Dovre Group Oyj - Notice to general meeting

NOTICE OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Helsinki, Finland, 2013-02-14 07:50 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 
Dovre Group Plc             Stock exchange bulletin             February 14,
2013 at 08:50 a.m. 

NOTICE OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Notice is given to the shareholders of Dovre Group Plc of the Annual General
Meeting ('AGM') to be held on Thursday, March 14, 2013, at 2.30 p.m. at
Suomalainen Klubi, Kansakoulukuja 3, Helsinki. The reception of the persons who
have registered for the meeting and the distribution of voting tickets will
commence at 2 p.m. 



A. MATTERS ON THE AGENDA OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

At the AGM, the following matters will be considered:

1. Opening of the meeting

2. Calling the meeting to order

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

4. Recording the legal convening of the meeting and quorum

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

6. Presentation of the annual accounts, the report of the Board of Directors
and the auditor's report for the financial period January 1, 2012 - December
31, 2012 

                    - Review by the CEO

7. Adoption of the annual accounts

8. Resolution on the use of the profit shown on the balance sheet and
resolution on the payment of dividend 

The parent Company's distributable funds are EUR 12,120,269.42. The Board of
Directors proposes to the Annual General Meeting that a dividend of EUR 0.02
per share to be paid, corresponding to EUR 1,257,915.02 based on the total
number of shares (62,895,751). 

The Company having decided to dissolve the unrestricted equity fund and to
reduce the share capital of the Company in order to set off losses from prior
financial years at the Annual General Meeting held on March 17, 2011, the
payment of the dividend is conditional on the creditor protection procedure in
accordance with Chapter 14, Sections 3-5 of the Finnish Companies Act. The
procedure is estimated to take four (4) months. 

The Board of Directors further proposes that the dividend, conditional on the
creditor protection procedure as noted in the previous paragraph, is paid to a
shareholder who, on the record date March 19, 2013 is registered as a
shareholder in the Company's shareholders' register maintained by Euroclear
Finland Ltd. The dividend is paid on August 15, 2013. 

In addition to the creditor protection procedure, the payment of dividend may
not endanger the liquidity of the Company. The solvency of the Company is
evaluated prior to the payment of dividend. Currently, there is no known reason
not to pay dividend. Should such reason arise, the Company will disclose the
information without delay. 

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 shareholders representing over 25% of the total votes in the Company will
propose to the AGM that the remuneration payable to the Board members shall be
as follows: The chairman of the Board is paid EUR 35,000, the vice chairman of
the Board EUR 25,000, and each other member of the Board EUR 22,000. 

11. Resolution on the number of members of the Board of Directors

The shareholders representing over 25% of the total votes in the Company will
propose to the AGM that the number of Board members be set at five (5). 

12. Election of the members of the Board of Directors

The shareholders representing over 25% of the total votes in the Company will
propose Ilari Koskelo, Ossi Pohjola and Hannu Vaajoensuu to be appointed to
continue as members of the Board, and Anja Silvennoinen and Rainer Häggblom to
be appointed as a new members of the Board. 

The proposed new member, Anja Silvennoinen, has worked at UPM-Kymmene Plc as
SVP, Energy Business Area since 2004. Prior to this, Silvennoinen has held
several senior management and senior consultant positions in the energy
industry and worked, for example, at Elektrowatt-Ekono Oy, Ministry of Trade
adnd Industry for Finland, and Kymppivoima Oy. Silvennoinen is currently a
member of the Board of Cargotec Plc and Renewa Oy, among others. 

The proposed new member, Rainer Häggblom, has worked as a professional board
member and management consultant since 2008. Prior to this, Häggblom worked as
Managing Director and Chairman of the Board at Jaakko Pöyry Consulting Oy.
Häggblom is currently a member of the Board of The Forest Company Ltd., Prime
Energy Power Ltd., Kesla Plc, and Vaahto Group Plc, among others. 

Ms Silvennoinen's and Mr Häggblom's resumes are available on Dovre Group's
website at www.dovregroup.com. 

