Lännen Tehtaat - Notice to general meeting

INVITATION TO THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF LÄNNEN TEHTAAT PLC

LÄNNEN TEHTAAT PLC     Stock Exchange Release     8 March  2011 at 9.20 a.m.



INVITATION TO THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF LÄNNEN TEHTAAT PLC

Annual General Meeting on 31 March 2011



The company's shareholders are hereby invited to the Annual General Meeting,
which will be held on Thursday 31 March 2011 at 2.00 p.m. in Lännen Tehtaat
plc's ‘Myllynkivi' staff restaurant at Iso-Vimma, Säkylä. The reception of
persons who have registered for the meeting and the distribution of voting
tickets will commence at 12.00 noon. 





A.  The following agenda items will be dealt with at the meeting:


1.   Opening of the meeting


2.   Election of chairman of the meeting


3.   Election of secretary of the meeting


4.   Recording the legality and quoracy of the meeting


5.   Election of minutes-checkers and vote counters


6.   Approving the agenda and addressing the meeting


7.   Recording the attendance at the meeting and adopting the voting list


8.   Presentation of the financial statements and the Board of Directors'
report for 2010 


9.   Presentation of the auditors' report


10. Presentation of the opinion of the Supervisory Board concerning the
financial statements, the Board of Directors' report and the auditors' report 


11. Adoption of the financial statements and consolidated financial statements


12. Use of the profit declared in the balance sheet and decision on dividend
payment 


The Board of Directors proposes that a dividend of EUR 0.90 per share be paid
for the financial year 2010 on the basis of the adopted balance sheet. The
dividend will be paid to shareholders who are registered in the company's
shareholder register kept by Euroclear Finland Ltd on 5 April 2011, which is
the record date for the dividend payment. The Board of Directors proposes to
the Annual General Meeting that the dividend payment date be 12 April 2011. 

13. Resolution on discharging the members of the Supervisory Board and of the
Board of Directors and the CEO from liability 


14. Decision on the number of Supervisory Board members and on their
remuneration 


15. Election of the members of the Supervisory Board


16. Election of the two members of the Supervisory Board's Nomination Committee


17. Decision on the number of auditors and on their remuneration


The Board of Directors proposes that two regular auditors be appointed for the
company. The Board of Directors also proposes that the auditors' fee be paid in
accordance with the auditing invoice approved by the company. 

18. Appointment of auditors


The Board of Directors proposes that the company's present auditors, Hannu
Pellinen, APA and PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy, Authorised Public Accountants with
Tomi Moisio, APA, CPFA as the auditor with principal responsibility, be
re-elected as auditors for the period ending with the close of the next Annual
General Meeting. 

19. Authorisation of the Board of Directors to decide on the issuing of new
shares and on the transfer of Lännen Tehtaat shares held by the company (share
issue) 


The Board of Directors proposes that the Annual General Meeting give it
authorisation to decide on issuing shares, which would include the right to
issue new shares or transfer Lännen Tehtaat shares held by the company. The
authorisation would cover a maximum total of 761,757 shares, and the maximum
number of new shares would be 631,757, and the number of Lännen Tehtaat shares
held by the company 130,000. 



The subscription price for each new share would be at least the share's nominal
value, or EUR 2. The transfer price for Lännen Tehtaat shares held by the
company would be at least the market value of the share at the time of
transfer, which is determined by the price quoted in public trading on NASDAX
OMX Helsinki Ltd. The Board of Directors would also have the right to issue
shares against consideration other than cash. In the case of share-based
incentive systems, shares could also be issued without consideration. 



The authorisation would include the right to deviate from the shareholders'
pre-emptive subscription right (targeted issue) if the company has an important
financial reason to do so, such as development of the company's capital
structure, financing and implementing corporate acquisitions or other
arrangements, or implementing a share-based incentive system. It is proposed
that the authorisation would be valid until the next Annual General Meeting. 

20. Closing of the meeting



B.  Documents of the General Meeting


The proposals of the Board of Directors and the invitation to the meeting are
available on Lännen Tehtaat's website at www.lannen.fi/en. The company's
financial statements will be available on the above-mentioned website no later
than 10 March 2011 onwards. Copies of these documents will be sent to
shareholders upon request and they will also be available at the Annual General
Meeting. The minutes of the Annual General Meeting will be available on the
above-mentioned website as from 14 April 2011. 

C.   Instructions for participants in the Annual General Meeting

Right to participate and registration
Shareholders whose shares have been registered in the register of shareholders
kept by Euroclear Finland Ltd not later than 21 March 2011 have the right to
attend the Annual General Meeting. 


Shareholders wishing to participate in the Annual General Meeting must notify
the company of this no later than 4.00 p.m. on Monday 28 March 2011 either on
the company web pages at www.lannen.fi/en, in writing to Lännen Tehtaat plc,
P.O. Box 100, FI-27801 Säkylä, Finland, by fax +358 10 402 4022, by phone +358
10 402 4044/Maija Lipasti or by e-mail maija.lipasti@lannen.fi. If notice is
given by letter, this must arrive before the expiry of the notification period.
Any proxy documents should be delivered to the above-mentioned address before
the expiry of notification period. 


Pursuant to chapter 5, section 25 of the Limited Liability Companies Act,
shareholders who are present at the Annual General Meeting have the right to
request information on matters considered at the meeting. 



Proxies and proxy documents
Shareholders may participate in and exercise their rights at the Annual General
Meeting by means of proxy representation. A shareholder's proxy must produce a
dated proxy document or must otherwise demonstrate reliably his/her right to
represent the shareholder at the Annual General Meeting. If a shareholder
participates in the meeting by means of several proxies, who represent the
shareholder with shares in different book-entry accounts, the shares with which
each proxy represents the shareholder must be notified in connection with the
registration for the Annual General Meeting. 


Any proxy documents should be delivered as originals to Lännen Tehtaat plc no
later than the expiry of the notification period at 4.00 p.m. on 28 March 2011. 



Holders of nominee registered shares
Holders of nominee registered shares are advised to request from their asset
manager without delay the necessary instructions regarding registration in the
company's shareholder register, the provision of proxy documents and
registration for the Annual General Meeting. The asset manager's account
management organisation will register a holder of nominee registered shares who
wants to participate in the meeting, for temporary entry in the company's
shareholder register no later than 10.00 a.m. on 28 March 2011. 



Other instructions and information
On the date of this notice, Lännen Tehtaat plc's total number of shares and
votes is 6,317,576. 


The company's Annual Report, including the financial statements, the Board of
Directors' report and the statement of the Supervisory Board, will be published
on week 10 in Finnish and English on Lännen Tehtaat plc's website, at
www.lannen.fi. The English version is a translation of the Finnish. A printed
version of the Annual Report can be ordered during the week beginning 14 March
2011 by phoning +358 10 402 4044 on weekdays (9 a.m. - 5 p.m.), or by e-mail
from maija.lipasti@lannen.fi. At the same time you can also ask to be put on
the regular mailing list for annual reports. 

Säkylä, 8 March 2011



LÄNNEN TEHTAAT PLC
Board of Directors



Distribution:
NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd
www.lannen.fi