Helsinki, Finland, 2017-04-27 08:00 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
Ixonos Plc Stock Exchange Release 27 April 2017 at 09:00
NOTICE OF IXONOS PLC’S EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
Notice is given to the shareholders of Ixonos Plc to an Extraordinary General Meeting to be held Friday, 19 May 2017 at 17:00 at the company’s head office at the address Arkadiankatu 2, FI-00100 Helsinki. The reception of persons who have registered for the meeting, the distribution of voting tickets, and the coffee service preceding the meeting will commence at 16:00.
A. MATTERS ON THE AGENDA OF THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
At the Extraordinary General Meeting, the following matters will be considered:
1. Opening of the meeting
2. Calling the meeting to order
3. Election of persons to scrutinise the minutes and to count votes
4. Recording the legality of the meeting
5. Recording the attendance at the meeting and adoption of the list of votes
6. Amendment of the Articles of Association (change of the company's business name)
The Board of Directors proposes that section “§ 1 Company name and domicile” of Ixonos Plc’s Articles of Association be amended to be the following:
The company’s name is Digitalist Group Oyj, Digitalist Group Abp in Swedish and Digitalist Group Plc in English. The company’s registered office is in Helsinki.
The decision to amend the Articles of Association requires a qualified majority of at least two thirds of the votes cast and shares represented at the meeting.
7. Closing of the meeting
B. DOCUMENTS OF THE GENERAL MEETING
The aforementioned board proposal on the agenda of the Extraordinary General Meeting as well as this notice are available to the shareholders in the “Investors” section of Ixonos Plc’s website www.ixonos.com no later than 21 days before the Extraordinary General Meeting. The said documents will also be available at the Extraordinary General Meeting. In addition, copies of the said documents and of this notice will be sent to shareholders upon request. Otherwise, no separate notice of the meeting will be sent to the shareholders. The minutes of the Extraordinary General Meeting will be available on the above-mentioned website at the latest on 22 May 2017.
C. INSTRUCTIONS FOR PARTICIPANTS IN THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
1. Right to attend and registration
Shareholders who are on Tuesday 9 May 2017 registered in the company’s shareholders’ register held by Euroclear Finland Ltd. have the right to participate in the Extraordinary General Meeting. Shareholders whose shares are registered on their personal Finnish book-entry accounts are registered in the company’s shareholders’ register.
Shareholders who wish to attend the Extraordinary General Meeting must give advance notice of their attendance, and the company must receive such notice no later than by 16:00 on Tuesday, 16 May 2017. Notice to the Extraordinary General Meeting can be given:
a) using the form located in the “Investors” section of the company’s website at http://www.ixonos.com;
b) by email to yhtiokokous@ixonos.com;
c) by mail to Ixonos Plc / General Meeting, Arkadiankatu 2, FI-00100 Helsinki, Finland; or
d) by telephone between 9:00 and 16:00 to Aila Mettälä at +358 40 531 0678 or +358 424 2231.
In connection with the registration, a shareholder shall provide their name, personal identification number, address, telephone number and the name of a possible assistant or proxy representative and the personal identification number of the proxy representative. The personal data given to the company by its shareholders is used only in connection with the Extraordinary General Meeting and with the processing of related registrations.
2. Proxy representative and powers of attorney
A shareholder may participate in the Extraordinary General Meeting and exercise their rights at the meeting by way of proxy representation. The representative must produce a dated proxy document or other reliable evidence of their right to represent the shareholder. If a shareholder participates in the Extraordinary General Meeting by means of several proxy representatives representing the shareholder on the basis of shares held in different securities accounts, the shares by which each proxy representative represents the shareholder shall be identified in connection with the registration for the Extraordinary General Meeting. Please furnish the company with any proxy documents as an email attachment (e.g. in PDF) or by mail, using the above-mentioned contact information for registration, before the last date for registration.
3. Holders of nominee-registered shares
Holders of nominee-registered shares are advised to request the necessary instructions regarding registration in the temporary shareholders’ register of the company, issuing of proxy documents and registration for the Extraordinary General Meeting from their custodian banks well before the meeting. The account management organization of the custodian bank has to register any holder of nominee-registered shares that wants to participate in the Extraordinary General Meeting into the temporary shareholders’ register of the company by 10:00 on Tuesday, 16 May 2017 at the latest.
4. Other information
Pursuant to Chapter 5 Section 25 of the Limited Liability Companies Act, a shareholder who is present at the Extraordinary 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, Ixonos Plc has altogether 365 577 888 shares and votes registered in the Trade Register.
In Helsinki on 27 April 2017
IXONOS PLC
Board of Directors
For more information, please contact:
Ixonos Plc, CEO Sami Paihonen, tel. + 358 50 502 1111, sami.paihonen@ixonos.com
Ixonos Plc, CFO Kristiina Simola, tel. +358 40 756 3132, kristiina.simola@ixonos.com
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