Pihlajalinna Plc:Correction to Pihlajalinna Plc English Notice to the Annual General Meeting
Pihlajalinna Plc Stock Exchange Release 11 March 2016 at 15.30 EET
Correction to Pihlajalinna Plc English Notice to the Annual General Meeting
There was an error in the English version of the Pihlajalinna Plc Notice to the Annual General Meeting published today 11 March 2016 at 8.15 in the section 11 "Resolution on the Number of Members of the Board of Directors". In the release it was stated erroneously that the largest shareholders who represent together 37.9 per cent of the votes and shares suggest that the number of the Board members is eight (8). The largest shareholders who represent together approximately 37.9 per cent of the company shares and votes have announced that they will publish the proposal of the number of Board members before the Annual General Meeting. In the Finnish version this section was correct. In addition there was a technical language difference in the releases in the section 16 "Resolution on the Authorization of the Board of Directors to Decide on Issuance of Shares and Other Special Rights Entitling to Shares".
The correct text in the section 11 is as follows:
Resolution on the Number of Members of the Board of Directors
The largest shareholders of the Company, representing approximately 37.9 percent of the shares and votes in the Company, have announced that they will publish the proposal for the number of the Board Members before the Annual General Meeting.
Corrected Notice to the Annual General Meeting:
Pihlajalinna Plc: Notice to the Annual General Meeting
Notice is given to the shareholders of Pihlajalinna Plc to the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on Monday, 4 April 2016 at 3:00 p.m. at Yliopistonkatu 55, 33100 Tampere, Finland (Tampere Hall, Sorsapuisto-auditorium). The reception of participants who have registered for the meeting and the distribution of voting tickets will commence at 2:00 p.m. Coffee will be served before the meeting.
A. Matters on the Agenda of the General Meeting
The following matters will be considered at the General Meeting:
- Opening of the Meeting
- Calling the Meeting to Order
- Election of Persons to Scrutinize the Minutes and to Supervise the Counting of Votes
- Recording the Legality of the Meeting
- Recording the Attendance at the Meeting and Adoption of the List of Votes
- Presentation of the Annual Accounts including the Consolidated Annual Accounts, the Report of the Board of Directors and the Auditor's Report for the year 2015
- Review by the CEO
- Adoption of the Annual Accounts including the Consolidated Annual Accounts
- Resolution on the Use of the Profit Shown on the Balance Sheet and the Payment of Dividend
The Board of Directors proposes that a dividend of EUR 0.02 per share would be paid based on the balance sheet adopted for the financial period ended on 31 December 2015. The dividend would be paid to a shareholder who on the dividend record date 6 April 2016 is registered as a shareholder in the Company's shareholders' register held by Euroclear Finland Ltd. The Board of Directors proposes that the dividend would be paid on 13 April 2016.
9. Resolution on the Discharge of the Members of the Board of Directors and the CEO from Liability
10. Resolution on the Remuneration of the Members of the Board of Directors
The largest shareholders of the Company, representing approximately 37.9 percent of the shares and votes in the Company, propose that the annual remuneration to the members of the Board of Directors would be paid as follows: to the Chairman EUR 3500, to the Vice-Chairman EUR 2500 and to other members EUR 2000.
In addition, the above-mentioned largest shareholders propose that the meeting fees would be paid as follows: EUR 500. In addition travel compensation would be paid according to the state travel code.
11. Resolution on the Number of Members of the Board of Directors
The largest shareholders of the Company, representing approximately 37.9 percent of the shares and votes in the Company, have announced that they will publish the proposal for the number of the Board Members before the Annual General Meeting.
12. Election of Members of the Board of Directors
The largest shareholders of the Company, representing approximately 37.9 percent of the shares and votes in the Company, have announced that they will publish the proposal for the Board composition before the Annual General Meeting.
13. Resolution on the Remuneration of the Auditor
The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors proposes that the Auditor's remuneration would be paid against an invoice approved by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors.
14. Election of the Auditor
The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors proposes that KPMG Oy Ab, a firm of authorized public accountants, would be elected as Auditor for the financial year 1 January - 31 December 2016. KPMG Oy Ab has announced that Ms. Lotta Nurminen, APA, would be the Auditor with principal responsibility.
15. Authorizing the Board of Directors to Resolve on the Repurchase of the Company's Own Shares
The Board of Directors proposes that the Annual General Meeting would authorize the Board of Directors to resolve on the repurchase of an aggregate maximum of 2,061,314 of the Company's own shares, which corresponds to approximately 10 percent of all the existing shares in the Company at the date of this notice. Own shares may be repurchased on the basis of the authorization only by using non-restricted equity.
Own shares may be repurchased at a price formed in public trading on the date of the repurchase or otherwise at a price formed on the market. Own shares may be repurchased using, inter alia, derivatives. The Board of Directors resolves on how shares are repurchased. Own shares may be repurchased otherwise than in proportion to the shares held by the shareholders (directed repurchase). The authorization remains in force until the end of the next Annual General Meeting, however, no longer than until 30 June 2017.
