OREANDA-NEWS. April 24, 2015. The Management Board of AS Tallinna Vesi announces that AS Tallinna Vesi’s Annual General Meeting of Shareholders shall be held on Wednesday, 27th May 2015 at 09.00 (GMT+2) in the Hotel Europa (Paadi 5, 10151 Tallinn) 2nd floor conference room “L??ne-Euroopa”.

Registration of participants of the meeting will start on 27th May 2015 at 08.30 am (GMT+2) at the location of the meeting. Registration ends at 9.00 (GMT+2). We kindly ask all shareholders and their representatives to arrive in time, taking into account the time needed for registration of participants.

The agenda for the Annual General Meeting has been approved by the Supervisory Council with the following proposals:

  1. Approval of 2014 Annual Report

Council proposal: To approve the 2014 Annual Report.

  1. Distribution of profit

Council proposal:
The net profit of the Company in 2014 is 17 943 000 (seventeen million nine hundred forty three thousand) euros. To distribute 18 000 600 (eighteen million six hundred) euros of AS Tallinna Vesi’s retained earnings of 49 138 000 (forty nine million one hundred thirty eight thousand) euros as of 31.12.2014, incl. from the net profit of 17 943 000 (seventeen million nine hundred forty three thousand) euros for the year 2014, as dividends, of which 0,90 euros (zero point ninety) euros per share shall be paid to the owners of the A-shares and 600 (six hundred) euros per share shall be paid to the owner of the B-share.

Based on the dividend proposal made by the Management Board, the Council proposes to the general meeting to decide to pay the dividends out to the shareholders on 12th June 2015 and to determine the list of shareholders entitled to receive dividends on the basis of the share ledger as at 23.59 on 2nd June 2015.

  1. Election of members of the Supervisory Council

Council proposal: To elect Mr. Allar Jeks as a Supervisory Council member of AS Tallinna Vesi from 28th  May 2015.

  1. Election of auditor

Council evaluation of the auditor’s work and proposal:

AS PricewaterhouseCoopers has provided auditing services for AS Tallinna Vesi during the financial year of 2014 pursuant to the agreement concluded between the parties in 2012. In the opinion of the Supervisory Council, AS PricewaterhouseCoopers has provided services in compliance with the agreement and the Supervisory Council has no complaints regarding the quality of the auditing services.

To appoint AS PricewaterhouseCoopers as the auditor and Mr. Ago Vilu as the lead auditor for the financial year of 2015. To pay the fee to the auditor as per contract to be entered into.

  1. CEO update

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Shareholders, whose shareholding represents at least 1/20 of the share capital, may request for additional items to be added to the agenda of the General Meeting, if the respective request is submitted in writing at least 15 days prior to the General Meeting, i.e. by 12th May 2015 at the latest. Shareholders, whose shareholding represents at least 1/20 of the share capital, may submit their draft resolutions to each agenda item, incl. additional agenda items in writing up to 3 days before the General Meeting, i.e. by the end of 24th May 2015 (23.59, GMT+2) at the latest. The process of exercising these rights is published in more detail on AS Tallinna Vesi’s website at www.tallinnavesi.ee, where the draft resolutions and explanations submitted by the shareholders will also be published after their receipt.

After the agenda items of the General Meeting have been exhausted, including any additional items, the shareholders may inquire about the Company’s activities from the Management Board of AS Tallinna Vesi according to the procedure published on the Company’s website at www.tallinnavesi.ee.

Background information regarding the agenda, the 2014 Annual Report of AS Tallinna Vesi, the Council report, the auditor's report, the dividends’ proposal, the principles of remuneration of the auditor, the proposals for resolutions, as well as reasoning for additional agenda items together with the proposals submitted by shareholders for resolution, other documents submitted for the General Meeting in accordance with the law, and other important data regarding the agenda, incl. data regarding Council member candidate and auditor’s candidate are available on AS Tallinna Vesi’s website at www.tallinnavesi.ee, where you will also find an overview of documents that the shareholders or their representatives are required to take along in order to be able to participate at the General Meeting (whether in person or by proxy).
 

The 2014 Annual Report of AS Tallinna Vesi, Council Report and the auditor’s report are also available for review on the website of NASDAQ OMX Tallinn Stock Exchange http://www.nasdaqomxbaltic.com/.

In case you have any questions regarding the Annual General Meeting of shareholders or the agenda items, please contact our Head of Communications, Ms Mariliis Mia Topp via e-mail mariliismia.topp@tvesi.ee or telephone +372 62 62 275. The questions, answers and the minutes of the General Meeting shall be published on the Company’s website. Written notices of appointing shareholder representatives or of withdrawing authorizations of representatives can also be sent to the above e-mail address until the business day preceding the date of General Meeting, on 26th May 2015 at the latest.

Shareholder representatives are kindly asked to bring along a valid identification document and a valid written power-of-attorney. In the case of corporate entities we request you also bring a valid copy of your registry card. Each document issued by a foreign country’s official must be either legalized or authenticated with a document certificate apostille and authenticated translation into Estonian shall be added. Should the shareholder require a power-of-attorney for its representative, a proxy form is available at AS Tallinna Vesi’s website under the section “Identification documents required for attending the General Meeting”.

The shareholders’ right to vote at the General Meeting will be determined on the basis of the share ledger as at 23.59 (GMT+2) on 20th May 2015.