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2007-05-04 12:37:00 CEST 2008-01-17 12:38:21 CET REGULATED INFORMATION Inion Oyj - Decisions of general meetingRESULTS OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON 3 MAY 2007Inion Oy ('Inion' or the 'Company') RESULTS OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON 3 MAY 2007 Tampere, Finland and Takeley, UK. 4 May 2007...Inion Oy (LSE: IIN) announces that all resolutions proposed to shareholders at its Annual General Meeting held yesterday were duly passed. The following resolutions were passed at the AGM: I Proposal by the Board to amend the Articles of Association Amendments to the Articles of Association are as follows: 3 §: Provision regarding the minimum and maximum share capital shall be removed. 4 §: Provision regarding the nominal value of the shares shall be removed. 5 §: Provisions regarding the record date shall be removed and content of the current provision shall be amended so that it only states that the shares of the Company belong to the book-entry system. 6 §: Provision regarding the election of Directors and rotation shall be amended so that each Director is elected annually at the AGM and the term served by the Director will end at the end of the subsequent AGM. 10 §: Provision regarding the right to sign for the Company shall be amended so that the “right to sign” is replaced with “representation” of the company in accordance with the Companies Act. In addition, the numbering of the provisions shall be amended accordingly. II Matters belonging to the Annual General Meeting in accordance with 14 § of the Articles of Association That the annual accounts for the year ended 31 December 2006 be adopted; That no dividend be declared in respect of the year 2006; That Directors and the Chief Executive Officer be discharged from liability; Number of Directors to be increased to nine (9); Appointment of Göran Ando as Director; Appointment of James Beery as Director; Appointment of Julien Cotta as Director; Appointment of Auvo Kaikkonen as Director; Appointment of Peter Allen as Director; Appointment of David Anderson as Director; Appointment of Peter Jensen as Director; Appointment of Chris Lee as Director; Appointment of Markku Silén as Director; Resolve on the remuneration to the Directors as proposed; and Resolve on the remuneration to the auditors, PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy. III Proposals by the Board for authority to the Board of Directors to issue shares Authorisations for the Board of Directors to issue shares as follows: Authorisation for the Board of Directors to issue no more than 2,843,015 shares in respect of the equity-based incentive scheme for Mr Lee; Authorisation for the Board of Directors to issue no more than 3,700,000 shares in respect of the 2007 equity-based incentive scheme; and Authorisation for the Board of Directors to issue no more than 370,000 shares in respect of the remuneration of Non-Executive Directors. The maximum number of shares to be issued under these authorisations will thus not exceed 6,913,015 shares. -ends- For further information, please contact: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Inion Oy | Tel: +44 1279 874 222 | | Dr Göran Ando, Chairman | | | Chris Lee, Chief Executive Officer | | | Julien Cotta, Chief Financial Officer | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Citigate Dewe Rogerson | Tel: +44 207 638 9571 | | Mark Swallow / David Dible / Helena | | | Galilee | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About Inion Inion Oy is a medical devices company focused on the development and successful commercialisation of innovative biodegradable and bioactive implants in key target markets. The Company's target segments are Spine and Specialty Orthopaedics. Inion's core expertise and technology lies in the design and manufacture of innovative biodegradable plates, screws, pins and membranes, which are used to enhance the healing of bone or soft tissue injuries to the skeleton, such as those caused by trauma or by reconstructive surgery. Inion implants are made from its proprietary Inion Optima™ family of biomaterials, with properties tailored for specific surgical applications, in terms of strength, flexibility and rate of degradation. Inion is also focused on developing proprietary new bioactive and biodegradable biomaterials that promote bone healing and accelerate patient rehabilitation. Inion was incorporated in early 2000 and listed on the Official List of the UK Listing Authority in December 2004. The Company has an office and an R&D facility in the UK and head office, R&D and production facilities in Tampere, Finland. Further information on Inion can be found on the Company's website: www.inion.com This announcement includes "forward-looking statements" which include all statements other than statements of historical facts, including, without limitation, those regarding the Group's financial position, business strategy, plans and objectives of management for future operations (including development plans and objectives relating to the Group's products), and any statements preceded by, followed by or that include forward-looking terminology such as the words "targets", "believes", "estimates", "expects", "aims", "intends", "will", "can", "may", "anticipates", "would", "should", "could" or similar expressions or the negative thereof. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors beyond the Group's control that could cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Group to be materially different from future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are based on numerous assumptions regarding the Group's present and future business strategies and the environment in which the Group will operate in the future. Among the important factors that could cause the Group's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include those relating to Inion's funding requirements, regulatory approvals, reliance on third parties, intellectual property, key personnel and other factors. These forward-looking statements speak only as at the date of this announcement. The Group expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to disseminate any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained in this announcement to reflect any change in the Group's expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statements are based. As a result of these factors, prospective investors are cautioned not to rely on any forward-looking statement. |
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