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2009-02-17 08:30:00 CET 2009-02-17 08:31:31 CET REGULATED INFORMATION Vaisala - Company AnnouncementInvitation to Vaisala's Annual General MeetingStock exchange release Febrauary 17, 2009 at 9:30 am Invitation to Vaisala's Annual General Meeting Vaisala Oyj's Annual General Meeting will be held at 6 p.m. on Thursday March 26, 2009, at the company's head office, Vanha Nurmijärventie 21, 01670 Vantaa. The following items will be presented at the Annual General Meeting: The issues defined in Section 13 of the Group's Articles of Association and the Limited Liability Companies Act to be dealt with at Annual General Meetings. The Agenda does not include any other matters for decision. The Agenda includes the items associated with calling the meeting to order according to normal Annual General Meeting practice. At the meeting, the Agenda will include the CEO's review, given in conjunction with the presentation of the financial statements. The review is not a matter for decision. Distribution of profit and remuneration of the members of the Board The Board of Directors proposes to the Annual General Meeting that a dividend of EUR 0.90 per share be paid for 2008. The dividend will be paid to shareholders registered in the Register of Shareholders held by Euroclear Finland Ltd (formerly the Finnish Central Securities Depository Ltd) on the recorddate March 31, 2009. The Board proposes that the dividend be paid on April 7, 2009. The Board proposes to the Annual General Meeting that the remuneration of the members of the Board of Directors to be elected at the Annual General Meeting for the term until the close of the Annual General Meeting in 2010 will be as follows: EUR 35,000 for the Chairman and EUR 25,000 for each member. Proposal for the election of the members of the Board of Directors Board members Stig Gustavsson and Mikko Voipio are in turn to retire by rotation. Shareholders representing more than 10 percent of all the votes in the company have announced that they will propose to the Annual General Meeting held on March 26, 2009 the re-election of Stig Gustavsson and Mikko Voipio. Proposal for the election of auditors and their fee The Board proposes that PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy and Mr Hannu Pellinen APA, the current Authorized Public Accountants of Vaisala Oyj, be re-elected for the next term defined by the Articles of Association. The Board of Directors further proposes that the auditors' compensation will be based on reasonable invoicing presented to the company. Documentation Documents relating to the financial statements and the documentation for Annual General Meeting will be available on March 5, 2009 at the company's head office in Vantaa, Vanha Nurmijärventie 21. On request, copies will also be sent to shareholders. The material will also be available on www.vaisala.com/investors by March 5, 2009 at the latest. Total number of shares and votes by series of shares On February 13, 2009, the date of the invitation to the General Annual Meeting, Vaisala Oyj had 18,218,364 shares, out of which 3,405,584 are series K shares and 14,812,780 are series A shares. Each K share entitles its owner to 20 votes at a General Meeting while each A share entitles its owner to 1 vote. The total number of votes by all shares is 82,924,460 out of which the series K shares represent 68,111,680 votes and series A shares 14,812,780 votes. Notice to the attendees 1. Right of attendance and registration Shareholders who are registered in the company's share register maintained by Euroclear Finland Ltd (formerly the Finnish Central Securities Depository Ltd) by March 16, 2009 have the right to attend the Annual General Meeting. Shareholders whose shares have not been transferred to the book-entry securities system also have the right attend the Annual General Meeting, provided that such shareholders were registered in the company's share register before 21 October 1994. In such cases, shareholders must present evidence that their shareholding rights have not been transferred to the book-entry securities system. Shareholders wishing to attend the Annual General Meeting must register by 4 p.m. on Tuesday, March 17, 2009 . Registration can be made either by letter addressed to Vaisala Oyj, Nina Andersin, P.O.Box 26, FIN-00421 Helsinki, Finland, by telefax to +358 9 8949 2206, by e-mail to nina.andersin@vaisala.com, or by telephone on weekdays between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m., tel. +358 9 8949 2201. Letters authorizing a proxy to vote on behalf of a shareholder should be sent to the company before the expiry of the registration period. Holders of nominee registered shares Holders of nominee registered shares who wish to attend the Annual General Meeting must be registered in the company's shareholders' register by the record date March 16, 2009. Vantaa February 13, 2009 Vaisala Oyj Board of Directors |
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