13. Resolution on the remuneration of the auditor

The Board of Directors proposes to the AGM that the auditor's fee shall be paid
according to the approved invoice from the auditor. 

14. Election of the auditor

The Board of Directors proposes to the AGM the election of Authorized Public
Accountant entity Ernst & Young Oy as the company's auditor. Ernst & Young Oy
has informed that Authorized Public Accountant Mikko Järventausta will be the
auditor in charge. 

15. Authorizing the Board of Directors to decide on the repurchase of the
Company's own shares 

The Board of Directors proposes that the Annual General Meeting would resolve
on authorizing the Board of Directors to decide on the repurchase of the
Company's own shares ('Repurchase authorization'), on the following conditions: 

a) By virtue of the authorization, the Board is entitled to decide on
repurchase of a maximum of 6,200,000 of the Company's own shares, corresponding
to 9.9% of the Company's total number of shares. 

b) The Company's own shares shall be repurchased in deviation from the
proportion to the holdings of the shareholders using the non-restricted equity
and acquired through public trading on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd at the share
price prevailing at the time of acquisition. Shares will be acquired and paid
for in accordance with the rules of the Stock Exchange and the Euroclear
Finland Ltd. 

c) The shares shall be repurchased in order to develop the capital structure of
the Company or to finance or carry out future acquisitions, investments or
other arrangements related to the Company's business or as part of the
Company's incentive program. Own shares acquired to the Company may be held,
cancelled or conveyed. 

The Board of Directors shall decide on other matters related to the repurchase
of the Company's own shares. 

The repurchase authorization is valid until June 30, 2014.

16. Authorizing the Board of Directors to decide on the issuance of shares as
well as the issuance of special rights 

The Board of Directors proposes that the Annual General Meeting would resolve
on authorizing the Board of Directors to decide on 

(i) the issuance of new shares and/or

(ii) the conveyance of own shares held by the Company and/or

(iii) the granting of special rights referred to in Chapter 10, Section 1 of
the Finnish Companies Act, on the following conditions: 

The new shares and the own shares held by the Company may be issued

  -- to the Company's shareholders in proportion to their current holding; or
  -- by means of a directed issue, waiving the pre-emptive subscription rights
     of the shareholders, if there is a weighty financial reason for the Company
     to do so, such as to finance or carry out future acquisitions, investments
     or other arrangements related to the Company's business or as part of the
     Company's incentive program.

The Board of Directors may decide on a share issue without payment also to the
Company itself. 

The new shares may be issued and the own shares held by the Company conveyed
either against payment ('Share issue against payment') or without payment
('Share issue without payment'). A directed issue can only be executed without
payment if there is an especially weighty financial reason for the Company to
do so, taking the interests of all shareholders into account. 

By virtue of the authorization, the Board is entitled to decide on the issuing
of a maximum of 12,400,000 new shares, corresponding to approximately 20% of
the Company's total number of shares. The Board is entitled to decide on the
conveying of a maximum 6,200,000 own shares held by the Company. The number of
shares to be issued to the Company shall not exceed 6,200,000 including the
number of own shares acquired by the Company by virtue of the authorization to
repurchase the Company's own shares. 

Additionally, the Board is authorized to grant special rights referred to in
Chapter 10, Section 1 of the Finnish Companies Act, which carry the 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 is paid by
using the subscriber's receivables to offset the subscription price
('Convertible bonds'). The maximum number of shares to be issued is 5,000,000
whereby this maximum number is included in the maximum number of shares noted
in the previous paragraph. 

The subscription price of new shares issued shall be recorded in the invested
unrestricted equity fund and the consideration paid for the conveyance of the
Company's own shares shall be recorded in the invested unrestricted equity
fund. 

The Board of Directors shall decide on other matters related to the share
issues. The share issue authorization is valid until June 30, 2014. 

17. Proposal by the Board of Directors to amend the articles of association

The Board of Directors proposes that the registered office of the Company would
be changed to Helsinki, and the Article 2 and Article 10, Section 1 would be
amended as follows: 

“Article 2 - Registered Office

The registered office of the company is situated in Helsinki, Finland.”

