EVOX RIFA GROUP OYJ STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 11 June 2007 CONVERTIBLE CAPITAL LOAN The Annual General Meeting of Evox Rifa Group Oyj ("Evox") decided on 28 February 2005 to issue a Convertible Capital Loan with a subscription period of 7 March 2005 to 18 March 2005. REDEMPTION OF MINORITY SHARES KEMET Electronics Corporation ("KEMET") has gained title to more than nine tenths (9/10) of all the shares and votes in Evox. Thus, KEMET has the right, based on Chapter 18, Section 1 of the Finnish Companies Act, to redeem the shares held by other Evox shareholders. In its application dated 25 April 2007, KEMET has requested that the Redemption Committee of the Central Chamber of Commerce of Finland appoint an arbitral tribunal and commence arbitral proceedings relating to the redemption of minority shares. RIGHTS OF THE HOLDERS OF THE LOAN NOTES IN REDEMPTION OF MINORITY SHARES According to section 18 of the Terms and Conditions of the Convertible Capital Loan, if, prior to the end of the conversion period, a redemption situation under the Finnish Companies Act occurs, the holders of the loan notes will be provided an opportunity to exercise their conversion right during a period set by the Board, after which the conversion right will no longer be valid. The Board of Evox has decided that the conversion right of the loan notes will end on 30 June 2007. If the holder of the loan notes decides to use the conversion right, the use of the conversion right must be notified in writing to the Board of Evox by said date at the latest. The notifications shall be delivered to the following address: Evox Rifa Group Oyj/the Board Stella Business Park, Lars Sonckin kaari 16 02600 ESPOO FINLAND If the holder of the loan notes uses the conversion right in the redemption situation, the new shares issued under the conversion right will also fall automatically within the scope of the redemption proceedings before the arbitral tribunal. If the holder of the loan notes decides not to use its conversion right in the redemption situation, the conversion right related to the loan notes will end after 30 June 2007, but the loan notes will otherwise remain in force in accordance with the Terms and Conditions of the Convertible Capital Loan. The repayment date under the Terms and Conditions of the Convertible Capital Loan is 22 March 2010. TRUSTEE According to the Finnish Companies Act, the rights of minority shareholders are protected by a trustee. The District Court of Helsinki in its decision dated 23 May 2007 (Case nr 07/13833) appointed CPA Rabbe Nevalainen as the trustee in the redemption proceedings of Evox minority shares. The contact details of the trustee are as follows: CPA Rabbe Nevalainen Ernst & Young Oy Elielinaukio 5 B 00100 Helsinki Tel. + 358 (0)9 172 771 Fax. + 358 (0)9 1727 7701 E-mail: rabbe.nevalainen@fi.ey.com In Helsinki this 7 day of June 2007 Evox Rifa Group Oyj Kirk D. Shockley Managing Director DISTRIBUTION Helsinki Stock Exchange Central media
TO THE HOLDERS OF THE LOAN NOTES OF EVOX RIFA GROUP OYJ S CONVERTIBLE CAPITAL LOAN
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