the record date of the General Meeting do not affect the right to participate in the General Meeting nor the number of votes of the shareholder at the General Meeting.
Notice to the AGM 2025 of Fortum Corporation
Organisational document for the AGM 2025 of Fortum Corporation
Proposals by the Board of Directors for the AGM 2025 of Fortum Corporation
Proposals by the Shareholders' Nomination Board for the AGM 2025 of Fortum Corporation
Remuneration Policy for Governing Bodies 2025
Registration and advance voting form for the AGM 2025 of Fortum Corporation
Power of Attorney and voting instructions AGM 2025
Privacy notice of the AGM 2025 of Fortum Corporation
Related materials
Fortum Financials 2024 (incl. Financial Statements and Operating and Financial Review)
AGM in Finnish: https://www.fortum.fi/yhtiokokous https://www.fortum.fi/yhtiokokous - External link