Citycon Oyj's Annual General Meeting took place today, 3 April 2025. The Annual General Meeting was held without a meeting venue using remote connection in real time, in accordance with Section 11 of the Articles of Association of the Company and Chapter 5, Section 16 Subsection 3 of the Finnish Limited Liability Companies Act. The General Meeting approved all the proposals made by the Board of Directors to the General Meeting.

The General Meeting adopted the company's financial statements and discharged the members of the Board of Directors and the Chief Executive Officer from liability for the financial year 2024. The General Meeting decided that no dividend is distributed by a resolution of the Annual General Meeting and authorized the Board of Directors to decide in its discretion on the distribution of assets from the invested unrestricted equity fund as follows:

The General Meeting decided that based on the balance sheet to be adopted for the financial period ended on 31 December 2024, no dividend is distributed by a resolution of the General Meeting.

Nonetheless, the Board of Directors is authorized to decide, in its discretion and based on an assessment of the Company's financial position, on the distribution of assets from the invested unrestricted equity fund in the manner set forth below.

Based on this authorization, the maximum total amount of equity repayment distributed from the invested unrestricted equity fund shall not exceed EUR 0.30 per share. Based on the current total number of issued shares in the Company, the authorization would equal to a maximum of EUR 55,269,388.50 in equity repayment.

The authorization is valid until the opening of the next Annual General Meeting.

As announced by the Company on 15 November 2024, the Board of Directors does not currently intend to use the authorization until year end 2025. If the Board of Directors, however, would decide to use the authorization, the Board will make separate resolutions on any distribution of equity repayment including on the preliminary record and payment dates for any such equity repayment. The Company shall make separate announcements of any such Board resolution.

Any equity repayment based on the resolution of the Board of Directors will be paid to a shareholder registered in the Company's shareholders' register maintained by Euroclear Finland Oy on the record date of the equity repayment.

Remuneration Report for Governing Bodies

The Annual General Meeting decided to adopt the Remuneration Report for the governing bodies.

Remuneration Policy

The Annual General Meeting decided to adopt the Remuneration Policy.

Members of the Board of Directors and their remuneration

The number of members of the Board of Directors was resolved to be ten. Chaim Katzman, Yehuda (Judah) L. Angster, F. Scott Ball, Adi Jemini, Alexandre (Sandy) Koifman, David Lukes, Per-Anders Ovin, Ljudmila Popova and Eero Sihvonen were re-elected to the Board of Directors. Ms Keren Kalifa was elected as new member of the Board of Directors. The members of the Board of Directors will be elected for a term that will continue until the close of the next Annual General Meeting. The Directors' personal details are available on the company's website at citycon.com/agm2025.

The General Meeting decided that the Chairman of the Board of Directors is paid an annual fee of EUR 160,000, the Deputy Chairmen EUR 70,000 and the ordinary members of the Board EUR 50,000. The Chairmen of the Board of Directors' Committees would be paid an additional annual fee of EUR 5,000.

In addition, the Chairmen of the meetings of the Board's Committees shall be paid a meeting fee of EUR 800 and other Board and Committee members EUR 600 per meeting, with the exception of the Chairman of the Board, who shall be paid no meeting fees and the CEO, who shall be paid no annual or meeting fees for his Board of Directors' position.

The members of the Board of Directors shall be compensated accrued travel and lodging expenses as well as other potential costs related to Board and Committee work.

Auditor

Deloitte Oy, a firm of authorized public accountants, was elected as the auditor of the company. Deloitte Oy has announced that authorized public accountant (APA) Anu Servo acts as the auditor with principal responsibility. The audit fee shall be paid in accordance with the auditor's invoice approved by the company.

In addition, if the Company has an obligation to prepare a Sustainability Report for the financial year 2025, it was decided that the auditor of the Company shall act as the sustainability reporting assurance provider.

Authorizing the Board of Directors to Decide on the Issuance of Shares as well as the Issuance of Special Rights Entitling to Shares

The General Meeting authorized the Board of Directors to decide on the issuance of shares as well as the issuance of special rights entitling to shares referred to in Chapter 10 Section 1 of the Companies Act by one or several decisions in the manner described below.

The number of shares to be issued shall not exceed 16 million shares, which would correspond to approximately 8.68 percent of all registered shares in the Company. Shares potentially issued by virtue of the special rights entitling to shares are included in the aforesaid maximum number of shares.

The Board of Directors decides on all the conditions of the issuance of shares and special rights entitling to shares. The authorization concerns both the issuance of new shares as well as the transfer of own shares held by the Company. The issuance of shares and special rights entitling to shares may be carried out in deviation from the shareholders' pre-emptive right by way of a directed issue.

The authorization is valid until the close of the next Annual General Meeting, however, no longer than 30 June 2026, and it revokes all earlier share issue authorizations as well as authorizations to issue special rights entitling to shares.

Authorizing the Board of Directors to decide on the repurchase and/or on the acceptance as pledge of the company's own shares

The General Meeting authorized the Board of Directors to decide on the repurchase and/or on the acceptance of the company's own shares as pledge in one or several tranches as follows.

The number of own shares to be repurchased and/or accepted as pledge shall not exceed 30 million shares, which would correspond to approximately 16.28 percent of all registered shares in the Company. Only the unrestricted equity of the Company can be used to repurchase own shares on the basis of the authorization.

Own shares can be repurchased at a price formed in public trading on the date of the repurchase or otherwise at a market-based price.

Share repurchases remain a potential capital distribution method, along with other investments, for the Company to distribute capital to enhance value for all shareholders.

The Board of Directors decides on how own shares will be repurchased and/or accepted as pledge. Own shares can be repurchased for instance by using derivatives. Own shares can be repurchased otherwise than in proportion to the shareholdings of the shareholders (directed repurchase).

The authorization is valid until the close of next Annual General Meeting, however, no longer than until 30 June 2026, and it revokes all earlier authorizations to repurchase and/or accept as pledge the Company's owns shares.

CITYCON OYJ

For further information, please contact:
Eero Sihvonen
Chief Financial Officer

Contact requests through:
Anni Torkko
Investor Relations Manager
Tel. +358 45 358 0570
[email protected]

Citycon is a leading owner, manager and developer of mixed-use real estate featuring modern, necessity-based retail with residential, office and municipal service spaces that enhance the communities in which they operate. Citycon is committed to sustainable property management in the Nordic region with assets that total approximately EUR 3.7 billion. Our centres are located in urban hubs in the heart of vibrant communities with direct connections to public transport and anchored by grocery, healthcare and other services that cater to the everyday needs of customers.

Citycon's shares are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd.

www.citycon.com