ROCLA OYJ STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE NOVEMBER 7, 2008 9.00 am
INVITATION TO THE GENERAL MEETING OF THE SHAREHOLDERS OF ROCLA OYJ
The shareholders of Rocla Oyj are invited to the Extraordinary General Meeting
that will be held on Monday, December 1, 2008 at 5.00 p.m. at Rocla Oyj's Head
Office (address: Jampankatu 2, 04440 Järvenpää).
MEETING AGENDA
1. Presentation of the public tender offer made by Mitsubishi Caterpillar
Forklift Europe B.V. (”MCFE”).
The Board of Directors recommends that the shareholders accept the public tender
offer made by MCFE and acquaint themselves with the documents relating to the
offer.
2. The removal of paragraph 12 (redemption obligation) from the Articles of
Association.
The Board of Directors proposes that the general meeting of shareholders decides
upon the removal of paragraph 12 (redemption obligation) from the Articles of
Association of the Company. The removal of the paragraph 12 concerning the
redemption obligation would be conditional upon the completion of MCFE's public
tender offer in accordance with the terms and conditions of the public tender
offer. The reason for the removal of paragraph 12 is the combination agreement
by and between Rocla and MCFE, in which the conditional removal of the
redemption clause has been agreed upon.
THE DOCUMENTS CONCERNING THE PUBLIC TENDER OFFER
The documents concerning the public tender offer and the Articles of Association
will be available to the shareholders in the Company's website.
THE RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETING
Shareholders who have registered their holdings in the share register kept by
the Finnish Central Securities Depositary Ltd. by the record-date November 21,
2008 are entitled to participate in the meeting. In order to participate in the
meeting, Shareholders with nominee-registered shares must contact their bank,
broker or other custodian to be temporarily recorded in the Register of
Shareholders on November 21 2008.
NOTIFICATION
Shareholders who wish to participate in the Extraordinary General Meeting should
notify the Company of their intention to do so by November 24, 2008 before 4
p.m. (Finnish time) either in writing, by telephone or by telefax message. The
address is: Rocla Oyj, Extraordinary General Meeting, P.O.Box 88, 04401
Järvenpää, Finland. The telephone number is +358 20 778 1423/Ms Piia Jokela and
the fax number is +358 20 778 1475. Notification of participation in the
Extraordinary General Meeting can also be submitted by e-mail to:
piia.jokela@rocla.com. The notification of participation by e-mail, mail or by
telefax should arrive at the Company before the end of the notification period.
Proxies entitling to exercise shareholders' rights at the meeting should be
forwarded to the Company by the notification date.
At Järvenpää, November 7, 2008
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS