Vaisala Oyj Stock Exchange Announcement 24.2.2003 at 10.45 1(2)
The Annual General Meeting of Vaisala Oyj will be held on Wednesday 19 March 2003, at 5 p.m. at the company's head office, Vanha Nurmijärventie 21, Vantaa, Finland.
The following items will be on the agenda in the Annual General Meeting:
1) the items specified in Article 13 of the Articles of Association,
2) the Board's proposal for re-approval of warrants granted in year 2000.
The Annual General Meeting 2000 of Vaisala Oyj (9 March 2000) made on a decision to issue warrants to the key personnel of the Vaisala Group and to a wholly-owned subsidiary of Vaisala Oyj. The decision of the Annual General Meeting on the warrants was registered in the Trade Register 22 March 2000. The full amount of warrants has been subscribed to according to the terms and conditions of the warrants. Because deficiencies have been found in the trade register entry of Vaisala Oyj's warrants of year 2000, the Board of Directors proposes to the Annual General Meeting that it would decide that the decision of the Annual General Meeting 2000, dated 9 March 2000, would be effective despite deficient Trade Register entry.
Shareholders who are registered in the company's share register maintained by the Finnish Central Securities Depository Ltd by 7 March 2003 may attend the Annual General meeting. Shareholders whose shares have not been transferred to the book-entry securities system may also attend the Annual General Meeting provided that such shareholders were registered in the company's share register before 21 October 1994. In
such cases, shareholders must present evidence that their shareholding rights have not been transferred to the book-entry securities system.
Documents relating to financial statements and the Board's proposals to the Annual General Meeting are available as copies for the shareholders to see at the company's head office in Vantaa, Vanha Nurmijärventie 21, for a week before the Annual General Meeting. On request, copies will sent to shareholders.
Shareholders wishing to attend the Annual General Meeting must notify the company no later than 4 p.m. on Monday 10 March 2003. Notification can be made either by letter addressed to Vaisala Oyj, Nina Andersin, P.O.Box 26, FIN-00421 Helsinki, Finland, by telefax to +358 9 8949 2206, by e-mail at nina.andersin@vaisala.com, or by telephone on weekdays between 9 to 12 a.m., tel. +358 9 8949 2201. Letter authorizing a proxy to vote on behalf of a shareholder should be sent to the company before expiry of the notification.
Vantaa, February 14, 2002
Vaisala Oyj
Board of Directors
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Further information:
Tapio Engström, Finance Director
+358 9 8949 2215 or +358 400 716 732
Tiina Hansson, Communications Director
+358 9 8949 2728 or +358 40 730 3751
Vaisala Oyj
Distribution:
Helsinki Exchanges