Afarak Group Plc - Other information disclosed according to the rules of the Exchange

INVITATION TO THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING

16:00 London, 18:00 Helsinki, 15 December 2017 - Afarak Group Plc ("Afarak" or
"the Company") (LSE: AFRK, NASDAQ: AFAGR)

                INVITATION TO THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING

Afarak Group Plc invites shareholders to the Extraordinary General Meeting to be
held on 5 February 2018, starting at 2:00 p.m. (Finnish time) at Union Square
Auditorium (Floor K1) Unioninkatu 22, 00130 Helsinki, Finland.
Registration begins at 1:30 p.m.

A. MATTERS ON THE AGENDA OF THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING:

 1. Opening
 2. Election of the Chairman and of the Secretary
 3. Approval of the Agenda
 4. Election of the scrutinizer of the minutes and vote counting supervisor
 5. Recording the legality and quorum of the meeting
 6. Adoption of voting lists

 7. Review by the CEO

 8. Delisting from the Helsinki Stock Exchange (Nasdaq Helsinki)

The General Meeting will address the proposal of the shareholder Kermas Limited
that the Board of Directors would be requested by the earliest practicable date
to present a plan and a time line for an organised process for Company's
delisting from the Helsinki Stock Exchange (Nasdaq Helsinki).

 9. Demand for conducting a special audit in the Company

The General Meeting will address the demand for conducting a special audit in
the Company on the grounds of the request of a group of shareholders,
representing 10.86% of shares and voting rights *) pursuant to Chapter 5,
Section 4 of the Companies Act to convene a General Meeting.

 10. Dismissal of the Board of Directors

The General Meeting will address the Dismissal of the Board of Directors on the
grounds of the request of a group of shareholders, representing 10.86% of shares
and voting rights pursuant to Chapter 5, Section 4 of the Companies Act to
convene a General Meeting.

The opinion of the Board of Directors is that there is no need to address this
matter in the General Meeting, due to the fact that all members of the Board of
Directors shall resign on 5 February 2018.

 11. Election of a new Board of Directors

Thomas Hoyer, a current Board member, has informed the Company that he will not
stand for re-election.

 12. Closing of the Meeting

*)    a group of shareholders, representing 10.86% of shares and voting rights:
Joensuun Kauppa ja Kone Oy, Markku Kankaala, Esa Hukkanen, Petri Suokas, Tomi
Hyttinen, Taloustieto Incrementum Ky, Juhani Lemmetti, Kari Kakkonen, Antti
Kivimaa, AJ Elite Value Hedge Fund, Aarne Simula and Timo Kankaala.
The proposals of the above mentioned group of shareholders, representing 10.86%
of shares and voting rights, relating to the agenda of the General Meeting are
attached as Appendix A in this invitation in their entirety.

B. DOCUMENTS OF THE GENERAL MEETING

Documents to be kept on view in accordance with the Finnish Companies Act are
available for the shareholders' inspection no later than a week before the
Annual General Meeting at the Company's headquarters at the address Unioninkatu
20-22, 00130 Helsinki, Finland.  In addition, the documents will be available no
later than 21 days before the Annual General Meeting on the Company's website at
the address www.afarak.com. Copies of these documents will be sent to the
shareholders on request.
The minutes of the Meeting will be available on the above mentioned website at
the latest from 19 February 2018.

C. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING

1        Right to attend

A shareholder who no later than on 24 January 2018 is registered as the
Company's shareholder in a shareholder register held by Euroclear Finland Ltd
has the right to participate in the Extraordinary General Meeting. A shareholder
whose shares are registered on his/her personal Finnish book-entry account is
registered in the Company's shareholder register.

2        Notice to attend

A shareholder wishing to attend the Extraordinary General Meeting shall give
notice to attend the meeting to the Company no later than by 4:00 p.m.Helsinki
time on 31 January 2018, either:

  * by letter to Afarak Group Plc, Unioninkatu 20-22, 00130 Helsinki, Finland;
  * by e-mail to ilmo@afarak.com; or
  * by fax to +358 10 440 7001.

The notice shall be at the Company before the deadline of the notice to attend.
In addition to his/her name, a shareholder is also requested to inform the
Company of his/her identity number or business ID, address, phone number and the
name of a possible representative. The personal data of shareholders shall be
used only for purposes related to the general meeting and necessary registration
related thereto.


Shareholders attending the general meeting have a right to request information
concerning matters which are dealt with by the meeting as stated in the Finnish
Companies Act, chapter 5, section 25.

3        Using representative and proxies

A shareholder has a right to attend the meeting and use his rights via a
representative. A proxy representative must present a dated proxy or must
otherwise, in a reliable way, prove that he/she has a right to represent a
shareholder. The Company does not have a proxy template available for
shareholders. If a shareholder participates in the Extraordinary General Meeting
by means of several proxy representatives representing the shareholder with
shares on different securities accounts, the shares by which each proxy
representative represents the shareholder shall be identified in connection with
the registration.


Proxy documents should be delivered (as originals) together with the notice to
attend to: Afarak Group Plc, Unioninkatu 20-22, 00130 Helsinki, Finland no later
than 4:00 p.m. on 31 January 2018.

4        Holders of nominee registered shares

A holder of nominee registered shares is advised to request in good time in
advance necessary instructions regarding the registration in the Company's
shareholder register, issuing of proxy documents and registration for the Annual
General Meeting from his/her custodian bank. The account management organisation
of the custodian bank will register a holder of nominee registered shares, who
wants to participate in the Annual General Meeting, to be entered into the
Company's temporary shareholder register no later than 10:00 a.m. on 31 January
2018.

5        Other instructions and information

Afarak Group Plc has at the date of invitation, 5 December 2017, in total
263,040,695 shares in issue and of which 263,040,695 have voting rights. The
company holds in total 3,409,717 shares in treasury.
IN HELSINKI, ON 5 December 2017.

AFARAK GROUP PLC

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

WWW.AFARAK.COM
For additional information, please contact:
Guy Konsbruck, CEO, +356 2122 1566, guy.konsbruck@afarak.com
Jean Paul Fabri, PR Manager, +356 2122 1566, jp.fabri@afarak.com

Financial reports and other investor information are available on the Company's
website: www.afarak.com.

Afarak Group is a specialist alloy producer focused on delivering sustainable
Growth with a Speciality Alloys business in southern Europe and a FerroAlloys
business in South Africa. The Company is listed on NASDAQ Helsinki (AFAGR) and
the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange (AFRK).

Distribution:
NASDAQ Helsinki
London Stock Exchange
Main media

www.afarak.com


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Attachments:

EGM_Appendix A.pdf