SIEVI CAPITAL PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 11 MARCH 2014 11.00 A.M.
NOTICE TO THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The shareholders of Sievi Capital plc are invited to the Annual General Meeting, to be held on Tuesday 8 April 2014 at 1.00 p.m. at the Company’s main office, Yritystie 6, 85410 Sievi, Finland.
A. MATTERS ON THE AGENDA OF THE GENERAL MEETING
At the general meeting, the following matters will be considered:
1. Opening of the meeting
2. Calling the meeting to order
3. Election of persons to scrutinize the minutes and to supervise the counting of votes
4. Recording the legality of the meeting
5. Recording the attendance at the meeting and adoption of the list of votes
6. Presentation of the annual accounts, the report of the board of directors, the auditor’s report for the year 2013 and the review by the President
7. Adoption of the annual accounts
8. Resolution on the use of the profit shown on the balance sheet and the payment of dividend
The parent company's distributable funds are EUR 74.064.705. The Board of Directors proposes to the Annual General Meeting that a dividend of EUR 0.05 be paid from the unrestricted shareholders’ equity per share, for a total of EUR 2.888.272. The dividend matching day is 11 April 2014. The dividend will be paid to those shareholders who, on the matching day, are entered in the Company’s Register of Shareholders, kept by Euroclear Finland Ltd. The dividend payment day is 23 April 2014.
9. Resolution on the discharge of the members of the Board of Directors and the President from liability
10. Resolution on the remuneration of the members of the Board of Directors and the auditor
Shareholders who hold more than 50 % of the shares and votes propose that the remuneration for the members of the Board of Directors is as follows: Chairman of the Board of Directors EUR 1,500/month and member of the Board EUR 1,000/month. The auditor is paid according to a reasonable invoice.
11. Resolution on the number of members of the Board of Directors
The Board of Directors proposes to the general meeting that the number of members of the Board of Directors shall be four (4).
12. Election of members of the Board of Directors
The Nomination Committee of the Board of Directors, supported by the company's major shareholders holding over 50 % of the shares and votes, proposes that the general meeting will re-elect the following board members: Mr. Jorma J. Takanen (born 1946), Mr. Asa-Matti Lyytinen (born 1950) and Mr. Jarkko Takanen (born 1967) and Mrs. Jonna Tolonen (born 1985).
The term of office of the Board expires at the close of the next Annual General Meeting. All Board member nominees have given their consent to the selection.
13. Appointing the auditor
Auditing firm KPMG Oy Ab will continue as the company's auditor until further notice, with CPA Antti Kääriäinen as the main auditor.
15. Authorizing the Board of Directors to decide on the repurchase of the company’s own shares
The Board of Directors proposes to the Annual General Meeting that the Board of Directors be authorized to decide on the repurchase of the company's own shares as follows:
The maximum number of the shares to be repurchased is 3,000,000 shares. The shares will be purchased using the company's non-restricted equity so the acquisition of shares will decrease the Company’s distributable non-restricted reserves.
Shares will be purchased in another proportion than that of the holdings of the current shareholders. Purchasing will take place through public trading arranged by NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Oy. The shares will be purchased at the fair value established in public trading at the time of acquisition.
Shares can be purchased to develop the company's capital structure, to be used as remuneration in corporate acquisitions or the funding of other business arrangements, or as part of the company's incentive system, or otherwise to be forwarded, to be retained by the company, or to be annulled.
The Board of Directors will decide on other matters related to the acquisition of the company's shares.
The authorization cancels the authorization given in the Annual General Meeting on 18 April 2013 to repurchase the company's own shares. The authorization will remain in force for 18 months after it is issued.
15. Authorizing the Board to decide on the granting of option rights
The Board proposes that the AGM decide on granting option rights to specific key people of the company. The total number of option rights is 300,000 and they entitle the key personnel to subscribe for a combined total of 300,000 of the company's new shares or shares in its possession.
The subscription price of shares subscribed with option rights is based on the trading volume weighted by the Company's average share price on the NASDAQ OMX
Helsinki in March 2014, 2015, and 2016. The subscription period for option right
2014A is 1 May 2017 – 30 April 2019, option right 2014B is 1 May 2018 – 30 April
2020 and option right 2014C 1 May 2019 – 30 April 2021. Commencement of the subscription period requires that the production or financial goals defined annually by the Board are met.
16. Closing of the meeting
B. DOCUMENTS OF THE GENERAL MEETING
The proposals of the Board of Directors and its committee relating to the agenda of the general meeting as well as this notice are available on Sievi Capital plc’s website at www.sievicapital.com. Sievi Capital plc’s annual report, the annual accounts, the report of the board of directors and the auditor’s report are available on the abovementioned website. The proposals of the Board of Directors and its committee and the annual accounts are also available at the meeting. Copies of these documents and of this notice will be sent to shareholders upon request.
The minutes of the meeting will be available on the abovementioned website as of 22 April 2014 at the latest.
C. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE GENERAL MEETING
1. The right to participate and registration
Eligibility to attend the meeting shall be enjoyed by shareholders who were entered by 27 March 2014 at the latest as shareholders in the register of Sievi Capital plc’s shareholders kept by Euroclear Finland ltd. In order to be able to attend the Annual General Meeting, shareholders shall register with the company by 4 p.m. on 3 April 2014 at the latest, either in writing to the address Sievi Capital plc, Yritystie 6, 85410 Sievi, Finland, by telephone, on +358 8 4882 500 or by e-mail agm@sievicapital.com.
When registering by post, the letter shall have arrived before the end of the registration period. In connection with the registration, the shareholder's name, personal ID, address, telephone number and name and personal ID of any assistant must be reported. The personal data given is used only in connection with the general meeting and with the processing of related registrations.
2. Proxy representative and powers of attorney
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 Sievi Capital plc, Harri Takanen, Yritystie 6, 85410 Sievi, Finland before the last date for registration.
3. Holders of nominee registered shares
A shareholder whose shares are nominee registered and who wishes to participate in the Annual General Meeting must be recorded in the company's shareholders' register on the matching date of the Annual General Meeting, 27 March 2014. Participation requires that the shares have been registered temporarily in the company's shareholders' register on 3 April 2014 by 10 am. With regard to nominee registered shares, this is considered a registration for the Annual General Meeting.
It is recommended that the holder of a nominee registered share request the asset manager to provide the necessary instruction concerning registration in the shareholders' register, issuance of proxies and registration for the Annual General Meeting.
4. Other instructions and information
On the date of this notice the total number of shares and votes in Sievi Capital plc is 60,714,270 shares and votes.
In Sievi on 11 March 2014
SIEVI CAPITAL PLC
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Distribution:
NASDAQ OMX Helsinki
Main media
www.sievicapital.com
