AS Kalev subsidiary AS Kalev Paide Tootmine and its subsidiary Tere AS entered into a merger agreement on 30 Oct 2008 in which the merger between the parties was agreed so that Tere AS (the acquiring company) would merge with AS Kalev Paide Tootmine (the company being acquired). The company being acquired shall be considered wound-up upon completion of the merger proceedings. Upon merger, the company being acquired shall assign all of its assets to the acquiring company. The balance sheet date shall be 1 December 2008. The Tere AS shares transferred to AS Kalev in the course of the merger shall grant the right to a share of profits in the acquiring company from the moment that the merger is entered into the Commercial Register. The acquiring company, Tere AS, grants to the shareholder of the company being acquired, AS Kalev, precisely the same rights that the shareholder of the acquiring company holds under law and articles of association. The members of the management board and supervisory board participating in the merger will not be granted any special advantages in connection with the merger. The members of the management board and supervisory board of Tere AS shall remain the same - the managing director of Tere AS is Ülo Kivine and the members of the supervisory board are Oliver Kruuda, Taavi Toots and Allan Viirma. Upon merger, the entire share capital of the company being acquired will be replaced with the share capital of the acquiring company. The replacement ratio of the shares is such that AS Kalev will receive 8,000,000 Tere AS shares in exchange for its 42,974,324 shares in AS Kalev Paide Tootmine. After the merger, the share capital of the acquiring company will be 80,000,000 kroons and all 8,000,000 shares of the acquiring company with a nominal value of 10 kroons (0.64 EUR), which forms 100% of the shares of the acquiring company, shall belong to AS Kalev. AS Kalev Paide Tootmine acquired 100% of the shares of Tere AS under a contract of sale entered into on 29 September 2008. The sales transaction was completed on 17 October 2008. Information on the financial data for Tere AS was released by AS Kalev in its press release of 29 September 2008. The abovementioned merger shall not have an influence on the share price of AS Kalev as in essence two AS Kalev subsidiaries operating in the same field are being merged and there will be no material change in the issuer's economic activity. The parties to the merger agreement are related persons with respect to AS Kalev for the purposes of the Tallinn Stock Exchange rules. Allan Viirma Head of the legal service 688 6616
Conclusion of merger agreement
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