Ixonos - Notice to general meeting

INVITATION TO THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

IXONOS PLC   Stock Exchange Release   12 March 2008		                         
INVITATION TO THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING                                        

The shareholders of Ixonos Plc are invited to the Annual General Meeting to be  
held on 3 April 2008 at 5.00 pm at Opus Business Park, auditorium Aida,         
Hitsaajankatu 20, 00810 Helsinki, i.e. the same address as the company's main   
office. The following items are on agenda:                                     

1. The issues pertaining to the Annual General Meeting pursuant to article 3 in 
chapter 5 of the Companies Act                                                  

2. The authorization of the Board of Directors to decide on a share issue       

The Board of Directors proposes that the General Meeting authorizes the Board to
decide on issuing up to 1,750,000 shares in one or more issues. The Board's     
decision may concern either new shares or existing shares possibly held by the  
company. The Board proposes that the authorization be used to finance or        
implement any corporate acquisitions or other arrangements, or for other        
purposes decided by the Board. The Board proposes that the authorization        
includes the right of the Board to decide on all terms and conditions of the    
share issue, including the recipients of the shares and the compensation to be  
paid. Thus the authorization also includes the right to directed share issues,  
i.e. the right to deviate from the shareholders' pre-emptive right, under       
conditions laid down by law. It is proposed that the authorization is effective 
until the next Annual General Meeting, expiring on 30 June 2009 at the latest.  

3. The authorization of the Board of Directors to acquire the company's own     
shares                                                                          

The Board proposes that the Annual General Meeting authorizes the Board to      
decide on the acquisition of no more than 888,700 of the company's own shares,  
provided that the company and its subsidiaries at no time hold more than 10 per 
cent of the company's registered shares. The company may acquire its own shares 
to develop the capital structure, to finance corporate acquisitions or other    
structural arrangements or to be otherwise conveyed or cancelled. The minimum   
purchasing price for such shares is the lowest market price quoted in public    
trading during the authorization period and the maximum purchasing price is the 
highest price quoted in public trading during the authorization period. The     
Board of Directors will decide on the means of acquisition of such shares and on
the other terms and conditions. The acquisition may deviate from the            
shareholders' pre-emptive rights to acquire the Company's shares (targeted      
acquisition), provided that weighty financial grounds exist. Under this         
authorization, own shares may only be acquired using non-restricted equity. Thus
such share acquisitions will reduce the company's distributable non-restricted  
equity. It is proposed that the authorization is effective until the next Annual
General Meeting, expiring on 30 June 2009 at the latest.                        

4. The Board of Directors´ proposal to decrease the premium fund                

The Board proposes that the premium fund in the balance sheet as of 31 December 
2007 be reduced by EUR 4,511,774.54. The reduced amount is to be transferred to 
the invested non-restricted equity fund. After the reduction, the amount of     
premium fund in the balance sheet as of 31 December 2007 is zero. A public      
notice to creditors shall take place in accordance with the Companies Act prior 
to the registration of the reduction of the premium fund.                       

5. Composition of the board of directors and remunerations                      

The company's Nomination Committee proposes the Board of Directors should have  
six (6) members and that the current Board, Tero Laaksonen, Eero Hurme, Esko    
Siik, Matti Järvinen and Matti Makkonen, should be elected to continue, and that
Markku Toivanen should be elected as new member of the Board. The Nomination    
Committee proposes that the remuneration paid to the Chairman of the Board is   
EUR 30,000 per year and EUR 300 per meeting, to the Deputy Chairman of the Board
EUR 16,000 per year and EUR 150 per meeting, and to other Members EUR 12,500 per
year and EUR 150 per meeting. The remuneration for meetings of Board Committees 
is proposed to be EUR 150 per meeting.                                          

6. Election of auditors and remuneration                                        

The Board proposes that the company's current auditor, Pricewaterhouse Coopers  
Oy, Authorized Public Accounting Firm, be re-elected and that reasonable        
auditor's fees be paid against invoice.                                         

7. Election of members to the Nomination Committee and remuneration             

According to the Corporate Governance code determined by the Board, the         
Nomination Committee comprises two (2) Members named by the Board and two (2)   
representatives of the shareholders, named by the Annual General Meeting, of    
whom one acts as Chairman of the Nomination Committee. Shareholders who         
represent about 33,6 per cent of the company's shares and votes propose that the
Annual General Meeting elects Paul Ehrnrooth of Turret Oy and Peter Ramsay of   
Special Mutual Fund Avenir to the Nomination Committee. As compensation,        
Ehrnrooth and Ramsay would receive the same remuneration as the Nomination      
Committee members appointed by the Board of Directors.                          

8. The Boards proposition to use the profit shown in the balance sheet          

The Board proposes that of the profit for the financial period a dividend of EUR
0.18 per share be distributed to the shareholders, and that the remaining profit
be carried over in shareholders' equity. The dividends shall be distributed to  
the shares that are registered on the company's shareholders list maintained by 
the Finnish Central Securities Depositary on the balance day 8 April 2008. The  
Board proposes that the dividend be paid on 16 April 2008.                      

DISPLAY OF DOCUMENTS, RIGHT TO ATTEND, AND REGISTRATION                         

The financial statement documents, the report by the Board of Directors and the 
auditors' report, as well as the above proposals by the Board of Directors will 
be displayed in their entirety for one week preceding the Annual General Meeting
at the company's main office, Hitsaajankatu 20, 00810 Helsinki, and on the      
company's website http://www.ixonos.com/en/investors. Shareholders may request  
copies of the above documents by emailing to aila.mettala@ixonos.com or by phone
+358 424 2231/ Aila Mettälä. 

Those shareholders who have been registered on 20 March 2008 in the company's   
shareholder register maintained by the Finnish Central Securities Depositary,   
and who have announced their participation to the company as stated below, have 
the right to attend the Annual General Meeting. Holders of nominee-registered   
shares intending to participate in the Annual General Meeting should notify     
their custodian on 20 March 2008, at the latest, in order to be registered on   
the company's shareholders' list as temporary shareholder.                      

To have the right to attend the General Meeting, shareholders must notify the   
company no later than Friday 28 March 2008 at 4.00 pm either via the Internet by
completing the registration form on the company's website http://www.ixonos.com 
or by email to yhtiokokous@ixonos.com or by ground mail to Ixonos Plc/General   
Meeting, P.O. BOX 284, FI-00811 Helsinki, or by fax to +358 2060 50223. Any     
proxies must arrive by the end of the registration period on 28 March 2008 by   
4.00 pm at the address: Ixonos Plc/General Meeting, Hitsaajankatu 20, P.O. Box  
284, FI-00811 Helsinki, or to fax number +358 2060 50223, or at the meeting     
place before the start of the meeting.                                          

In Helsinki on 12 March 2008                                                    

IXONOS PLC                                                                      
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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