Notice of AGM

 

TIDMIIN 
 
RNS Number : 9359S 
Inion Oy 
28 May 2009 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Inion Oy 
("Inion or the "Company") 
 
 
Notice of AGM 
 
 
Tampere, Finland and Guildford, UK. 28 May 2009. The shareholders of INION Oy 
are hereby invited to the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of INION Oy to be held on 
30 June 2009 at 11.00 a.m. (Finnish time) at the company's headquarters at 
Lääkärinkatu 2, Tampere, FI-33520, Finland. Attendees are invited to arrive for 
registration from 10.00 a.m. (Finnish time). 
 
 
The meeting will consider the following matters: 
 
 
1. MATTERS BELONGING TO THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH 12 § OF 
THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION 
 
 
Proposal of the Board of Directors regarding the distribution of profits 
 
 
The Board of Directors proposes that no dividend shall be paid from the 
financial year ended 31 December 2008. 
 
 
Board of Directors 
 
 
In accordance with the recommendation of the Nomination Committee of the 
Company, the Board of Directors proposes that the number of Directors shall be 
seven (7); and that Ian Paling, David Anderson, James Beery, Julien Cotta, Peter 
Jensen, Chris Lee and Markku Silén of the current Directors shall be elected as 
Directors. 
 
 
2. AMENDMENT OF THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION 
 
 
The Board of Directors proposes that provision 11 shall be amended. 
 
 
The main content of the proposal is that the notice period for extraordinary 
general meetings shall be extended from seventeen (17) days to twenty one (21) 
days and as regards Finland, the meeting notice will be published only in one 
(1) daily newspaper published in Finland instead of two (2) different 
newspapers. 
 
 
The meeting materials 
 
 
The complete proposals by the Board of Directors and other documents required by 
the Companies Act are on display for the shareholders' inspection during a 
period of one week before the meeting on the company's website at the address 
www.inion.com and also at the company's headquarters in Tampere at Lääkärinkatu 
2, FI-33520 Tampere, Finland. Copies of the documents are sent to the 
shareholder upon request. 
 
The right to attend the meeting 
 
 
Only those shareholders who are registered as shareholders of the company in the 
company's register of shareholders kept by Euroclear Finland Ltd (formerly the 
Finnish Central Securities Depository Ltd) on 19 June 2009 will be entitled to 
attend the AGM (in person or by proxy). 
 
 
Notice of attendance 
 
 
A shareholder who wishes to attend the AGM, either in person or by proxy, must 
give notice to the company by 26 June 2009 at 4.30 p.m. (Finnish time) by which 
the registration needs to arrive using one of the following methods. This can be 
done to Ms. Sanna Linna-Aro either by e-mail to the address 
[e-mail], by facsimile to the number + 358 20 7761 344 or by 
mail to Castrén & Snellman Attorneys Ltd, Sanna Linna-Aro, P.O. Box 233, 
FI-00131, Helsinki, Finland. 
 
 
Eventual proxies for representing a shareholder at the meeting must be delivered 
to the company at the address of Castrén & Snellman Attorneys Ltd above on 26 
June 2009 at 4.30 p.m. (Finnish time) at the latest. 
 
 
Temporary entry in the register of shareholders 
 
 
Crest Depository Interests 
 
 
A holder of Crest Depository Interests who wishes to attend the AGM in person or 
by proxy shall notify this to Computershare Investor Services PLC in accordance 
with the instructions sent by Computershare Investor Services PLC separately to 
each holder of Crest Depository Interests. 
 
 
Other shares registered in the name of a nominee 
 
 
A holder of shares registered in the name of a nominee who intends to use 
his/her/its right to attend the annual general meeting is advised to contact 
his/her/its custodian to request necessary instructions regarding registration 
in the shareholders´ register of the Company, the issuing of proxy notes and 
registration for the annual general meeting. 
 
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For further information, please contact: 
 
 
Inion Oy 
Chris Lee, Chief Executive Officer 
Julien Cotta, Chief Financial Officer 
Tel: [phone] 
 
 
Citigate Dewe Rogerson 
Mark Swallow / Helena Galilee / David Dible 
Tel: [phone] 
 
 
About Inion (www.inion.com) 
 
 
Inion Oy is a medical devices company focused on the development and successful 
commercialisation of innovative and unique biodegradable and bioactive surgical 
implants in selected high value orthopaedic market segments. 
 
 
Inion's core expertise and technology lies in the design and manufacture of 
innovative biodegradable plates, screws, pins and membranes, which are used to 
enhance the healing of bone or soft tissue injuries to the skeleton, such as 
those caused by trauma or by reconstructive surgery. Inion implants are made 
from its proprietary Inion family of biomaterials, with properties tailored for 
specific surgical applications, in terms of strength, flexibility and rate of 
degradation 
 
Inion is also focused on developing proprietary new bioactive and biodegradable 
biomaterials that promote bone healing and accelerate patient rehabilitation. 
 
 
Inion was incorporated in early 2000 and listed on the Official List of the UK 
Listing Authority in December 2004 (ticker: IIN). The Company has offices in the 
UK and US, and its head office, R&D and production facilities are in Tampere, 
Finland. 
 
 
This announcement includes "forward-looking statements" which include all 
statements other than statements of historical facts, including, without 
limitation, those regarding the Group's financial position, business strategy, 
plans and objectives of management for future operations (including development 
plans and objectives relating to the Group's products), and any statements 
preceded by, followed by or that include forward-looking terminology such as the 
words "targets", "believes", "estimates", "expects", "aims", "intends", "will", 
"can", "may", "anticipates", "would", "should", "could" or similar expressions 
or the negative thereof. Such forward-looking statements involve known and 
unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors beyond the Group's 
control that could cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the 
Group to be materially different from future results, performance or 
achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such 
forward-looking statements are based on numerous assumptions regarding the 
Group's present and future business strategies and the environment in which the 
Group will operate in the future. Among the important factors that could cause 
the Group's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially 
from those in forward-looking statements include those relating to Inion's 
funding requirements, regulatory approvals, reliance on third parties, 
intellectual property, key personnel and other factors. These forward-looking 
statements speak only as at the date of this announcement. The Group expressly 
disclaims any obligation or undertaking to disseminate any updates or revisions 
to any forward-looking statements contained in this announcement to reflect any 
change in the Group's expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, 
conditions or circumstances on which any such statements are based. As a result 
of these factors, prospective investors are cautioned not to rely on any 
forward-looking statement. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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