Annual General Meeting 2023

The Annual General Meeting of Fortum Corporation was held on Thursday 13 April 2023, starting at 2:00 p.m. (EEST) at Messukeskus Siipi, Helsinki, Finland.

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.

日期有关股息payment

  • 17 April 2023 Record date of the first dividend instalment
  • 24 April 2023 Payment date of the first dividend instalment
  • 2 October 2023 Record date of the second dividend instalment
  • 10 October 2023 Payment date of the second dividend instalment

Instructions for the participation in the General Meeting

Right to participate, registration and advance voting
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Each shareholder, who on the record date of the General Meeting, 30 March 2023 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 6 April 2023 at 10:00 a.m. (EEST) by giving a prior notice of participation.The registration has ended.

Shareholders can register for the General Meeting and vote in advance in the following ways(Note: the registration has ended):

  • online at;https://egm.apk.fi/eGM/gm/6167517508_en/faces/jsp/login/login.xhtml

    For natural persons, electronic registration and electronic advance voting require secure strong electronic authentication, and a shareholder may register and vote by logging in using their personal Finnish online banking credentials or a mobile certificate.

    For shareholders that are legal entities, electronic registration and electronic advance voting do not require strong electronic authentication. However, the shareholder shall provide the number of its Finnish book entry account and other information required. If a shareholder that is a legal entity uses the electronic Suomi.fi authorisation service further described below, the registration requires strong electronic authentication, which works with personal online Finnish banking credentials or a mobile certificate.
  • by email or by regular mail

    A shareholder may register for the General Meeting and submit the advance voting form available at the bottom of this page or corresponding information to Euroclear Finland Oy by email toyhtiokokous[at]euroclear[dot]eu或普通邮件写给欧洲Finland Oy, Yhtiökokous / Fortum Corporation, P.O. Box 1110, FI-00101 Helsinki.

If a shareholder participates in the General Meeting by submitting the votes in advance to Euroclear Finland 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.

Registration for the General Meeting can also be done by phone by calling +358 20 770 6905 (on working days from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. EET/EEST). Please note that it is not possible to submit advance votes by phone, however. For advance voting, please use the channels described above.

In connection with the registration, the shareholder shall provide the information requested, such as their name, date of birth / personal identification number or business identity code, address, telephone number and the name of a proxy representative, legal representative, guardian or assistant, if any, and the date of birth / personal identification number of the proxy representative, legal representative, guardian or assistant, as applicable.

Please 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.

Holders of nominee-registered shares
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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, 30 March 2023. 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. (EEST) on 6 April 2023 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.

Proxy representatives and powers of attorney
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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 shall provide a dated proxy document or otherwise in a reliable manner demonstrate their right to represent the shareholder at the General Meeting. If a shareholder participates in the General Meeting by means of several proxy representatives representing the shareholder with shares in different securities accounts, the shares with which each proxy representative represents the shareholder shall be identified in connection with the registration for the General Meeting.

The proxy documents, if any, should be notified in connection with the registration, and they should be submitted to the Company by email addressed toagm[at]fortum[dot]com, or by regular mail addressed to Fortum Corporation, Corporate Legal Affairs/AGM, P.O. Box 100, 00048 FORTUM, Finland no later than by the end of the registration period, by which time the proxy documents must have been received by the Company. 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 that are legal entities can also use the electronic Suomi.fi authorisation service in Euroclear Finland’s general meeting service for authorising their proxies, instead of using the traditional proxy authorisation. In this case, the shareholder that is a legal entity authorises a representative appointed by it in the Suomi.fi service atwww.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 Euroclear Finland’s general meeting 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, seewww.suomi.fi/e-authorizations.

Instructions on electronic advance voting service
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Shareholders with a Finnish book-entry account may vote in advance on the agenda matter 6 of the General Meeting during the period from 2 March 2023 at 10:00 a.m. (EET) until 6 April at 10:00 p.m. (EEST). 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, 30 March 2023.

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 are present at the General Meeting.

For natural persons, electronic advance voting requires secure strong electronic authentication, and a shareholder may register and vote by logging in using their personal Finnish online banking credentials or a mobile certificate.

For shareholders that are legal entities, electronic advance voting does not require strong electronic authentication. However, the shareholder shall provide the number of its Finnish book entry account and other information required. 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 pre-voting period, and may also continue to browse the pre-cast votes in the electronic advance voting service even 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.

Following the General Meeting online
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The shareholders had an opportunity to follow the General Meeting live online.

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.

在connectio处理个人数据n with the General Meeting
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Any personal data provided to the Company or Euroclear Finland 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.

For more information about the processing of the personal data related to the General Meeting, please see the separate General Meetingprivacy noticeon this page.

Other information
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In case of questions related to the participation in the General Meeting, registration, advance voting, or in any other General Meeting related matters, kindly contact the Company by email atagm[at]fortum[dot]com. Please note that we do not accept registrations made to the said address. You can register and vote in advance via the channels listed above under "Right to participate, registration and advance voting".

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 atwww.e-perfil.com/about-us/investors/corporate-governance/general-meeting.

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.

会议材料
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Reports and presentations

Materials of Fortum's General Meetings

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