OREANDA-NEWS. Fortum Corporation's Annual General Meeting was held in Helsinki. The Annual General Meeting adopted the financial statements and the consolidated financial statements for the financial period 1 January – 31 December 2015.

In accordance with the proposal of the Board of Directors, the Annual General Meeting decided that a dividend of EUR 1.10 per share be paid based on the adopted balance sheet for the financial year that ended on 31 December 2015, which corresponds to a total of EUR 977,203,749.50, and that the remaining part of the profit shown on the balance sheet shall be retained in the company's unrestricted equity. The dividend will be paid to the shareholders who on the record date of the dividend payment 7 April 2016 are recorded in the company's shareholders' register held by Euroclear Finland Ltd. The dividend will be paid on 14 April 2016.

The Annual General Meeting discharged from liability the members of the Fortum Board of Directors, the President and CEOs and the deputy President and CEO for the year 2015.