“Article 10 - General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting is held at the date and time designated by the Board
of Directors not later than within six (6) months after the end of the
financial year.” 

18. Closing of the meeting



B. DOCUMENTS OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The above proposals of the Board of Directors relating to the agenda of the
Annual General Meeting as well as this notice are available on the Company's
website at www.dovregroup.com. The Company's annual report, which includes the
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 21, 2013.
The proposals of the Board of Directors and the annual accounts are also
available at the meeting. Copies of these documents and of this notice will be
sent to shareholders upon request. 



C. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

1. The right to participate and registration

Each shareholder, who is registered on March 4, 2013, in the shareholders'
register of the Company held by Euroclear Finland Ltd, has the right to
participate in the Annual General Meeting. A shareholder, whose shares are
registered on his/her personal Finnish book-entry account, is registered in the
shareholders' register of the Company. 

A shareholder, who is registered in the shareholders' register of the Company
and who wants to participate in the Annual General Meeting, shall register for
the meeting no later than March 11, 2013, 10 a.m. by giving a prior notice of
participation, which shall be received by the Company no later than on the
above mentioned date. Such notice can be given: 

a) on Dovre Group Plc's website at www.dovregroup.com

b) by email to susanna.karlsson@dovregroup.com

c) by telephone to Dovre Group Plc/Susanna Karlsson, +358 (0)20 436 2000

d) by regular mail to Dovre Group Plc/Susanna Karlsson, Unioninkatu 20-22,
00130 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 or proxy representative and the personal identification
number of a proxy representative. The personal data given to Dovre Group Plc is
used only in connection with the Annual General Meeting and with the necessary
processing of related registrations. 

2. Holders of nominee registered shares

A holder of nominee registered shares has the right to participate in the
Annual General Meeting by virtue of such shares, based on which he/she on the
record date of the Annual General Meeting on March 4, 2013, would be entitled
to be registered in the shareholders' register of the Company held by Euroclear
Finland Ltd. The right to participate in the Annual General Meeting requires,
in addition, that the shareholder on the basis of such shares has been
registered into the temporary shareholders' register held by Euroclear Finland
Ltd. at the latest by March 11, 2013, by 10 a.m. In regards to nominee
registered shares this constitutes due registration for the Annual General
Meeting. 

A holder of nominee registered shares is advised to request without delay
necessary instructions regarding the registration in the temporary
shareholder's 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 has to register a holder
of nominee registered shares, who wants to participate in the Annual General
Meeting, into the temporary shareholders' register of the Company at the latest
by the time stated above. 

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. 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 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. 

Possible proxy documents should be delivered in original to Dovre Group
Plc/Susanna Karlsson, Unioninkatu 20-22, 00130 Helsinki, Finland, by the last
date of registration. 

4. Other information

Pursuant to chapter 5, section 25 of the Companies Act, a shareholder who is
present at the Annual General Meeting has the right to request information with
respect to the matters to be considered at the meeting. 

Shareholders have the opportunity to meet the CEO and the Board of Directors in
an informal meeting directly following the Annual General Meeting. 

On the date of this notice to the Annual General Meeting February 14, 2013, the
total number of shares and votes in Dovre Group Plc is 62,895,751. 



Helsinki, February 13, 2013



DOVRE GROUP PLC
Board of Directors



For additional information, please contact

DOVRE GROUP PLC
Janne Mielck, CEO
tel. +358-20-436 2000
janne.mielck@dovregroup.com

Heidi Karlsson, CFO
tel. +358-20-436 2000
heidi.karlsson@dovregroup.com

www.dovregroup.com



Dovre Group is a global provider of project management services. Dovre Group
has two business areas: Project Personnel and Consulting. In 2012, the Group's
net sales were EUR 94 million. Dovre Group employs over 450 people worldwide.
Dovre Group is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki (symbol: DOV1V). 



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