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2010-03-02 15:00:00 CET 2010-03-02 15:01:13 CET REGULATED INFORMATION Aldata Solution Oyj - Notice to general meetingNOTICE OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGAldata Solution Oyj STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 2 March 2010 at 4.00 p.m. (EET) NOTICE OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Shareholders of Aldata Solution Oyj are invited to attend the Annual General Meeting to be held on Thursday, 8 April 2010 at 2:00 pm EET. The meeting shall be held at the company's premises, address Vetotie 3, Vantaa, Finland. Registration of participants shall begin at 1:15 pm EET. A. Matters on the agenda of the Annual General Meeting and the procedure: 1. Opening of the meeting and election of the chairman 2. Calling the meeting to order 3. Election of the scrutinizers of the minutes and the supervisors for counting the votes 4. Legality of the meeting 5. Recording the attendance at the 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 CEO 7. Adoption of the annual accounts 8. Resolution on the use of the profit shown on the balance sheet and the payment of dividend The Board of Directors proposes to the Annual General Meeting that no dividend be distributed for the financial year 2009 and the result for the year be carried forward to the retained earnings account. 9. Resolution on the discharge of the members of the Board of Directors and the Chief Executive Officer from liability 10. Resolution on the remuneration of the members of the Board of Directors and the Auditor Certain shareholders representing over 21 % of the total amount of shares propose to the Annual General Meeting that those members of the Board of Directors who are independent from the company and/or its most significant shareholders are paid as remuneration EUR 2,100 per month and EUR 400 per each meeting of the Board of Directors, whether in-person or by telephone, lasting over 15 minutes. The same shareholders also propose that the non-independent Board members are not compensated for their membership. The Board of Directors proposes to the Annual General Meeting that the Auditor to be chosen shall be remunerated in accordance with a reasonable invoice presented by him/her. 11. Resolution on the number of the members of the Board of Directors Certain shareholders representing over 21 % of the total amount of shares propose to the Annual General Meeting that the number of members of the Board of Directors remains the same, i.e. five (5). 12. Election of the Members of the Board of Directors Certain shareholders representing over 21 % of the total amount of shares propose to the Annual General Meeting that the present members of the Board of Directors Mr. William F. Chisholm, Mr. Aarne Aktan, Mr. Tommy H. Karlsson and Mr. Bertrand Sciard be re-elected as members of the Board of Directors and Mr. Pallab Chatterjee be elected as a new member of the Board of Directors. The term of office of the new Board of Directors shall continue until the end of the next Annual General Meeting. Of the proposed Directors Tommy H. Karlsson and Aarne Aktan are independent from the company and its major shareholders. William F. Chisholm and Pallab Chatterjee are dependent on a major shareholder and Bertrand Sciard is dependent on the company and a major shareholder. More information on the proposed members of the Board of Directors is available on the company's website, www.aldata-solution.com <http://www.aldata-solution.com/>. 13. Election of the Auditor The Board of Directors has evaluated the performance and the independence of the current auditor of the company, Ernst & Young Oy, Authorized Public Accounting Firm, for the previous term. The Board of Directors recommends re-election of Ernst & Young Oy, Authorized Public Accounting Firm with Ms. Anne Vuorio, Authorized Public Accountant, as principal auditor. 14. Authorization to the Board of Directors to repurchase the company's own shares The Board of Directors proposes that the Annual General Meeting authorizes the Board of Directors to decide on the repurchase of the company's own shares up to a maximum of 6,800,000 shares. The shares can be acquired using the company's non-restricted equity otherwise than in proportion to the holdings of the shareholders through public trade on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd at the applicable quoted price. The shares can be acquired to develop the company's capital structure, to carry out potential corporate acquisitions or other arrangements related to developing the company's business, to finance investments, as part of the company's incentive schemes, or to be held by the company or otherwise disposed or cancelled in the manner and extent as decided by the Board. The Board of Directors would decide on other terms in relation to the repurchase of the shares. This authorization replaces the authorization granted by the Annual General Meeting on 31 March 2009 and is valid until 30 June 2011. 15. Authorization to the Board of Directors to decide on a share issue and granting special rights The Board of Directors proposes that the Annual General Meeting authorizes the Board of Directors to decide to issue and/or convey new shares and/or the company's own shares either against payment or for free. The subscription price for the shares may be paid also against contribution in kind. In addition, the Board of Directors proposes that the Annual General Meeting authorizes the Board of Directors to decide to grant special rights referred to in Chapter 10, Section 1 of the Companies Act, that would carry a right to receive, against payment, new shares of the company or the company's own shares held by the company in such a manner that the subscription price of the shares is paid in cash or by using the subscriber's receivable to set off the subscription price. The Board of Directors is entitled to issue and/or convey a maximum of 14,000,000 shares in the company. The maximum amount of shares to be proposed to be issued and / or conveyed pursuant to the authorization represents approximately 20 % of the company's shares. New shares may be issued and the company's own shares may be conveyed to the company's shareholders in proportion to their current shareholdings in the company or waiving the shareholder's pre-emption right, through a directed share issue if the company has a weighty financial reason to do so, such as the development of the capital structure of the company, carrying out corporate acquisitions or other business arrangements to develop the business of the company or financing capital expenditure in the extent and manner decided by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may also decide on a Free Share Issue to the company itself. The number of shares to be issued to the company together with the shares repurchased to the company on the basis of the repurchase authorization shall be a maximum of one tenth (1/10) of all the company's shares. The subscription price of the new shares and the consideration payable for the company's own shares may be recorded partially or fully in the invested non-restricted equity fund or in the share capital in the extent and manner decided by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors shall decide on other terms and conditions related to the share issues and granting of special rights. These proposed authorizations shall replace the authorizations given by the Annual General Meeting on 31 March 2009 and is valid until 30 June 2011. 