16. Resolution on the Authorization of the Board of Directors to Decide on Issuance of Shares and Other Special Rights Entitling to Shares
The Board of Directors proposes to the Annual General Meeting that the Board of Directors would be authorized to decide on the issuance of shares and other special rights entitling to shares referred to in Chapter 10, Section 1 of the Finnish Companies Act by virtue of one or several decisions as follows.
The number of shares issued pursuant to the authorization shall not exceed 4,122,629 shares, which corresponds to approximately 20 percent of all the existing shares in the Company at the date of this notice. The authorization concerns both the issuance of new shares as well as the transfer of the Company's own shares.
The Board of Directors decides on all other terms and conditions of the issuance of shares and other special rights entitling to shares. The authorization includes a right to deviate from the shareholders pre-emptive right to subscription (directed issue).
The authorization remains in force until the end of the next Annual General Meeting, however, no longer than until 30 June 2017.
17. Closing of the Meeting
B. Documents of the General Meeting
The proposals for the decisions on the matters on the agenda of the General Meeting as well as this notice are available on Pihlajalinna Plc's website at http://investors.pihlajalinna-konserni.fi as of 14 March 2016 at the latest. The Annual Accounts, the Report of the Board of Directors and the Auditor's Report of Pihlajalinna Plc are also available on the above-mentioned website. The proposals for the decisions on the matters and other above-mentioned documents are also available at the meeting, and copies of these documents and of this notice will be sent to shareholders upon request. The minutes of the Annual General Meeting will be available on the above-mentioned website as of 18 April 2016 at the latest.
C. Instructions for the Participants in the Annual General Meeting
1. Shareholders registered in the shareholders' register
Each shareholder, who is registered on 21 March 2016 in the shareholders' register of the Company held by Euroclear Finland Ltd., has the right to participate in the general meeting. A shareholder, whose shares are registered on his/her personal Finnish book-entry account, is registered in the shareholders' register of the Company.
A shareholder, who is registered in the shareholders' register of the Company and who wants to participate in the general meeting, shall register for the meeting no later than 29 March 2016 at 4:00 p.m. at the latest by giving a prior notice of participation. The notice has to be received by the Company before the end of the registration period. Such notice can be given by using a registration link on the Company's website at www.pihlajalinna-konserni.fi; by e-mail to agm@pihlajalinna.fi; by regular mail to Pihlajalinna Plc, yhtiökokous2016, Kehräsaari B, 33200, Tampere, Finland; or by telephone +358 20 770 6896 (Monday-Friday between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.).
In connection with the registration, a shareholder shall notify his/her name, personal identification number, address, telephone number and the name of a possible assistant or proxy representative and the personal identification number of a proxy representative. The personal data is used only in connection with the general meeting and with the processing of related registrations.
Shareholder, his/her assistant, or proxy representative shall, where necessary, be able to prove his/her identity and/or right of representation at the venue of the meeting.
2. Holders of Nominee Registered Shares
A holder of nominee registered shares has the right to participate in the general meeting by virtue of such shares, based on which he/she on the record date of the general meeting, i.e. on 21 March 2016, would be entitled to be registered in the shareholders' register of the Company held by Euroclear Finland Ltd. The right to participate in the general meeting requires, in addition, that the shareholder on the basis of such shares has been registered into the temporary shareholders' register held by Euroclear Finland Ltd. at the latest on 30 March 2016 at 10:00 a.m. As regards nominee registered shares this constitutes due registration for the general meeting.
A holder of nominee registered shares is advised to request without delay necessary instructions regarding the registration in the temporary shareholder's register of the Company, the issuing of proxy documents and registration for the general meeting from his/her custodian bank. The account management organization of the custodian bank has to register a holder of nominee registered shares, who wants to participate in the general meeting, into the temporary shareholders' register of the Company at the latest by the time stated above.
3. Proxy Representative and Proxy Documents
A shareholder may participate in the general meeting and exercise his/her rights at the meeting by way of proxy representation. A proxy representative shall produce a dated proxy document or otherwise in a reliable manner demonstrate his/her right to represent the shareholder at the general meeting.
When a shareholder participates in the general meeting by means of several proxy representatives representing the shareholder with shares at different securities accounts, the shares by which each proxy representative represents the shareholder shall be identified in connection with the registration for the general meeting.
Possible proxy documents should be delivered in originals to Pihlajalinna Plc, yhtiökokous2016, Kehräsaari B, 33200 Tampere, Finland before the end of the registration period.
4. Other instructions and information
Pursuant to Chapter 5, Section 25 of the Finnish Companies Act, a shareholder who is present at the general meeting has the right to request information with respect to the matters to be considered at the meeting.
On the date of this notice to the general meeting, the total number of shares in Pihlajalinna Plc and votes represented by such shares is 20,613,146. The Company or its subsidiaries do not own shares of the Company.
Pihlajalinna PLC
Further information
Terhi Kivinen, SVP, Communications, Marketing and IR, Pihlajalinna Oyj, +358 40 848 4001, terhi.kivinen@pihlajalinna.fi
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Nasdaq Helsinki Oy
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