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

Vaisala Corporation                 
Stock Exchange Release         
March 31, 2015 at 7:30 p.m.

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

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Vaisala Corporation's Annual General Meeting was held on March 31, 2015 in Vantaa, Finland. 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, 2014.

Dividend

The Annual General Meeting decided a dividend of EUR 0.90 per share, corresponding to the total of EUR 16,368,132.60. The record date for the dividend payment is April 2, 2015 and the payment date is April 14, 2015.

Board of Directors

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

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

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 their reasonable invoice presented to the company.

Authorization for directed acquisition of own A shares

The Annual General Meeting authorized the Board of Directors to decide on the directed repurchase of a maximum of 160,000 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 September 30, 2016.

Authorization to transfer Company's own shares

The Annual General Meeting authorized the Board of Directors to decide on the issuance of the Company's treasury A-shares. The authorization is limited to a maximum of 319,150 shares. The issuance of own shares may be carried out in deviation from the shareholders' pre-emptive rights (directed issue). The authorization entitles the issuance of treasury A-shares as a directed issue without payment as part of the Company's share based incentive plan. The Board of Directors can also use this authorization to grant special rights entitling subscription of the Company's own shares that are held by the Company. 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 March 31, 2020.

Donations

The Annual General Meeting authorized the Board of Directors to decide on donations of maximum EUR 250,000.

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:

Maija Torkko 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 Maija Torkko as members of the Remuneration and HR Committee. Raimo Voipio is independent of the Company. Yrjö Neuvo and Maija Torkko 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 79 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 OMX Helsinki stock exchange. www.vaisala.com      www.twitter.com/VaisalaGroup