Amer Sports - Notice to general meeting

Notice to the Amer Sports Corporation Annual General Meeting

Amer Sports Corporation
STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE
February 4, 2010 at 4:30 am


Shareholders of Amer Sports Corporation (the "Company") are hereby summoned to
the Company's Annual General Meeting to be held at 2 pm on Wednesday, March
10, 2010 at its headquarters at Mäkelänkatu 91, Helsinki, Finland. The reception
of persons who have registered for the Annual General Meeting and the
distribution of voting tickets will commence at 1:30 pm.

A. THE FOLLOWING MATTERS WILL BE ON THE AGENDA OF THE MEETING:

 1. Opening of the Annual General Meeting


 2. Calling the Annual General Meeting to order


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


 4. Recording the legality of the Annual General Meeting


 5. Recording the attendance at the Annual General Meeting and adoption of the
    list of votes


 6. Presentation of the annual accounts, the report of the Board of Directors
    and the auditor's report for the year 2009

  * Review by the President and CEO


 7. Adoption of the annual accounts


 8. Resolution on use of the profit shown on the balance sheet and the payment
    of dividend
    The Board of Directors proposes to the Annual General Meeting a dividend of
    EUR 0.16 per share to be paid for the financial year ended December
    31, 2009. The dividend will be paid to shareholders who are registered on
    the list of shareholders maintained by Euroclear Finland Ltd as of March
    15, 2010, which is the record date for the dividend payment. The dividend
    will be paid on March 23, 2010.


 9. Resolution on the discharge of the members of the Board of Directors and the
    CEO from liability


 10. Resolution on the remuneration of the members of the Board of Directors
     The Nomination Committee of the Board of Directors proposes to the Annual
     General Meeting that the remuneration payable to 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 2011 be unchanged from 2009 and
     be as follows: Chairman EUR 80,000, Vice Chairman EUR 50,000, and other
     members EUR 40,000. No extra remuneration is paid from attending meetings
     of the Board of Directors or meetings of the Committees of the Board of
     Directors. Of the annual remuneration, 40% is being paid in the form of the
     Company's shares and 60% in cash.


 11. Resolution on the number of the members of the Board of Directors
     The Nomination Committee of the Board of Directors proposes to the Annual
     General Meeting that the number of the members of the Board of Directors is
     confirmed to be seven (7).


 12. Election of members of the Board of Directors
     The Nomination Committee of the Board of Directors proposes to the Annual
     General Meeting that Anssi Vanjoki, Ilkka Brotherus, Pirjo Väliaho, Martin
     Burkhalter, Christian Fischer, BrunoSälzer and Hannu Ryöppönen be
     re-elected as members of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors'
     term of service will run until the close of the 2011 Annual General
     Meeting.


 13. Resolution on the remuneration of the auditor
     The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors proposes to the Annual
     General Meeting that the auditor's fee will be paid as invoiced.


 14. Election of auditor
     The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors proposes to the Annual
     General Meeting that Authorised Public Accountants PricewaterhouseCoopers
     Oy be elected to act as auditor of the Company. The Audit Committee of the
     Board of Directors proposes that  auditor in charge of the audit is Jouko
     Malinen, Authorised Public Accountant.


 15. Amendment of the Articles of Association

The  Board of Directors  proposes that Section  7 of the Articles of Association
regarding the notice to the General Meeting be amended to the following:"The notice to the General Meeting shall be delivered to the shareholders at the
earliest  three (3) months and  at the latest twenty-one  (21) days prior to the
General Meeting, however, at the minimum nine (9) days before the record date of
the General Meeting, by releasing the notice on the Company's website and, if so
decided  by the Board  of Directors, by  publishing the notice  in one newspaper
with a wide circulation determined by the Board of Directors."

The  Board of Directors  proposes that Section  9 of the Articles of Association
regarding the notice to the General Meeting be amended to the following:"In  order  to  attend  a  General  Meeting,  a  shareholder  shall register his
participation  with the Company in  a manner indicated in  the notice to convene
and  by the therein indicated  registration date, which date  may not be earlier
than nine (9) days prior to the meeting."

16.  Authorizing  the  Board  of  Directors  to  decide on the repurchase of the
Company's                               own                               shares
The  Board of  Directors proposes  to the  Annual General  Meeting the  Board of
Directors  to  be  authorized  to  decide  on  the  repurchase  of  a maximum of
7,000,000 of   the   Company's  own  shares  ("Repurchase  Authorization").  The
Company's  own shares shall  be repurchased otherwise  than in proportion to the
holdings  of the shareholders by using  the non-restricted equity through public
trading on the Nasdaq OMX Helsinki at the market price prevailing at the time of
acquisition.

The shares shall be repurchased and paid for in accordance with the rules of the
Nasdaq OMX Helsinki Ltd and Euroclear Finland Ltd.

The Repurchase Authorization is valid 18 months from the decision of the Annual
General Meeting.

