eQ CORPORATION STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 6.7.2007 AT 2.15 [p.m.]
NOTICE TO CONVENE TO EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
(Translation from Finnish language original)
The shareholders of eQ Corporation are hereby invited to attend the
Extraordinary General Meeting to be held on Wednesday, July 25, 2007 at 9.00
a.m. at the company headquarters, address Mannerheiminaukio 1 A, Helsinki.
Listing of the attendants will begin at 8.30 a.m.
The following matters will be handled at the Meeting:
1. Decision on the number of members of the Board of Directors
2. Decision of the members of the Board of Directors
Straumur-Burdaras Investment Bank hf (“Straumur-Burdaras”) has acquired
over 96 per cent of the shares in eQ resulting from sale and purchase agreements
dated 21 May 2007 and acquisition of eQ shares in public trading after entering
into the said agreements and the mandatory tender offer for all the shares and
option rights in eQ, which was completed on 3 July.
Straumur-Burdaras has notified the Board of Directors of eQ to convene an
Extraordinary General Meeting to decide the number of members in the Board of
Directors and the election of the members of the Board of Directors.
Straumur-Burdaras will present the following draft resolutions to the
Extraordinary General Meeting:
The number of members of the Board of Directors will be four (4) and the Board
members will be elected for the term that will continue until the end of the
following Annual General Meeting. The proposed members of the Board of Directors
are the current members of the Board Antti Pankakoski and Petteri Walldén and as
new members of the Board William Fall and Antti Mäkinen. The proposed persons
have given their consent to such election and have informed the company of their
support for William Fall as the Chairman of the Board.
Right to attend the Annual General Meeting
A shareholder is entitled to attend the Extraordinary General Meeting provided
that he has no later than July 13, 2007 entered as a shareholder in the
shareholder register of the company held by the Finnish Central Securities
Depository Ltd. or if he is entitled there under Chapter 3, Section 2, and
Subsection 1 of the Companies Act.
The nominee-registered shareholders shall inform the custodians at the latest on
July 13, 2007 to be included in the list of the company's shareholders drawn up
for the Annual General Meeting.
Registration
A shareholder who wishes to attend the Extraordinary General Meeting shall
inform the company thereof at the latest on July 18, 2007 by 4.00 p.m. either by
written notice to the address eQ Corporation/Annukka Hirn, Mannerheiminaukio 1
A, 00100 Helsinki, by fax to number (09) 6817 8463 or by e-mail to ir@eQ.fi. The
notice should arrive before the period of notice ends. Any proxies should be
delivered to the company within the registration period.
Information
Copies of the draft resolutions as well as other documents related thereto as
required by the Companies Act will be held available at the company
headquarters, Mannerheiminaukio 1 A, 00100 Helsinki as of July 18, 2007, and at
the Extraordinary General Meeting. Copies of these documents will be sent to the
shareholders at request.
Helsinki, July 6, 2007
eQ Corporation
The Board
For further information:
Antti Mäkinen tel. +358 9 6817 8686
CEO gsm. +358 50 561 1501
eQ Corporation e-mail antti.makinen@eQ.fi
Distribution:
Helsinki Stock Exchange
www.eQ.fi
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