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2012-04-04 14:00:00 CEST 2012-04-04 14:00:04 CEST REGULATED INFORMATION PKC Group Oyj - Decisions of general meetingRESOLUTIONS OF PKC GROUP PLC’S ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND BOARD OF DIRECTORSPKC Group Plc Company Announcement 4 April 2012 3.00 p.m. RESOLUTIONS OF PKC GROUP PLC'S ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS The Annual General Meeting of PKC Group Plc held on 4 April 2012 adopted the annual accounts and resolved to pay a dividend of EUR 0.60 per share. The Board members and the CEO were discharged from liability for 2011. The General Meeting also resolved on the election and remuneration of the Board of Directors and the Auditor in accordance with Board's proposals. Proposals by the Board of Directors to amend the Articles of Association and to issue stock options were accepted. DIVIDEND The Annual General Meeting resolved to pay, in accordance with Board's proposal, a dividend of EUR 0.60 per share. Dividend will be paid to shareholders who on the record date on 11 April 2012 are registered as shareholders in the Company's shareholders' register maintained by Euroclear Finland Ltd. The payment date is 18 April 2012. DISCHARGE FROM LIABILITY The Board members and the CEO were discharged from liability for 2011. BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND AUDITOR The Annual General Meeting resolved, in accordance with Board's proposal, to confirm the number of Board members to be 7 and to re-elect Outi Lampela, Matti Ruotsala and Jyrki Tähtinen as Board members and elect Andres Allikmäe, Shemaya Levy, Robert Remenar and Harri Suutari as new Board members. Authorised public accounting firm KPMG Oy Ab, which has announced Virpi Halonen, APA, to be the Auditor with principal responsibility, was selected as auditor in accordance with Board's proposal. Board's and Auditor's fees were resolved to be paid in accordance with Board's proposal. The Board's proposals have been published in their entirety in the notice to the General Meeting published as stock exchange release. In the Board of Directors' organisation meeting Matti Ruotsala was appointed as the Chairman and Harri Suutari as Vice-Chairman. The Board evaluated the independence of its members and, according to evaluation, the majority of all directors (5 members: Lampela, Levy, Remenar, Ruotsala and Tähtinen) are independent of the company and of its significant shareholders. In the Board of Directors' organisation meeting Outi Lampela was elected as the chairman of the Audit Committee and Andres Allikmäe, Shemaya Levy and Jyrki Tähtinen as members. The Board decided to expand the duties of the Nomination Committee and form it into Nomination and Remuneration Committee. The Board also elected Matti Ruotsala as chairman of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee and Robert Remenar and Harri Suutari as members. ISSUANCE OF STOCK OPTIONS The General Meeting resolved, in accordance with the Board of Directors proposal, to issue stock options to the key personnel of the PKC Group. The maximum total number of stock options issued will be 1,020,000 and they will be issued free of charge. The stock options entitle their owners to subscribe for a maximum total of 1,020,000 new shares in the Company or existing shares held by the Company. The stock options now issued may be exchanged for shares constituting a maximum total of 4.6% of all of the Company's shares and of all of the votes of the shares, after the potential share subscription, if new shares are issued in the share subscription. The share subscription period for stock options 2012A, will be 1 April 2015—30 April 2017, for stock options 2012B, 1 April 2016—30 April 2018, and for stock options 2012C, 1 April 2017—30 April 2019. The share subscription price will be the trade volume weighted average quotation of the share on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd during 1 January—31 March 2012 (stock options 2012A), during 1 January—31 March 2013 (stock options 2012B), and during 1 January—31 March 2014 (stock options 2012C). The Board's proposal and stock option terms have been published in their entirety in the notice to the General Meeting published as stock exchange release. AMENDMENT OF ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION The General Meeting resolved, in accordance with the Board of Directors proposal, to amend the 1§ of the Articles of Association so that PKC Group Plc shall be defined to be the company's name in English and that Helsinki be changed to be the company's domicile; 9§ so that the invitation to the General Meeting be published on the Company's Internet pages no more than three (3) months and no less than three (3) weeks prior to the meeting; 10§ so that he meeting shall be held at Company's domicile. The Board's proposal and Articles of Association have been published in their entirety in the notice to the General Meeting published as stock exchange release. DOCUMENTS The documents of the General Meeting are available on the Company's website at www.pkcgroup.com. The minutes of the meeting will be available on the above-mentioned website as from 12 April 2012. PKC Group Plc Board of Directors Matti Hyytiäinen President & CEO For additional information, contact: Matti Hyytiäinen, President & CEO, PKC Group Plc, +358 400 710 968 DISTRIBUTION NASDAQ OMX Main media www.pkcgroup.com The PKC Group offers design and contract manufacturing services for wiring systems and electronics. The Group has production facilities in Brazil, China, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, Poland, Russia, Ukraine and the USA. The Group's net sales in 2011 totalled EUR 550.2 million. PKC Group Plc is listed on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd. |
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