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2009-05-13 08:30:00 CEST 2009-05-13 08:30:33 CEST REGULATED INFORMATION Aspo - Notice to convene extr.general meetingINVITATION TO THE ASPO EXTRAORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS' MEETINGASPO Plc STOCK EXCHANGE BULLETIN 13.5.2009 at 09:30 a.m. The Board of Directors of Aspo Plc has decided to convene an Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting to be held on Monday, June 8, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. at the Auditorium of Lindström Building, Lautatarhankatu 6, FI-00580 Helsinki, Finland. The Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting will be convened to decide on authorizing the Board of Directors to resolve on the issue of shares and special rights entitling to shares as referred to in Chapter 10, Section 1 in the Companies Act. This authorization shall not supersede the authorization to a share issue given to the Board of Directors by the Annual Shareholders' Meeting on 31 March 2009 which will be executed by transferring own shares held by the Company. The Board of Directors of Aspo Plc has decided to survey possibilities to issue a convertible capital loan directed to a limited group of investors for which this authorization would be used. The invitation to the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting has been attached to this release in its entirety. ASPO Plc Board of Directors For more information, please contact Aki Ojanen, tel. +358 9 7595 363, +358 400 106 592 aki.ojanen@aspo.fi Distribution: NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Key Media www.aspo.com ENCL: INVITATION TO THE ASPO EXTRAORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS' MEETING The shareholders of Aspo Plc are invited to attend the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting to be held on Monday, June 8, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. at the Auditorium of Lindström Building, Lautatarhankatu 6, FI-00580 Helsinki, Finland. MATTERS ON THE AGENDA OF THE EXTRAORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS' MEETING 1. Opening of the meeting 2. Calling the meeting to order 3. Election of persons to confirm the minutes and to supervise the counting of votes 4. Recording the legality of the meeting 5. Recording the attendance at the meeting and adopting the list of votes 6. Authorizing the Board of Directors to resolve on the issue of shares and special rights entitling to shares The Board of Directors proposes that the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting authorize the Board of Directors to resolve on the issue of shares and other special rights entitling to shares as referred to in Chapter 10, Section 1 in the Companies Act. A maximum of 2,600,000 shares may be issued based on the authorization. The authorization would be used to issue a convertible capital loan directed to a limited group of investors. The authorization shall not supersede the authorization to a share issue given to the Board of Directors by the Annual Shareholders' Meeting on March 31, 2009. 7. Closing of the meeting EXTRAORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS' MEETING DOCUMENTS This invitation including in their entirety the above proposal of the Board of Directors on the agenda of the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting, as well as other documents required by the Finnish Companies Act, are available as of May 15, 2009 on company's website www.aspo.com/investors. The proposal of the Board of Directors and the other documents required by the Finnish Companies Act are also available at the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting and copies of them and this notice of the meeting will be sent to shareholders upon request. INSTRUCTIONS FOR PARTICIPANTS TO THE MEETING Right to participate The right to attend to the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting is restricted to those shareholders who, on May 29, 2009, are recorded as shareholders in the company's shareholder register. A shareholder whose shares have been entered into his/her personal book-entry account is registered into the company's shareholder register. REGISTRATION Shareholders wishing to attend the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting must notify the company by 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 3, 2009 at the latest either in writing at the address: Aspo Plc, P.O. Box 17, FI-00581 Helsinki, Finland, or by telephone at +358 9 759 5368 or by fax at +358 9 759 5301 or by email to ilmoittautuminen@aspo.fi. In connection with the registration a shareholder shall give his/her name, personal identification number or business ID, telephone number and the name of a possible accompanying assistant. Personal information given by shareholders will only be used in connection with the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting and the processing of the necessary related registrations. A shareholder may attend the Extraordinary Shareholders' 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. Any proxy documents should be sent to the company before the last date for registration. A shareholder attending the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting has the right to present questions about matters handled at the meeting in accordance with section 25, chapter 5 of the Limited Liability Companies Act. Holder of a nominee registered share A holder of nominee registered shares who wishes to attend the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting must be registered in the company's shareholder register on the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting's record date May 29, 2009. The holder of a nominee registered share is advised to request from his/her asset manager the necessary instructions concerning registration in the shareholder register, issuing proxy documents and registering for the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting. Other information Aspo Plc has on the date of this invitation to the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting, May 13, 2009 a total of 26,406,063 shares andvotes. Helsinki, May 13, 2009 ASPO Plc Board of Directors |
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