2005

Notice of extraordinary general meeting of Cencorp Corporation

05/09/2005

 

Shareholders of Cencorp Corporation are invited to attend the Extraordinary General Meeting, which will be held on 30 September 2005 at 2.00 p.m. at the Company’s Head Office Maksjoentie 11, 08700 Virkkala, Finland.

THE AGENDA OF THE MEETING IS THE FOLLOWING:

AMOUNT OF BOARD MEMBERS AND NEW BOARD MEMBER

Cencorp Corporation’s Nomination and Compensation Committee proposes adding one member to the board of directors of Cencorp Corporation and confirming the number of members in the board as four. Master of Laws Jan-Erik Stenman (aged 52), President of Veritas Pension Insurance Company Ltd, is proposed as a new member for the board of directors. He has assented to take on the post. Stenman joined Veritas Pension Insurance Company in January 2004 and has been the President since March 1, 2004. Earlier he has worked e.g. for Nokia Inc.
in the United States as Director of Finance and Treasury.

The Nomination and Compensation Committee further proposes that stock options held by a subsidiary of Cencorp Corporation be given to Jan-Erik Stenman as part of the remuneration package so that he receives maximum 107,000 stock options in accordance with Cencorp Corporation’s 2004 stock option plan.
Subscription price of shares is defined in the stock option plan as 0.78 euros per share. Stenman’s proposed remuneration package is the same as for the other members of the Cencorp Corporation board of directors.

Shareholders who represent over 20 percent of the votes of the company have informed that they support proposal of the Board´s Nomination and Remuneration Committee.

PUBLIC DISPLAY OF DOCUMENTS

Documents concerning Board´s Nomination and Compensation Committee´s proposals as well as other documents related to extraordinary general meeting are available for examination by shareholders at the Company’s Head Office as of 8 September
2005, at address of Maksjoentie 11, 08700 Virkkala, Finland. Upon request, copies of the above mentioned documents will be delivered to the requesting shareholder by mail.

RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE

Shareholders who have been entered, no later than on 20 September 2005, as shareholders in the company’s Shareholder Register kept by Finnish Central Securities Depository Ltd or who under the Companies Act, Chapter 3a, Section 4,
Subsection 2, have the right to participate in a General Meeting are entitled to participate in the Extraordinary General Meeting.

REGISTRATION

A shareholder who wishes to participate in the Extraordinary General Meeting must register no later than on 29 September 2005 by 12.00 p.m. either in writing to the address Cencorp Corporation, Mrs Saija Tirkkonen, Maksjoentie 11, 08700 Virkkala, Finland by telephoning the number +358-19-6610 233, by sending telefax to the number +358-19-6610 380 or by sending e-mail to the address saija.tirkkonen@cencorp.com. The registration must reach the company before the close of the registration period. It is requested that proxies on the basis of which an authorized person wishes to exercise the shareholder’s right to vote at the meeting be delivered to the company before the close of the registration period.


Virkkala, Finland 5 September 2005

Cencorp Corporation

BOARD OF DIRECTORS


Further information:

Ville Parpola
Vice President, Legal Affairs
Tel. +358 19 6610 320

Cencorp develops and supplies automation solutions to the
electronics and semiconductor industry that enhance productivity.

Distribution:
Helsinki Stock Exchanges
Main media
www.cencorp.com

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