Solidium
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Solidium Oy is a 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.omistajaonline.fi/lehdet/12009/talouskriisi-vauhditti-solidiumin.aspx |title=Talouskriisi vauhditti Solidiumin syntyä | OmistajaOnline.fi |access-date=2012-03-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100906234951/http://www.omistajaonline.fi/lehdet/12009/talouskriisi-vauhditti-solidiumin.aspx |archive-date=2010-09-06 }}
In 2008, Solidium's mandate became the management of the listed minority shareholdings of the Finnish state.{{Cite book |last=Liu |first=Zongyuan Zoe |title=Sovereign Funds: How the Communist Party of China Finances its Global Ambitions |publisher=The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press |year=2023 |isbn=9780674271913 |pages=26}}
Previously, the government directly owned the stock, and transferring it to a single company was the work of Minister of Trade and Industry Jyri Häkämies. On August 1, 2022, the net asset value of Solidium was EUR 8,968 billion.{{cite web|url=https://www.solidium.fi/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/half-year-report-for-July-December-2021-1.pdf|title=Solidium Oy's half-year report for July-December 2021|website=Solidium.fi|access-date=2022-08-11}}
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.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}
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 the obligatory stock information note in Finland.[https://archive.today/20120720192047/http://www.arvopaperi.fi/uutisarkisto/outotec+ei+kommentoi+omistusmuutosta/a787304]
Solidium has also bought Talvivaara mining stocks[https://archive.today/20120730043345/http://www.arvopaperi.fi/uutisarkisto/goldman+sachsin+outotecosakkeet+paatyivat+solidiumille/a787396?s=l&wtm=_-07032012&] and sold all shares of Sponda.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right" |
| style="text-align:left" | Company{{Cite web|url=https://www.solidium.fi/en/holdings/|title=Holdings|website=Solidium.fi|access-date=11 August 2022}}
! % of company owned |
|---|
| style="text-align:left" | Anora Group
|19.4 |
| style="text-align:left" | Elisa Oyj
| 10.0 |
| style="text-align:left" | Kemira Oyj
| 10.2 |
| style="text-align:left" | Konecranes
|10.1 |
| style="text-align:left" | Metso Oyj
| 14.9 |
| style="text-align:left" | Nokia Oyj
|5.3 |
| style="text-align:left" | Nokian Tyres
|9.4 |
| style="text-align:left" | Outokumpu Oyj
| 15.5 |
| style="text-align:left" | Sampo Oyj
| 6.2 |
| style="text-align:left" | Stora Enso Oyj
| 10.7 |
| style="text-align:left" | Tietoevry Corporation
|10.9 |
| style="text-align:left" | Valmet Corporation
|10.1 |
The 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%).[https://archive.today/20130213080456/http://yle.fi/uutiset/talous_ja_politiikka/2012/03/finnairin_kohubonukset_poikkeus_valtion_porssiyhtioissa_3329641.html]
Corporate governance
Solidium Oy managing director is Kari Järvinen. The members of Solidium's Board of Directors are 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).{{cite web | url=http://www.solidium.fi/en/corporate-governance/board-of-directors/ | title=Solidium | Board of Directors|website=Solidium.fi }}
References
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External links
- [http://www.solidium.fi Solidium]
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Category:Financial services companies of Finland