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2010-06-09 07:30:00 CEST 2010-06-09 07:30:01 CEST REGULATED INFORMATION GeoSentric Oyj - Notice to general meetingANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF GEOSENTRIC OYJGEOSENTRIC OYJ STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE June 9, 2010 at 08:30 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF GEOSENTRIC OYJ The Board of Directors of GeoSentric Oyj (“GeoSentric” or the “Company”) has decided to convene the Annual General Meeting of the shareholders on Wednesday, June 30, 2010 at 9:30 am. The Annual General Meeting shall be held at Hotel Kämp, Pohjoisesplanadi 29, Helsinki. The reception of notified registered shareholders will begin at 9:00 am. The following matters shall be addressed in the meeting: 1. Matters belonging to the Annual General Meeting according to Article 8 of the Company's Articles of Association and Chapter 5 Article 3 of the Companies' Act: 1.1 The Annual Accounts 2009 1.2 The result The Board of Directors proposes that the loss from the financial period shall be booked on the accrued profit/loss account and that no dividend is paid. 1.3 Resolution on the discharge of the members of the Board of Directors and the Managing Director from liability 1.4 Resolution on the remuneration and incentives of the members of the Board of Directors and the Auditor The proposals by the Corporate Governance Committee regarding the Board of Directors' meeting fees, other remuneration and incentives, such as shares, option rights and/or special subscription rights, will be published on the Company's website, www.geosentric.com. The Board of Directors proposes the remuneration of the auditor to be paid according to a reasonable invoice. 1.5 Resolution on the number of the members of the Board of Directors and election of members of the Board of Directors The proposals by the Corporate Governance Committee regarding the number of the members of the Board of Directors and its composition will be published on the Company's website, www.geosentric.com. 1.6 Election of auditors The Board of Directors proposes to the Annual General Meeting to re-elect Ernst & Young Ltd., CPA Mr. Erkka Talvinko acting as its responsible auditor, as the Company's auditor and PricewaterhouseCoopers Ltd. as deputy auditor. 2. Amendment of the Articles of Association The Board of Directors proposes the Annual General Meeting to amend the paragraph's 7 provision on the notice of a General Meeting to the effect that the provisions on the publication date of the notice corresponds to the amended provisions of the Finnish Companies Act. 3. New financing and amendments to the Preferred Convertible Note 2009 issued by GeoSolutions Holdings N.V. and to the terms and conditions of the Convertible Bond Loan 2008-B Following the resolution of the Company's Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting on November 17, 2009, the subsidiary of the Company, GeoSolutions Holdings N.V. has on November 21, 2009 agreed to issue to selected investors preferred convertible notes (the “2009 Loan Notes”) in the amount of EUR 7.5 M and has agreed to issue further loan notes (the “New Loan Notes” and, together with the 2009 Loan Notes, the “Loan Notes”) up to the amount of EUR 6.0 M. According to their terms and conditions, the Loan Notes are convertible, at the investors' discretion, into the shares of GeoSolutions Holdings N.V. or of the Company. The Board of Directors proposes that the Annual General Meeting would approve the terms and conditions of the New Loan Notes and certain changes to the terms and conditions of the 2009 Loan Notes, including the conversion rate, as well as certain changes to the terms and conditions of the Convertible Bond Loan 2008-B, including placing security on the Convertible Bond Loan 2008-B and removing limitations on use of conversion right, but leaving the conversion rate as it is. The Board of Directors further proposes that the Annual General Meeting would approve the placing of the shares and assets of the Company and GeoSolutions Holdings N.V. and its subsidiaries as a first ranking security to the Loan Notes and the Convertible Bond Loan 2008-B. 4. Issuance of special subscription rights For the purpose of the conversion of the Loan Notes and the accrued interest into the shares of the Company, the Board of Directors proposes that the Annual General Meeting would issue special subscription rights, as defined in Chapter 10 Article 1 of the Finnish Companies Act, entitling to subscribe for new shares in the Company in consideration of the surrender of the Loan Notes, in whole or in part. The special subscription rights would be offered to selected investors subscribing for the Loan Notes, and the shareholders' pre-emptive rights would not be applied. With regard to the financial position of the Company and the difficulties that the Company has faced in seeking financing, the Board of Directors considers that there are weighty financial reasons justifying the issuance of special subscription rights in deviation from the shareholders' pre-emptive rights. 5. Authorizing the Board of Directors to decide on increasing share capital, and issue of shares, option rights and special rights entitling to shares The Board of Directors proposes that the Annual General Meeting would authorize the Board of Directors to decide upon issuance of new shares, option rights and/or special rights entitling to shares as defined in Chapter 10 Article 1 of the Finnish Companies Act, against or without payment, in one or more instalments. The authorization would entitle the Board of Directors to deviate from the pre-emptive right of shareholders and also accept set-off or other consideration in kind as a payment for the shares or special rights. The Board of Directors would have the right to decide the terms of any issuance by virtue of the authorization for all other parts. The authorizations would be valid for two (2) years from the date of the Annual General Meeting. The authorization would replace the existing authorization. In addition the Board proposes that the Annual General Meeting would decide to grant an authorization to the Board of Directors to decide upon the increase of the Company's share capital. The authorization would entitle to increase the share capital by means of using the Company's free equity capital. 6. Authorizing the Board of Directors to commence negotiations on divesting Company's mobile handset business. The Board of Directors proposes the Annual General Meeting to grant the Board an authorization to commence negotiations for divesting the Company's mobile handset business that is not in the focus area of the new strategy. The authorization would entitle the Board to negotiate and approve the deal terms at its discretion. Documents of the Annual General Meeting The above proposals by the Board of Directors, the financial statements, the report of the Board of Directors and the Auditors' report as well as this notice to the Annual General Meeting and other documents required to be kept available pursuant to the Companies Act and the Securities Market Act are available on GeoSentric Oyj's website on www.geosentric.com and at the Company's office in Salo, at the address Meriniitynkatu 11, 24100 Salo, Finland from June 9, 2010 onwards. The proposals by the Board of Directors and the financial statement documents are also available at the Annual General Meeting, and copies of them as well as this notice will be sent to shareholders on request. Total number of shares and votes On June 9, 2010, the date of the invitation to the General Annual Meeting, GeoSentric Oyj had 897,926,354 shares, which are all of the same series. Each share entitles its owner to 1 vote and accordingly the total number of votes by all shares is 897,926,354. Right to participate Shareholder, who has been registered in the Company's shareholder register, maintained by the Euroclear Finland Ltd (formerly the Finnish Central Securities Depository Ltd.), on June 17, 2010 has the right to participate in the Annual General Meeting. In order to attend the Annual General Meeting, shareholders who hold their shares under a name of a nominee must contact their custodian to be temporarily recorded in the shareholder register. The recording must be made effective no later than June 17, 2010. Notice of participation Shareholder that wishes to participate in the Annual General Meeting must notify his/her participation by June 24, 2010 at 12.00 at the latest to Company's head office by telephone +358 (0)20 7700800 (Minna Suokas), by telefax at +358 (0)2 7332633, in writing to GeoSentric Oyj, PL 84, 24101 Salo, Finland, or by email to msuokas@gypsii.com. Proxies are requested to be delivered by the end of the above registration period. 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 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 meeting, to be temporarily entered into the shareholders' register of the company at the latest on June 24, 2010 by 10.00 a.m. Proxy representative and powers of attorney Shareholders may participate in the Annual General Meeting and exercise their rights at the meeting by proxy representatives. The proxy representative of a shareholder must present a dated proxy document or give other reliable proof that he/she is entitled to represent the shareholder. If the shareholder participates in the Annual General Meeting by several proxy representatives who represent the shareholder with shares on separate securities accounts, the shares with which each representative represents the shareholder shall be notified in connection with the registration. Any proxy documents should be delivered as originals to the address GeoSentric Oyj, PL 84, 24101 Salo, Finland to the attention of Ms. Minna Suokas, before the above registration period expires. Right to request information Pursuant to Chapter 5, Section 25 of the Companies Act, shareholders present at the Annual General Meeting have the right to request information on matters dealt with by the meeting. GEOSENTRIC OYJ Board of Directors Distribution: NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Principal news media |
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