Decisions by Vaisala Corporation's Annual General Meeting and the Board of Directors

Vaisala Corporation
Stock Exchange Release
April 5, 2016 at 7:50 p.m.

Decisions by Vaisala Corporation's Annual General Meeting and the Board of Directors

Vaisala Corporation's Annual General Meeting was held on April 5, 2016. The meeting approved the financial statements and discharged the members of the Board of Directors and the President and CEO from liability for the financial period January 1-December 31, 2015.

Dividend

The Annual General Meeting decided a dividend of EUR 0.95 per share, corresponding to the total of EUR 17.1 million. The record date for the dividend payment is April 7, 2016 and the payment date is April 14, 2016.

Board of Directors

The Annual General Meeting confirmed that the number of Board members is seven. Petra Lundström, Yrjö Neuvo, Mikko Niinivaara, Pertti Torstila, Raimo Voipio and Ville Voipio will continue as members of the Board of Directors. Kaarina Ståhlberg was elected as a new member of the Board of Directors.

The Annual General Meeting confirmed that that the annual fee payable to the Chairman of the Board of Directors is EUR 45,000 and each Board member EUR 35,000 per year. Approximately 40 percent of the annual remuneration will be paid in Vaisala Corporation's A-shares acquired from the market and the rest in cash. In addition, the Annual General Meeting confirmed that the compensation for the Chairman of the Audit Committee would be EUR 1,500 per attended meeting and EUR 1,000 for each member of the Audit Committee and Chairman and each member of the Remuneration and HR Committee and any other committee established by the Board of Directors for a term until the close of the Annual General Meeting in 2017. The meeting compensation fees are paid in cash.

Auditor

The Annual General Meeting re-elected Deloitte & Touche Oy as the auditor of the Company and APA Merja Itäniemi will act as the auditor with the principal responsibility. The Auditors are reimbursed according to invoice presented to the company.

Authorization for the directed repurchase of own A-shares

The Annual General Meeting authorized the Board of Directors to decide on the directed repurchase of a maximum of 200,000 of the Company's own A-shares in one or more instalments with funds belonging to the Company's unrestricted equity. The authorization is valid until the closing of the next Annual General Meeting, however, no longer than October 5, 2017.

Authorization on the issuance of the Company's own A-shares

The Annual General Meeting authorized the Board of Directors to decide on the issuance of a maximum of 391,550 Company's own A-shares. The issuance of own shares may be carried out in deviation from the shareholders' pre-emptive rights (directed issue). The subscription price of the shares can instead of cash also be paid in full or in part as contribution in kind. The authorization is valid until April 5, 2021.

THE ORGANIZING MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

At its organizing meeting held after the Annual General Meeting the Board elected Raimo Voipio to continue as the Chairman of the Board of Directors and Yrjö Neuvo to continue as the Vice Chairman.

The composition of the Board committees was decided to be as follows:

Kaarina Ståhlberg was elected as the Chairman and Petra Lundström and Mikko Niinivaara as members of the Audit Committee. The Chairman and all members of the Audit Committee are independent both of the Company and of significant shareholders.

Raimo Voipio was elected as the Chairman and Yrjö Neuvo and Mikko Niinivaara as members of the Remuneration and HR Committee. Raimo Voipio is independent of the Company. Yrjö Neuvo and Mikko Niinivaara are independent both of the Company and of significant shareholders.

Additional information
Kaarina Muurinen, CFO
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Vaisala Corporation

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Vaisala is a global leader in environmental and industrial measurement. Building on 80 years of experience, Vaisala contributes to a better quality of life by providing a comprehensive range of innovative observation and measurement products and services for chosen weather-related and industrial markets. Headquartered in Finland, Vaisala employs approximately 1,600 professionals worldwide and is listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki stock exchange. www.vaisala.com      www.twitter.com/VaisalaGroup