LASSILA & TIKANOJA PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 28 FEBRUARY 2006
LASSILA & TIKANOJA PLC: NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
The shareholders of Lassila & Tikanoja plc are invited to attend the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders which will be held on Thursday, 23 March 2006 at 4 p.m. at the Finlandia Hall, Mannerheimintie 13 e, Helsinki.
The following issues pertaining to the annual general meeting of shareholders under article 14 of the articles of association will be on the agenda of the meeting.
Composition of the Board of Directors and the auditors
Shareholders who together represent over 40% of all votes attached to Lassila & Tikanoja shares, have announced to the Company that they will propose to the Annual General Meeting that the number of Board members be confirmed as five (5) and that the following present Board members be re-elected to the Board until the end of the following AGM: Heikki Hakala, Lasse Kurkilahti, Juhani Lassila, Juhani Maijala and Soili Suonoja, and that PricewaterhouseCoopers, Authorised Public Accountants, be elected Auditors of the Company until the end of the following AGM. All the nominees have given their consent.
Documents for the meeting
The Financial Statements will be available to shareholders from 16 March 2006 onwards at the head office of the Company in Helsinki at Hopeatie 2. Copies of the documents will be sent to shareholders on request. The Annual Report will be mailed to the shareholders.
Right to attend the meeting
Shareholders who were entered in the Company shareholder register maintained by the Finnish Central Securities Depository Ltd on 13 March 2006 are entitled to attend the Annual General Meeting.
Shareholders whose shares have not been transferred to the book-entry system are also entitled to attend the Annual General Meeting provided that they were registered in the shareholder register of the Lassila & Tikanoja plc demerged on 30 September 2001 (business ID 0110679-8) before 1 November 1993. In such cases, shareholders must present their share certificates at the Annual General Meeting or otherwise demonstrate that title to the shares has not been transferred to the book-entry account.
Notification
Shareholders who wish to attend the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders shall notify the Company not later than on Wednesday 15 March 2006 at 4 p.m. by telephone to +358 10 636 2882/Taru Määttä, by writing to the following address: Lassila & Tikanoja plc, P.O. Box 28, 00441 Helsinki, by fax to +358 10 636 2899 or by e-mail to the address taru.maatta@lassila-tikanoja.fi. Any proxies shall be sent to the above mailing address by the end of the notification period.
Payment of the dividend
The Board of Directors proposes to the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders that a dividend of EUR 0.40 per share be paid for the year 2005 on the basis of the balance sheet adopted. The dividend decided on by the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders will be paid to a shareholder registered in the Company shareholder register maintained by the Finnish Central Securities Depository Ltd on the record day 28 March 2006. The Board of Directors proposes to the Annual General Meeting that the dividend be paid on 4 April 2006.
Helsinki, 28 February 2006
LASSILA & TIKANOJA PLC
Board of Directors
Jari Sarjo
President and CEO
For additional information please contact Mr. Jari Sarjo, President and CEO, tel. +358 10 636 2810.