Lassila & Tikanoja - Notice to general meeting

Lassila & Tikanoja plc: Notice to the Annual General Meeting

Helsinki, Finland, 2014-02-05 07:05 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lassila & Tikanoja
plc   Stock exchange release   5 February 2014 8.05 a.m. 

Notice is given to the shareholders of Lassila & Tikanoja plc of the Annual
General Meeting to be held on Wednesday 19 March 2014 at 4 pm in Valkea talo,
at the address of Ilkantie 4, Haaga, 00400 Helsinki. The reception of persons
who have registered for the meeting and the distribution of the voting tickets
will commence at 3 pm. 

A. Matters on the agenda of the Annual General Meeting

1. Opening of the meeting

2. Calling the meeting to order

3. Election of persons to scrutinize the minutes and to supervise the counting
of votes 

4. Recording the legality of the meeting

5. Recording the attendance at the meeting and the list of votes

6. Presentation of the financial statements and consolidated financial
statements, the report of the Board of Directors and the Auditor's report for
the year 2013 

Review by the President and CEO.

7. Adoption of the financial statements and consolidated financial statements

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 a dividend
of EUR 0.50 per share be paid on the basis of the balance sheet to be adopted
for the financial year 2013. The dividend will be paid to a shareholder who is
registered in the Company's shareholders' register maintained by Euroclear
Finland Ltd on the record date for dividend payment, 24 March 2014. The Board
of Directors proposes to the Annual General Meeting that the dividend be paid
on 31 March 2014. 

When considering the proposal made for the Annual General Meeting on asset
distribution, the Board of Directors of the Company has taken into account the
payment of extra dividend and additional capital repayment decided by the
Extraordinary General Meeting on 18 November 2013. 

9. Resolution on the discharge of the members of the Board of Directors and the
President and CEO from liability 

10. Resolution on the remuneration of the members of the Board of Directors

Shareholders representing more than 20 % of all shares and votes of the Company
have announced their intention to propose to the Annual General Meeting that
the annual fees of the members of the Board of Directors be kept unchanged, and
thus, that the following fees be paid: 

-    Chairman EUR 46,250 per annum;

-    Vice Chairman EUR 30,500 per annum; and

-    members EUR 25,750 per annum.

It is proposed that the fees would be paid so that 40 % of the annual fee is
paid in Lassila & Tikanoja plc's shares held by the Company or, if this is not
feasible, in Company's shares acquired from the markets, and 60 % is paid in
cash. Shares are to be conveyed to the Board members and, where necessary,
acquired directly from the market on behalf of Board members within the next
fourteen trading days that are free from restrictions on trading, from the
Annual General Meeting. 

In addition, the following meeting fees are proposed: Chairman EUR 1,000, Vice
Chairman EUR 700 and each member EUR 500 per meeting. Pursuant to the proposal,
meeting fees would also be paid to the Chairman and to the members of the
committees established by the Board as follows: Chairman EUR 700 and members
EUR 500 per meeting. 

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

The shareholders mentioned above have announced that they will propose to the
Annual General Meeting that the number of Board members be confirmed as six
(6). 

12. Election of members of the Board of Directors

The shareholders mentioned above have announced that they will propose to the
Annual General Meeting that for the term lasting until the close of the next
Annual General Meeting the present Board members Heikki Bergholm, Eero
Hautaniemi, Hille Korhonen, Sakari Lassila and Miikka Maijala be re-elected to
the Board, and that Ms. Laura Lares would be elected as a new member of the
Board of Directors. 

Ms. Laura Lares (born 1966) has a Ph.D in technology. Since 2012 she has been
Managing Director of Woimistamo Oy, prior to which she was Managing Director of
Kalevala Koru Oy and Lapponia Jewelry Oy during 2007 - 2012. Prior to this, she
has worked i.a. as Vice President Sales Director of Wood Products Division as
well as Vice President Business Development & HR Director within UPM-Kymmene
Corporation during the years 2004 - 2006. 

13. Resolution on the number of the auditors

The Board's Audit Committee proposes to the Annual General Meeting that one
ordinary auditor be elected for the Company, which shall be a firm of
authorised public accountants, and that no deputy auditor be elected. 

14. Resolution on the remuneration of the auditor

The Board's Audit Committee proposes to the Annual General Meeting that the
auditor's remuneration be paid in accordance with an invoice approved by the
Company. 

15. Election of Auditor

The Board's Audit Committee proposes to the Annual General Meeting that KPMG Oy
Ab, Authorised Public Accountants, be re-elected as the Company's auditor. KPMG
Oy Ab has announced that it will appoint Lasse Holopainen, Authorised Public
Accountant, as the principally responsible auditor of the Company. 

16. Authorising the Board of Directors to decide on the repurchase of the
Company's own shares 

The Board of Directors proposes to the General Meeting that the Board of
Directors be authorised to decide on the repurchase of the Company's own shares
under the following terms and conditions: 

By virtue of the authorisation, the Board of Directors is authorised to
repurchase a maximum of 2,000,000 Company's own shares using the Company's
non-restricted equity. This number of shares corresponds to approximately 5.2 %
of the Company's total number of shares on the date of the notice to the
meeting. 

The Company's own shares will be repurchased otherwise than in proportion to
the existing shareholdings of the Company's shareholders through trading on
regulated market organized by NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd (“Stock Exchange”) at the
market price quoted at the time of the repurchase. Shares will be acquired and
paid for in accordance with the rules of the Stock Exchange and Euroclear
Finland Ltd. 

The purpose of the share repurchase is to develop the Company's capital
structure and/or to use the shares as consideration in potential acquisitions,
other business arrangements, as part of the Company's share-based incentive
programme, or to finance investments. The repurchased shares may either be held
by the Company, or cancelled or conveyed. 

The Board of Directors shall decide on other terms and conditions related to
the share repurchase. The share repurchase authorisation shall be valid for 18
months. 

17. Authorising the Board of Directors to decide on the share issue and the
issuance of special rights entitling to shares 

The Board of Directors proposes that the General Meeting authorises the Board
of Directors to decide, in one or more instalments, on issuance of new shares
or shares possibly held by the Company through share issue and/or issuance of
option rights or other special rights entitling to shares, referred to in
Chapter 10, Section 1 of the Finnish Companies Act, so that by virtue of the
authorisation altogether 2,000,000 shares may be issued and/or conveyed at the
maximum. This number of shares corresponds to approximately 5.2 % of the
Company's total number of shares on the date of the notice to the meeting. 

It is proposed that the authorisation be used for the financing or execution of
potential acquisitions or other arrangements or investments relating to the
Company's business, for the implementation of the Company's incentive scheme or
for other purposes subject to the Board of Directors' decision. 

It is proposed that the authorisation entitles the Board of Directors to decide
on all terms and conditions of the share issue and the issuance of special
rights referred to in Chapter 10, Section 1 of the Finnish Companies Act. The
authorisation thus includes the right to issue shares also in a proportion
other than that of the shareholders' current shareholdings in the Company under
the conditions provided in law, the right to issue shares against payment or
without charge as well as the right to decide on a share issue without payment
to the Company itself, subject to the provisions of the Finnish Companies Act
on the maximum amount of treasury shares. 

It is proposed that the authorisation would be valid for 18 months.

18. Closing of the meeting

B. Documents of the Annual General Meeting

This notice, which includes the proposals of the Board of Directors in their
entirety, is available on Lassila & Tikanoja plc's website at
www.lassila-tikanoja.com. The financial statements of Lassila & Tikanoja plc,
the report of the Board of Directors and the Auditor's report are available on
the above-mentioned website no later than 26 February 2014. The above-mentioned
documents are also available at the meeting. The minutes of the meeting will be
available on the above-mentioned website as from 2 April 2014 at the latest. 

C. Instructions for the participants in the Annual General Meeting

1. Shareholders registered in the shareholders' register

Each shareholder, who is registered on 7 March 2014 in the Company's
shareholders' register 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
Company's shareholders' register. 

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 Friday 14 March 2014 at 4 pm by giving a prior notice
of participation. Such notice can be given: 

a) via the Company website www.lassila-tikanoja.com

b) by telephone at +358 20 770 6876 on weekdays during 9.00 am - 4.00 pm, or

c) by regular mail to Lassila & Tikanoja plc, Taru Enrot, P.O. Box 28, 00441
Helsinki, Finland. 

In connection with the registration, a shareholder shall notify his/her name,
personal identification number/company 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 Lassila & Tikanoja plc is used only in connection with the Annual
General Meeting and with the 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 7
March 2014 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 temporarily registered into the shareholders' register
held by Euroclear Finland Ltd at the latest by 14 March 2014, by 10:00 am. As
regards 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 temporary registration in the Company's
shareholders' register, the issuing of proxy documents and registration for the
Annual General Meeting from his/her custodian bank. The account manager of the
custodian bank shall register a holder of nominee registered shares, who wants
to participate in the Annual General Meeting, temporarily into the Company's
shareholders' register 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. 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 originals to Lassila & Tikanoja
plc, Taru Enrot, P.O. Box 28, FI-00441 Helsinki, Finland before the last date
for registration. 

4. Other information

Pursuant to chapter 5, section 25 of the Finnish 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. 

On the date of this notice of the Annual General Meeting 4 February 2014, the
total number of shares and votes in Lassila & Tikanoja plc is 38,798,874. 



Helsinki, 4 February 2014



LASSILA & TIKANOJA PLC

Board of Directors



Pekka Ojanpää
President and CEO



For additional information, please contact Pekka Ojanpää, President and CEO,
tel. +358 10 636 2810. 


Lassila & Tikanoja is a service company that is transforming the consumer
society into an efficient recycling society. In co-operation with our customers
we are reducing waste volumes, extending the useful lives of properties,
recovering materials and decreasing the use of raw materials and energy. We
help our customers to focus on their core business and to save the environment.
Together, we create well-being and jobs. With operations in Finland, Sweden,
Latvia and Russia, L&T employs 9,000 persons. Net sales in 2012 amounted to EUR
668.2 million. L&T is listed on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki. 



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