Solidium
Solidium Oy is Finnish state-owned investment company. Founded in 1991, Solidium's original purpose was to manage the property of SKOP Bank (Säästöpankkien Keskus-Osake-Pankki; fi), which went bankrupt in the early 1990s recession.[1] In 2008, the purpose of Solidium was changed to manage the listed minority shareholdings of the Finnish Government. Previously, the government directly owned the stock, and transferring them under a single company was the work of Minister of Trade and Industry Jyri Häkämies. On 30 June 2015, the net asset value of Solidium was EUR 6,854 million.[2]
Aside from Solidium, the government still directly owns shares in three listed companies as a majority shareholder.
Holdings
Solidium took over the state owned shares in 2008 of Kemira, Metso, Outokumpu, Rautaruukki, Sampo, Sponda, Stora Enso and Telia and in 2009 Elisa.
Solidium acquired over 5% of Outotec mining technology company's shares in March 2012 while Goldman Sachs reduced its ownership to less than 5%. 5% is the limit of obligatory stock information note in Finland.[3]
Solidium has bought also Talvivaara mining stocks[4] and sold all shares of Sponda.
Company[5] | % of company owned |
---|---|
Elisa Oyj | 10.0 |
Kemira Oyj | 16.7 |
Metso Oyj | 13.0 |
Outokumpu Oyj | 26.2 |
Outotec Oyj | 13.2 |
SSAB | 17.1 (capital) / 10.1 (votes) |
Sampo Oyj | 11.9 |
Stora Enso Oyj | 12.3 (25.1% of all votes) |
Talvivaara | 15.2 |
Tieto Oyj | 10.0 |
Nokia Oyj | 3.3 |
Finnish state also directly owns shares of certain publicly listed companies, deemed to be ″strategically important″, that are not in Solidium's portfolio. These include Finnair (55.8%), Fortum (50.8%), and Neste Oil (50.1%).[6]
Corporate governance
Solidium Oy managing director is Kari Järvinen. The members of Solidium's Board of Directors are[7] chairman (interim) Heikki Bergholm, Markku Hyvärinen (Varma, Tradeka), Marketta Kokkonen (Espoo municipality), Anni Vepsäläinen (Finnish Fair Corporation), and Eero Heliövaara (Ownership steering department of the Prime Minister’s Office).
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-09-06. Retrieved 2012-03-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- http://www.kauppalehti.fi/5/i/talous/uutiset/etusivu/uutinen.jsp?oid=20110155735%5B%5Dhttp://www.e-julkaisu.fi/solidium/annual_report-2015/
- Outotec ei kommentoi omistusmuutosta Arvopaperi 7.3.2012
- Goldman Sachsin Outotec-osakkeet päätyivät Solidiumille Arvopaperi 7.3.2012
- June 2015 http://www.solidium.fi/en/investments/holdings/
- Finnairin kohubonukset poikkeus valtion pörssiyhtiöissä yle 13.3.2011 (in Finnish)
- http://www.solidium.fi/en/corporate-governance/board-of-directors/