Notice to the Amer Sports Corporation Extraordinary General Meeting
(Thomson Reuters ONE) - STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASESeptember 1, 2009 at 9:30 amShareholders of Amer Sports Corporation (the "Company") are herebysummoned to the Company's Extraordinary General Meeting to be held at10:00 am on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at its headquarters atMäkelänkatu 91, Helsinki, Finland. The reception of persons who haveregistered for the meeting and the distribution of voting ticketswill commence at 9:30 am.A. THE FOLLOWING MATTERS WILL BE ON THE AGENDA OF THE MEETING:1. Opening of the meeting2. Calling the meeting to order3. Election of persons to scrutinize the minutes and to supervise thecounting of votes4. Recording the legality of the meeting5. Recording the attendance at the meeting and adoption of the listof votes6. Authorizing the board of directors to resolve to issue sharesThe Board of Directors proposes that the Extraordinary GeneralMeeting authorizes the Board of Directors to undertake a share issuefor consideration in which the shareholders shall be entitled tosubscribe for new shares in proportion to their prior shareholding.In accordance with the proposal, the Board of Directors would havethe right to decide upon the offering to parties determined by theBoard of Directors of any shares that may remain unsubscribed forpursuant to the shareholders' preemptive subscription rights. Amaximum amount of 150 000 000 new shares may be issued in the shareissue. The Board of Directors will be authorized to determine theother terms and conditions of the share issue.The authorization of the Board of Directors to issue shares shall bein force until December 31, 2009 and it does not revoke the shareissue authorization given by the Annual General Meeting on March 5,2009.7. Closing of the meetingB. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERALMEETING1. Documents for the Extraordinary General MeetingThe Board of Directors' proposal regarding the share issueauthorization, this notice and other documents required by theFinnish Companies Act and the Finnish Securities Markets Act areavailable for inspection by shareholders as at the Company's web siteat www.amersports.com/offering2009 as of the date of this notice.Copies of the documents will be sent to shareholders upon request,and they will also be available at the Extraordinary General Meeting.2. Right of attendance and registrationShareholders, who are registered on the register of the Company'sshareholders maintained by Euroclear Finland Ltd on the record dateof the meeting, September 11, 2009, are entitled to attend theExtraordinary General Meeting. A shareholder, whose shares have beenrecorded in his/her personal book-entry account, is registered in theCompany's shareholders' register.Shareholders wishing to participate in the Extraordinary GeneralMeeting, should register for the Extraordinary General Meeting,through a notice of participation. Registration starts on September2, 2009 at 9:00 am and ends on September 18, 2009 at 4:00 pm Finnishtime (GMT +2). Notification of participation can be made via thefollowing ways:by email, to amersports(at)yhteyspalvelut.elisa.fi; by telephone(+358) 9 7257 8320; or by sending a letter to Amer SportsCorporation, Share Register, P.O. Box 130, FI-00601 Helsinki.The notification of participation must arrive within the registrationperiod.In connection with the registration, a shareholder shall notifyhis/her/its name, personal identification number/ business ID,address, telephone number and the name of a possible assistant,authorized representative or statutory representative. The personaldata given to the Company will be used only in connection with theExtraordinary General Meeting and the processing of relatedregistration.Pursuant to Chapter 5, Section 25 of the Finnish Companies Act, ashareholder who is present at the Extraordinary General Meeting hasthe right to present questions with respect to the matters to beconsidered at the meeting.3. Proxy representative and powers of attorneyA shareholder may participate in the Extraordinary General Meetingand exercise his/her rights at the meeting by way of proxyrepresentation. Any proxy representative will be required to producea dated proxy document or otherwise in a reliable manner demonstratehis/her right to represent the shareholder at the ExtraordinaryGeneral Meeting.If the shareholder's shares are recorded in more than one book-entrysecurities account, the shareholder has the right to use a differentproxy representative for each book-entry securities account. In suchcase, in connection with the registration, the shareholder must alsostate those shares which each different proxy representativerepresents.Proxy documents should be delivered in original to the abovementioned address of the Company before the last date forregistration.4. Holders of nominee registered sharesA shareholder holding nominee registered shares and wishing to attendthe Extraordinary General Meeting, should be notified for temporaryentry into the shareholders' register of the Company on September 17,2009, at the latest, provided that the shareholder had the right, onthe basis of the same shares, to be recorded in the shareholders'register of the Company on the record date of the meeting, September11, 2009. A notification regarding temporary entry of a holder ofnominee registered shares into the shareholders' register of theCompany is regarded as a notice of participation in the ExtraordinaryGeneral Meeting.A holder of nominee registered shares is advised to request necessaryinstructions regarding the registration in the shareholders' registerof the Company, the issuing of proxy documents and the registrationfor the Extraordinary General Meeting, from his/her custodian bank.5. Other instructions and informationOn the date of this notice to the Extraordinary General Meeting s,September 1, 2009, the total number of shares and votes in theCompany was 73,045,551.Helsinki, September 1, 2009AMER SPORTS CORPORATIONBoard of DirectorsAMER SPORTS CORPORATIONCommunicationsMs Maarit MikkonenCommunications ManagerTel. +358 9 7257 8306, e-mail: maarit.mikkonen(at)amersports.comwww.amersports.comDISTRIBUTION:NASDAQ OMX HelsinkiMajor mediawww.amersports.comAMER SPORTS CORPORATIONAmer Sports (www.amersports.com) is the world's leading sportsequipment company with internationally recognized brands, includingSalomon, Wilson, Precor, Atomic, Suunto, Mavic and Arc'teryx. AllAmer Sports companies develop and manufacture technically advancedproducts that improve the performance of active sports participants.The Group's business is balanced by its broad portfolio of sports andpresence in all major markets.http://hugin.info/3020/R/1338525/319403.pdfThis announcement was originally distributed by Hugin. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
Datum: 01.09.2009 - 08:32 Uhr
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