Vaahto Group Plc Oyj - Notice to convene extr.general meeting

INVITATION TO THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF VAAHTO GROUP PLC OYJ

Lahti, Finland, 2012-05-23 13:00 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- VAAHTO GROUP PLC OYJ 
               STOCK EXCHANGE BULLETIN        23.5.2012 at 14.00 

INVITATION TO THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF VAAHTO GROUP PLC OYJ

Vaahto Group Plc Oyj shareholders are hereby notified that the Extraordinary
General Meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 19, 2012, starting at 13.00 at
Sibelius Hall, Ankkurikatu 7, in the city of Lahti. 

A. BUSINESS OF THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING

The agenda of the Extraordinary General Meeting is as follows:

1. Opening of the meeting

2. Calling of the meeting to order

3. Election of the persons to confirm the minutes and to supervise the counting
of votes 

4. Recording of the legal convening of the meeting and establishment of a quorum

5. Recording of the attendance at the meeting and adoption of the list of votes

6. Resolution on the number of Board members

The Board proposes that the Extraordinary General Meeting confirm that the
number of Board members shall be five (5) instead of the previous four (4). 

7. Election of a new Board member

The Board proposes that the Extraordinary General Meeting shall elect one (1)
new member to the Board of the company in addition to the Board members elected
at the company's Annual General Meeting held on December 12, 2011, for the term
expiring at the end of the subsequent Annual General Meeting. Sami Alatalo is
proposed as new member of the Board. The personal data of the proposed Board
member is available on the company's Web site at www.vaahto.fi. 

8. Amending the financial period and the Articles of Association

The Board proposes that the normal financial period of the company shall be
changed to be January 1 - December 31. The current financial period of the
company, September 1, 2011 - August 31, 2012, is proposed to be extended to
sixteen (16) months to end on December 31, 2012. Due to the above the Board
proposes that Article 8 of the Articles of Association shall be amended as
follows: 

“Article 8      The company's financial period starts on January 1 and ends on
December 31.” 

9. Closing of the meeting

B. EXTRAORDINARY GNERAL MEETING DOCUMENTS

The aforementioned draft resolutions, which are on the agenda of the
Extraordinary General Meeting, and this summons to the Extraordinary General
Meeting, will be available on Vaahto Group Plc Oyj's Web site at www.vaahto.fi.
The draft resolutions will be available also at the Extraordinary General
Meeting, and copies of the draft resolutions and this summons will be sent to
the shareholders upon request. The minutes of the Extraordinary General Meeting
will be available for inspection on the aforementioned Web site on July 3,
2012. 

C. INSTRUCTIONS FOR PARTICIPANTS IN THE MEETING

1. The right to participate and registration

Every shareholder who on June 7, 2012, is registered as a shareholder in the
list of shareholders kept by Euroclear Finland Ltd. has the right to
participate in the Extraordinary General Meeting. Every shareholder whose
shares have been registered in his or her personal book-entry account is
registered in the company's share register. 

All shareholders who wish to participate in the Extraordinary General Meeting
must register no later than on June 14, 2012, before 4:00 pm. One may register
for the Extraordinary General Meeting in any of the following ways: 

  1. by placing a telephone call to +358 20 1880 355;
  2. by e-mail to address taina.kajander@vaahto.fi; or
  3. by sending a letter to the address Vaahto Group Plc Oyj, P.O. Box 5,
     FI-15141 Lahti, Finland - registration by letter must arrive before the
     registration deadline mentioned above.

The registration must include the name, identity code, address, and telephone
number of the shareholder, as well as the name of the assistant, if any.
Information disclosed by the shareholders to Vaahto Group Plc Oyj will be used
only in connection with the Extraordinary General Meeting and related,
necessary registrations. 

In accordance with Chapter 5, Section 25 of the Companies Act, a shareholder
attending the Extraordinary General Meeting has the right to ask questions
about the matters to be addressed at the meeting. 

2. Use of a representative and proxy

Shareholders may participate in the Extraordinary General Meeting and exercise
their rights there by proxy. The shareholders' representatives must present a
dated proxy form, or they must show in some other reliable manner that they are
entitled to represent the shareholder. 

If a shareholder has shares in multiple book-entry accounts, that shareholder
may participate in the Extraordinary General Meeting by means of more than one
proxy such that the representatives represent the shareholder with different
shares in the book-entry accounts. In this case, the shares on whose basis each
representative represents the shareholder must be declared upon registration. 

We request that you submit any proxy forms, as originals, to the address Vaahto
Group Plc Oyj, P.O. Box 5, FI-15141 Lahti, Finland, before the end of the
registration period. 

3. Owners of nominee-registered shares

Any shareholders whose shares are nominee-registered and who wish to
participate in the Extraordinary General Meeting must register temporarily in
the company's share register for participation in the Extraordinary General
Meeting. The owner of a nominee-registered share may participate in the
Extraordinary General Meeting if he or she is registered in the share register
on the basis of share ownership on the Extraordinary General Meeting's record
date June 7, 2012. Notification concerning temporary registration must be made
no later than on June 14, 2012, before 10:00 am. The registration of the owner
of a nominee-registered share in the company's share register for temporary
registration is regarded as registration for the Extraordinary General Meeting.
Owners of nominee-registered shares are requested to ask their asset manager
for the necessary instructions for registration in the share register, issuing
of proxies, and registration for the Extraordinary General Meeting. 

4. Other information

On the date of the summons, May 23, 2012, the company has, in total, 3,903,468
shares, conferring, in total, 3,903,468 votes. 

In Lahti, on May 23, 2012

VAAHTO GROUP PLC OYJ

Board of Directors


         Information:
         Ari Viinikkala
         acting CEO, Vaahto Group Plc Oyj
         tel. +358 400 127664