16. Resolution on changes to be made to the company's Articles of Association The Board of Directors proposes that the Annual General Meeting decides on changing Section 7 of the Articles of Association to be as follows: "Notice of a General Meeting of Shareholders shall be given to shareholders no earlier than three (3) months and no later than three (3) weeks prior to a meeting and at least nine (9) days prior to the record date set for the meeting as defined in Subsection 2 of Section 2 of Chapter 4 of the Companies Act by setting the Notice of a General Meeting of Shareholders on company's website or by sending the notice to shareholders in a letter posted to the addresses registered in the company's list of shareholders. In addition the Board of Directors may publish the Notice of the General Meeting of Shareholders in one or more daily newspaper commonly distributed in Finland. In order to attend the Annual General Meeting, a shareholder must notify the company by the date stated in the notice of the meeting, which may be no more than five (5) days before the meeting." 17. Closing of the Meeting B. Documents of the general meeting The proposals to be put to the agenda of the Annual General Meeting detailed above, together with this invitation, shall be available for consultation at Aldata Solution Oyj's website at www.aldata-solution.com<http://www.aldata-solution.com/> from 3 March 2010. Aldata Solution Oyj's Annual Report, containing the company's Financial Statements and Review by the Board of Directors shall be available at the site referred to above from 17 March 2010. Documents pertaining to the financial statements and the Board of Directors' proposals with appendices shall be on display for viewing by shareholders at the company's premises, Vetotie 3, 01610 Vantaa, Finland from 17 March 2010 onwards. Printed version of the Annual Report 2009 of Aldata Solution Oyj shall be published on week 14 and is available at the company's head office and at the Annual General Meeting. The Annual Report and copies of the aforementioned documents and their appendices shall be sent to shareholders on request. The minutes of the meeting will be available on the above-mentioned website as from 22 April 2010. C. Instructions for the participants in the general meeting 1. Right to participate in the Meeting and registration A shareholder, who/which is registered as the company's shareholder in the shareholders' register maintained by Euroclear Finland Ltd. (former Finnish Central Securities Depository Ltd.) on 25 March 2010 has the right to participate in the Annual General Meeting. A shareholder, whose shares are registered on his/her personal book-entry account, is registered in the shareholders register of the company. A shareholder wanting to participate in the Annual General Meeting shall register at the latest on 6 April 2010 at 10:00 am EET either by e-mail to address: registration@aldata-solution.com, by phone +358 10 8208 012 (from Monday to Friday between 9:00 am and 4:00 pm EET) or by mail addressed to Aldata Solution Oyj / Legal Affairs, P.O. Box 266, 00101 Helsinki, Finland. In connection with the registration a shareholder shall notify his/her name, personal identification number, address, telephone number and the name of a possible assistant. All personal data provided to Aldata Solution Oyj will only be used for the purposes of the Annual General Meeting and in connection with processing of the necessary registrations relating to the meeting. Pursuant to chapter 5, section 25 of the Companies Act, a shareholder who is present at the general meeting has the right to request information with respect to the matters to be considered at the meeting. 2. Proxy representative and powers of attorney A shareholder may participate in the Annual General Meeting and exercise his/her rights at the meeting also 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 at the general meeting. When a shareholder participates in the 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 general meeting. Proxy documents should be delivered in originals to the aforementioned address before the last date and time of registration. 3. Holders of nominee registered shares A holder of nominee registered shares is advised to request without delay necessary instructions regarding the registration in the shareholder's register of the company, the issuing of proxy documents and registration for the 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 general meeting, to be temporarily entered into the shareholders' register of the company at the latest 1 April 2010, by 10:00 am EET. A notification regarding temporary entry of a holder of nominee registered shares into the shareholders' register of the company is regarded as a notice of participation in the Annual General Meeting. 4. Other Information On the date of this invitation Aldata Solution Oyj has a total of 68,733,395 shares and votes. Vantaa, 1 March 2010 Aldata Solution Oyj Board of Directors Further information: Aldata Solution Oyj, Graham Howell, CFO, tel. +33 633 057 620 Aldata 100% Retail-Wholesale At Aldata 100% of our business is dedicated to retail and wholesale business improvement. We provide our customers with modern, flexible and integrated software solutions specifically designed to increase productivity, performance and profitability. With over 24,000 successful installations across 52 countries, from convenience store to hypermarket, 480+ live warehouses and customers with 5 to 5,000 outlets, we consistently deliver the goods for retail and wholesale business. Aldata Solution is a public company quoted on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd with the identifier ALD1V. More information at: www.aldata-solution.com <http://www.aldata-solution.com/> Distribution: NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd Media [HUG#1390126] |
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