The statutory audit of the financial statements is carried out by PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy, Authorised Public Accountants, elected by the Annual General Meeting.
The auditors and the Board agree on the audit plan annually and discuss the audit’s findings. The principal auditor and the auditor manager attend at least one meeting of the Board of Directors annually.
In 2009, the fees paid for statutory auditing to PricewaterhouseCoopers group totalled EUR 180,407. The fees paid to the auditing company and companies belonging to the same chain for non-audit services such as tax, IFRS and due diligence services, totalled EUR 56,770.