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Uponor - Notice to general meeting

Notice to the Annual General Meeting of Uponor Corporation


Uponor Corporation                Stock exchange release                 21
February 2013 4.00 EET 

Notice to the Annual General Meeting of Uponor Corporation

The shareholders of Uponor Corporation are hereby summoned to the Annual
General Meeting to be held on Monday, 18 March 2013 at 17.00 EET at Helsinki
Fair Centre, address Messuaukio 1, Helsinki, Finland. The registration of the
attending shareholders and the distribution of voting tickets will commence at
16.00 EET. Coffee will be served after the meeting. 


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 scrutinise 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. Review of the business in 2012 by the Managing Director

7. Presentation of the financial statements, the consolidated financial
statements and the report of the Board of Directors for the year 2012 

8. Presentation of the auditor's report and the consolidated auditor's report
for the year 2012 

9. Adoption of the financial statements and the consolidated financial
statements 

10. 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 €0.38 per share be
distributed for the financial period 2012. The dividend will be paid to a
shareholder registered as a shareholder in the shareholder register maintained
by Euroclear Finland Ltd on the record date of the dividend payment on 21 March
2013. The dividend will be paid on 28 March 2013. 


11. Resolution on the discharge of the members of the Board of Directors and
the Managing Director from liability 

12. Resolution on the remuneration of the members of the Board of Directors

The Nomination Board proposes to the general meeting that the yearly
remuneration to the members of the Board of Directors shall be: €71,000 for the
Chairman of the Board, €49,000 for the Deputy Chairman of the Board and €44,000
for other members of the Board. The Nomination Board proposes that
approximately 40% of the remuneration shall be paid by acquiring Uponor
Corporation's shares in public trading and the rest shall be paid in cash. The
Nomination Board proposes that travel expenses related to Board meetings shall
be paid according to the travel policy of the company. 

The Nomination Board further proposes that a remuneration per each actual board
and committee meeting (excluding decisions without a meeting) shall be paid to
the members of the Board of Directors amounting to €600 for meetings held at
the home country of the member, €1,200 for meetings held elsewhere in Europe,
and €2,400 for meetings held outside of Europe. The remuneration paid for
telephone meetings shall be the remuneration for meetings held at the home
country of the member. 

Shareholders together representing approximately 34.2 per cent of Uponor shares
and voting rights support the proposal. 


13. Resolution on the number of the members of the Board of Directors

The Nomination Board proposes to the general meeting that the number of Board
members shall be six. 


14. Election of the members of the Board of Directors

The Nomination Board proposes to the general meeting that Mr Jorma Eloranta, Ms
Eva Nygren, Mr Jari Paasikivi, Mr Jari Rosendal and Mr Rainer S. Simon,
currently members of the Board of Directors, be re-elected as members of the
Board of Directors and that Mr Timo Ihamuotila be elected as a new member of
the Board of Directors for the following term of office. 

Shareholders together representing approximately 34.2 per cent of Uponor shares
and voting rights support the proposal. 


15. Resolution on the remuneration of the auditor

The Board of Directors proposes to the general meeting that the remuneration to
the auditor to be elected shall be paid as per invoice approved by the company. 


16. Election of the auditor

The Board of Directors proposes that Deloitte & Touche Oy, a company of
Authorised Public Accountants, the current auditor of the company, be
re-elected as the auditor of the company for the following term of office. The
Board of Directors also proposes that the general meeting request the auditor
to give a statement on the adoption of the financial statements, the granting
of discharge from liability and the Board of Directors' proposal for
distribution of funds. 


17. Authorising the Board of Directors to resolve on the repurchase of the
company's own shares 

The Board of Directors proposes that the general meeting authorises the Board
of Directors to resolve on the repurchase of the company's own shares, in one
or several instalments, using distributable earnings from unrestricted equity
as follows: 

The Board of Directors is authorised to resolve on the repurchase of no more
than 3,500,000 of the company's own shares amounting in total to approximately
4.8 per cent of the total number of the shares of the company at the date of
the general meeting. 

The Board of Directors shall resolve how the shares shall be repurchased.
Shares may be repurchased otherwise than in proportion to the existing
shareholdings of the company's shareholders (directed repurchase). The
company's own shares may be repurchased at the market price quoted at the time
of the repurchase through public trading organised by NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd. 

This authorisation will revoke the earlier authorisation granted by the general
meeting on 15 March 2012 to resolve on the repurchase the company's own shares. 

The authorisation is valid until the end of the next annual general meeting,
however, not longer than 18 months from the date of the general meeting. 


18. Closing of the meeting



B. Documents of the general meeting

The above mentioned resolution proposals relating to the agenda of the general
meeting as well as this notice are available for shareholders' inspection on
the company's website at www.uponor.com > Investors. Uponor Corporation's
Financial Statements will be available on the website no later than 21 February
2013. The proposals for decisions and the other above-mentioned documents are
also available at the general meeting. Copies of these documents will be sent
to a shareholder upon request. The minutes of the general meeting will be
available on the above-mentioned website at the latest as of 2 April 2013. 

No separate invitation to the Annual General Meeting will be sent.



C. Instructions for the participants in the general meeting

1. Shareholders registered in the shareholders' register

A shareholder, who on the record date of the General meeting, 6 March 2013, is
registered 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. 

The registration starts at 9.00 EET on 21 February. 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 13 March 2013 at 10.00 EET (Finnish time), by which time the registration
shall arrive at the company. The registration can be made: 

  -- via the company's website at www.uponor.com > Investors or
  -- by fax +358 20 129 2851 or
  -- by telephone +358 20 129 2837 / Ms Carita Etelämäki on week days from 9:00
     to 15.00 EET (Finnish time) or
  -- by mail addressed to Uponor Corporation, Legal Services, P.O. Box 37,
     FI-01511 Vantaa, Finland.

In connection with the registration, a shareholder shall notify his/her name,
the 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 in question. The personal data given to Uponor
Corporation is used only in connection with the general meeting and with the
processing of related registrations. 

The shareholder, his/her authorised representative or proxy representative
shall, if necessary, be able to prove his/her identity and/ or right of
representation in the meeting venue. 


2. Holders of nominee registered shares

A holder of nominee registered share has the right to participate in the
General Meeting by virtue of any shares that would entitle him/her to be
registered in the shareholders' register of the company held by Euroclear
Finland Ltd. on the record date of the general meeting, 6 March 2013. The right
to participate in the general meeting requires, in addition, that the
shareholder, on the basis of such shares, has been registered in the temporary
shareholders' register held by Euroclear Finland Ltd. at the latest by 13 March
2013 at 10.00 EET (Finnish time). This constitutes the required registration
for the general meeting for nominee registered shares. 

A holder of nominee registered shares is therefore advised to request from
his/her custodian bank, without delay, any necessary instructions regarding the
registration in the temporary shareholders' register of the company, the
issuing of proxy documents and the registration for the general meeting. The
account management organisation of the custodian bank has to register a holder
of nominee registered shares who wants to participate in the general meeting in
the temporary shareholders' register of the company at the latest by the time
stated above. 


3. 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 represented by several
proxy representatives who each have shares in different securities accounts,
each proxy representative's shares shall be identified in connection with the
registration for the general meeting. 

Possible proxy documents are requested to be delivered in original copy to
Uponor Corporation, Legal Affairs, P.O. Box 37, FI - 01511 Vantaa, Finland,
before the final date for registration. 


4. Other instructions and information

Pursuant to chapter 5, section 25 of the 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 Uponor Corporation is 73,206,944, and the total number of votes is
73,206,944 votes. 

The voting ticket to the shareholder or proxy representative will be handed out
upon registration at the general meeting. 





Vantaa 12 February 2013



Uponor Corporation
Board of Directors







Uponor Corporation



Tarmo Anttila
Vice President, Communications
Tel. +358 20 129 2852



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Uponor is a leading international provider of plumbing and indoor climate
solutions for residential and commercial building markets across Europe and
North America. In Northern Europe, Uponor is also a prominent supplier of
infrastructure pipe systems. The Group employs approx. 3,000 persons, in 30
countries. In 2012, Uponor's net sales exceeded €810 million. Uponor
Corporation is listed on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki in Finland. http://www.uponor.com.