Supervisory Board

In accordance with Atria Plc’s Articles of Association, the company has a Supervisory Board elected by the Annual General Meeting. The Supervisory Board consists of a minimum of 18 and a maximum of 21 members, who are elected for a term of three years at a time. The Supervisory Board elects a Chair and a Vice Chair from amongst its members for a term of one year at a time. The Supervisory Board meets four times a year on average.

 

The duties of the Supervisory Board are specified in the Limited Liability Companies Act and Atria’s Articles of Association. The key duties of the Supervisory Board are as follows:

• Supervising the company’s administration by the Board of Directors and the CEO.
• Providing instructions to the Board of Directors on matters that are of far-reaching consequence or important in principle.
• Submitting its statement on the financial statements and the auditors’ report to the Annual General Meeting

 

The Board of Directors has deemed all members of the Supervisory Board to be dependent of Atria, as they are either full-time farmers who have – or are members of the operative management of a company that has – a customer, supplier or cooperation relationship with Atria Group that is significant for the entrepreneur/company in question.

 

All members of the Atria Supervisory Board are also members of Board of Directors or Supervisory Board of Atria`s significant shareholder Itikka Co-operative`s, significant shareholder Lihakunta`s or Co-operative Pohjanmaan Liha. The Board of Directors has deemed that the members of Atria’s Supervisory Board who are also members of the Board of Directors of a significant shareholder (Itikka Co-operative or Lihakunta) are dependent of a significant shareholder. Membership of the Supervisory Board of a significant shareholder alone has not been deemed to constitute dependence.

Atria has a Supervisory Board because Atria`s shareholders representing moren than 50 % of the votes granten by the company`s shares have expressed their satisfaction with the current model based on the Supervisory Board, because it brings a far-reaching perspective on the company’s operations and decision-making. The company believes that understanding its business requires a deep familiarity with and commitment to meat operations from its Supervisory Board members.

In 2022, Atria Plc’s Supervisory Board met four times, and the average attendance of the members was 98,75%.

 

On 25 April 2023, Atria Plc’s Supervisory Board consisted of the following 20 members:

 

Name	Year of birth	Member since	Education	Main occupation	Attendance at meetings	Shareholding
Juho Anttikoski	1970	2009		Farmer	4/4	4,000
Mika Asunmaa	1970	2005		Farmer	4/4	11,000
Jyrki Halonen	1961	2019	Agricultural technician	Farmer	4/4	250
Mika Herrala	1974	2021	M.Sc (Biophysics)	Farmer	3/3	100
Veli Hyttinen	1973	2010	Agrologist	Farmer	4/4	1,500
Jaakko Isomäki	1979	2023	Agrologist	Farmer		372
Lotta Iso-Tuisku	1982	2024	M.A.	Agricultural entrepreneur		4
Jussi Joki-Erkkilä	1977	2016		Agricultural entrepreneur	3/4	0
Juha Kiviniemi	1972	2010	M.Sc. (Agr)	Farmer	4/4	300 controlling company 184
Ari Lajunen	1975	2013	M.Sc. (Agr)	Farmer	4/4	0
Vesa Lapatto	1968	2020	Agrologist	Dairy farmer	4/4	0
Juha Nikkola	1976	2018	M.Sc. (Agr)	Farmer	4/4	100
Mika Niku	1970	2009		Farmer	4/4	300
Ari Pöyhönen	1970	2020	M.Sc. (Agr)	Farmer	4/4	1,000
Suvi Rantala	1977	2022	B.Ba (Bachelor of Business Administration)	Agricultural entrepreneur	3/3	controlling company 518
Risto Sairanen	1960	2013		Farmer	4/4	0
Ola Sandberg	1981	2018	Agrologist	Farmer	4/4	90
Juha Savela	1977	2023		Farmer
Piia Uusitalo	1976	2024	M.Sc. (Technology)	Agricultural entrepreneur		0

 

More information about the remuneration of the Supervisory Board can be found at the link below:

 

• Remunerations

 

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