 17. Authorizing the Board of Directors to decide on the issuance of shares and
     on conveying the Company's own shares

The Board of Directors proposes to the Annual General Meeting to authorize the
Board of Directors to decide on issuing new shares and/or conveying the
Company's own shares held by the Company as follows:

By virtue of the authorization, the Board of Directors is entitled to decide on
issuing a maximum of 7,000,000 new shares or on conveying a maximum of
7,000,000 of the Company's own shares held by the Company. The Board of
Directors decides on all the conditions of the issuance of shares. The issuance
of shares may be carried out in deviation from the shareholders' pre-emptive
rights (directed issue). The authorization includes the possibility to issue own
shares to the Company for free.

The authorization to issue shares and to convey the Company's own shares is
valid until two (2) years from the date of the decision of the Annual General
Meeting and it does not revoke the share issue authorization given by the Annual
General Meeting on March 5, 2009.

 18. Closing of the Annual General Meeting



B. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

1. Documents for the Annual General Meeting
The Board of Directors' and its committees' proposals regarding the agenda of
the Annual General Meeting and this notice are available at the Company's web
site at www.amersports.com as of the date of this notice. The annual report of
Amer Sports Corporation, including the Company's annual accounts, the report of
the Board of Directors and the auditor's report, is available on the
above-mentioned website no later than
February 16, 2010. Copies of the documents will be sent to shareholders upon
request, and they will also be available at the Annual General Meeting.

2. Right of attendance and registration
Shareholders, who are registered on the register of the Company's shareholders
maintained by Euroclear Finland Ltd on the record date of the Annual General
Meeting, February 26, 2010, are entitled to attend the Annual General Meeting. A
shareholder, whose shares have been recorded in his/her personal Finnish
book-entry account, is registered in the Company's shareholders' register.

Shareholders wishing to participate in the Annual General Meeting should
register for the Annual General Meeting, through a notice of participation.
Registration starts on February 16, 2010 at 9:00 am and ends on March 5, 2010 at
4:00 pm Finnish time (GMT +2). Notification of participation can be made via the
following ways:

by email, to amersports@yhteyspalvelut.elisa.fi; by telephone
(+358) 9 7257 8320; or by sending a letter to Amer Sports Corporation, Share
Register, P.O. Box 130, FI-00601 Helsinki.

The notification of participation must arrive within the registration period.

In connection with the registration, a shareholder shall notify his/her/its
name, personal identification number/ business ID, address, telephone number and
the name of a possible assistant, authorized representative or statutory
representative. The personal data given to the Company will be used only in
connection with the Annual General Meeting and the processing of related
registration.

Pursuant to Chapter 5, Section 25 of the Finnish Companies Act, a shareholder
who is present at the Annual General Meeting has the right to present questions
with respect to the matters to be considered at the meeting.

3. Proxy representative and powers of attorney
A shareholder may participate in the Annual General Meeting and exercise his/her
rights at the meeting by way of proxy representation. Any proxy representative
will be required to produce a dated proxy document or otherwise in a reliable
manner demonstrate his/her right to represent the shareholder at the Annual
General Meeting.

When a shareholder participates in the Annual General Meeting by means of
several proxy representatives representing the shareholder with shares at
different securities accounts, the shares by which each proxy representative
represents the shareholder shall be identified in connection with the
registration for the Annual General Meeting.

Proxy documents should be delivered in original to the above mentioned address
of the Company before the last date for registration.

4. Holders of nominee registered shares
A holder of nominee registered shares is advised to request without delay
necessary instructions regarding the registration in the shareholders' register
of the Company, the issuing of proxy documents and registration for the Annual
General Meeting from his/her custodian bank. The account management organization
of the custodian bank will register a holder of nominee registered shares, who
wants to participate in the Annual General Meeting, to be temporarily entered
into the shareholders' register of the Company at the latest on March
5, 2010, 10.00 am Finnish time (GMT +2), provided that the shareholder had the
right, on the basis of the same shares, to be recorded in the shareholders'
register of the Company on the record date of the meeting, February 26, 2010.

5. Other instructions and information
On the date of this notice to the Annual General Meeting, February 4, 2010, the
total number of shares and votes in the Company was 121 517 285.

Helsinki, February 4, 2010

AMER SPORTS CORPORATION
Board of Directors

For more information, please contact:
Ms Maarit Mikkonen, Communications Manager
Tel. +358 9 7257 8306, e-mail: maarit.mikkonen@amersports.com
www.amersports.com

DISTRIBUTION:
NASDAQ OMX Helsinki
Major media
www.amersports.com

AMER SPORTS CORPORATION
Amer Sports (www.amersports.com <http://www.amersports.com/>) is one of the
world's leading sports equipment companies with internationally recognized
brands including Salomon, Wilson, Precor, Atomic, Suunto, Mavic and Arc'teryx.
All Amer Sports companies develop and manufacture technically advanced products
that improve the performance of active sports participants. The Group's business
is balanced by its broad portfolio of sports and presence in all major markets.
Amer Sports' shares have been listed on the Helsinki Stock Exchange since 1977.



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