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AS Merko Ehitus resolutions of the general meeting

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Tallinn, Estonia, 2011-06-28 15:00 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --


The general meeting of shareholders of AS Merko Ehitus held on June 28th 2011
decided: 

1. Approval of the annual report of the year 2010 and overview of the economic
results and the prospective of the ongoing year 

To approve the annual report of the year 2010 and to consider the Management
Board's overview of the economic results and prospective outlooks of the
ongoing year. 

2. Decision regarding the distribution of profits

To approve the proposal on distribution of profits:

(i)   to approve the net profit for the year 2010 as 19,232,573 Estonian kroons
(1,229,185.45 Euros); 

(ii)  to pay the shareholders the total amount of 1,770,000 Euros (27,694,482
Estonian kroons) as dividends from net profit brought forward, which totals to
0.1 Euros (1.56 Estonian kroons) per share; 

shareholders, entered into the share register of AS Merko Ehitus on July 12th
2011, at 23.59, will be entitled to dividends; 

dividends will be paid to the shareholders on July 19th 2011 by transferring
the amount concerned to shareholder's bank account, linked to security account; 

(iii)  the outstanding net profit will not be distributed.

3. Modification of Articles of Association

To change the Articles 3, 4, 8 and 22 of the Articles of Association of AS
Merko Ehitus in following wording: 

3.1 To amend section 3 and reword it as follows: “3. The minimum share capital
of the Company is 6,000,000 (six million) Euros and the maximum share capital
is 24,000,000 (twenty-four million) Euros. The size of the share capital can be
changed as per prescribed procedures. “ 

3.2 To amend section 4 and reword it as follows: “4. The Company has 17,700,000
shares without nominal value. “ 

3.3 To amend section 8 and reword it as follows: “8. Upon increasing of the
share capital, shareholders have the right to subscribe for new shares in
proportion to the sum of their shares' book value, unless otherwise is
prescribed by law. “ 

3.4 To specify section 22 and reword it as follows: “22. If the votes referred
to in section 21 of the Articles of Association are not represented at a
general meeting, the management board shall summon within three weeks but not
earlier than after 7 days a new general meeting with the same order of
business. The new general meeting has a quorum regardless of the number of
votes represented at the meeting. “ 

4. Recalculation of the share capital into Euros, taking into use of shares
without nominal value and increasing of the share capital 

In conjunction with accession of the Republic of Estonia to the euro zone on
January 1st 2011 and pursuant to amendments to the Commercial Code which
entered into force on July 1st 2010: 

4.1. to carry out recalculation of the share capital of AS Merko Ehitus from
177,000,000 Estonian kroons to 11,312,361.79 Euros and to take into use shares
without nominal value. The share capital of AS Merko Ehitus is divided into
17,700,000 shares without nominal value; 

4.2. to increase the share capital of AS Merko Ehitus by way of bonus issue on
the account of retained profits by 687,638.21 Euros by means of increasing the
book value of shares of AS Merko Ehitus so that the new size of the share
capital will be 12,000,000 Euros. The new book value of the shares will be
0.67797 Euros. The bonus issue is based on the annual report of AS Merko Ehitus
of the year 2010 which has been approved by the general meeting of
shareholders. A list of shareholders entitled to participate in the bonus issue
shall be fixed on 12.07.2011 at 23:59. The size of the share capital and the
book value of shares is increased by way of making an entry in the commercial
register which will presumably take place prior to 20.07.2011; 

4.3. rounding of the results of recalculation of the nominal value or the size
of the share capital bear no legal meaning pursuant to this decision. 

5. Extension of powers of members of the current Supervisory Board and election
of an additional member of the Supervisory Board 

5.1. To extend the terms of office of members of the Supervisory Board Tõnu
Toomik, Teet Roopalu, Indrek Neivelt and Olari Taal until June 28th 2014, i.e.
for a period of three years from the moment of deciding the extension. 

5.2. To elect Toomas Annus an additional member of the Supervisory Board, in
addition to the current members of the Supervisory Board, whose term of office
endures until June 28th 2014. 

5.3. To continue remuneration of members of the Supervisory Board, including
the new member of the Supervisory Board, based on terms and conditions approved
at general meeting of shareholders of AS Merko Ehitus, held on 31.10.2008. 

6. Decision about entry into an authorisation agreement with the new member of
the Supervisory Board 

To grant an agreement for entry into a contract of a Supervisory Board member
between the new member of the Supervisory Board Toomas Annus and AS Merko
Ehitus on terms and conditions similar to the ones of contracts entered into
with current members of the Supervisory Board, being guided by the terms and
conditions of remuneration of members of the Supervisory Board as approved by
the shareholders, as well as by the requirements prescribed to remuneration of
members of the Supervisory Board as described in the Commercial Code. 

7. Appointment of representative of AS Merko Ehitus for entry into a
transaction between a member of the Supervisory Board and AS Merko Ehitus 

To appoint the chairman of the Management Board Tiit Roben the representative
of AS Merko Ehitus for entry into the authorisation agreement referred to in
section 6. 

8. Appointment of auditor for the financial year of 2011

To appoint AS PricewaterhouseCoopers the auditor of AS Merko Ehitus for the
financial year of 2011 and to pay to the auditing company for auditing the
financial year of 2011 as per contract to be entered into with AS
PricewaterhouseCoopers. 



Alar Lagus
Member of the Management Board
+372 6 805 109
[email protected]