Independence of the members of the Board of Directors

The Board of Directors of the Vaisala Group has evaluated the independence of its members.

1) Independence of the company

Evaluated against the criteria given in Recommendation 15, all six members of the Board of Directors are independent of the company.

2) Independence of the shareholders

Evaluated against the criteria given in Recommendation 15, Yrjö Neuvo, Stig Gustavson, Mikko Niinivaara and Maija Torkko are independent of both the company and the shareholders. Evaluated against the criteria given in Recommendation 15 Raimo Voipio and Mikko Voipio are dependent of significant shareholders.

The current composition of the Board of Directors fulfills the independence requirements stated in the Recommendation 14.