According to Metsä Board’s Articles of Association, the Company has one auditor, which must be an auditing firm approved by the Finnish Patent and Registration Office, with the principal auditor being a Chartered Accountant.
The General Meeting of Shareholders elects the auditor annually at the Annual General Meeting. The audit was last put out to tender in 2021, and in accordance with the decision of the Annual General Meeting in the spring of 2024, the Company’s auditor will be KPMG Oy Ab, which appointed Kirsi Jantunen, KHT, as its principal auditor. The Audit Committee oversees the auditor selection procedure and makes recommendations to the Board of Directors on the proposal to the Annual General Meeting regarding the selection of the auditor and the auditor’s remuneration.
In 2024, audit fees were paid as follows:
| Financial audit fees of the auditor of the Group, KPMG, EUR million | 2024 |
| Audit | 0.5 |
| Auditor’s statements ¹ | 0.1 |
| Tax services | - |
| Other services | 0.0 |
| Total | 0.7 |
¹ including fees for assurance of the sustainability statement