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AS Ekspress Grupp: Notice of Annual General Meeting of Shareholders

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Tallinn, Estonia, 2013-04-22 05:01 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --


Dear shareholder of AS Ekspress Grupp

Notice is hereby given that the Management Board of AS Ekspress Grupp (registry
code 10004677, official address Narva mnt 11E, 10151 Tallinn) convenes the
Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, which will be held on 24 May 2013 at
12:00 p.m at the seat of AS Ekspress Grupp, in the city of Tallinn, Narva mnt
11E, 6th floor. 

The registration of participants in the Meeting will commence at 11:30 a.m. at
the location of the Meeting. 

Pursuant to the Decision of the Supervisory Board of AS Ekspress Grupp, the
Agenda of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders shall be as follows: 



1.     Approval of the Annual Report for the Financial Year 1 January 2012 - 31
December 2012 

2.     Approval of the 2012 Profit Distribution Proposal

3.     Extension of the authority granted to a Member of the Supervisory Board

4.     Appointment of the auditor and establishment of the procedure of payment



The Supervisory Board and the Management Board of AS Ekspress Grupp present the
following proposals to the shareholders regarding the agenda items: 

1. Approval of the Annual Report for the Financial Year 1 January 2012 - 31
December 2012. 

To approve the Annual Report for the Financial Year 1 January 2012 - 31
December 2012 of AS Ekspress Grupp. 

2. Approval of the 2012 Profit Distribution Proposal

To approve the Profit Distribution Proposal, according to which from the 2012
net profit of EUR 2 525, to increase the legal reserve by EUR 126 thousand, to
pay dividends to shareholders  respectively 1 (one) euro cent per share and to
transfer the remaining amount EUR 2 101 to retained earnings of previous
periods. The right to participate in distribution of profits applies to
shareholders who have been registered in the list of AS Ekspress Grupp
sharehoders as of 7 June 2013 at 23:59. Dividends will be transfered to
shareholder’s bank account on 1 October 2013. 

3. Extension of the authority granted to a Member of the Supervisory Board

To extend the authority of Ville Jehe (personal code 36910010325) as the Member
of the Supervisory Board. 

4. Appointment of the auditor and establishment of the procedure of payment

To appoint the audit firm AS PricewaterhouseCoopers (registry code 10142876) to
perform the audit of AS Ekspress Grupp for the financial year 1 January 2013 -
31 December 2013. The auditing services shall be paid for on the basis of the
contract to be signed with the audit firm. 



The circle of shareholders entitled to attend the Annual General Meeting will
be determined 7 days prior to the General Meeting, i.e. as at 23:59 on 17 May
2013. 

All documents concerning the Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders of AS
Ekspress Grupp, including draft resolutions, the 2012 Annual Report of AS
Ekspress Grupp, the auditor’s report, the Profit Distribution Proposal, and the
report of the Supervisory Board are available on the homepage of AS Ekspress
Grupp at www.egrupp.ee, as well as at the seat of AS Ekspress Grupp, Narva mnt
11E, Tallinn, 6th floor, on business days from 10:00 to 16:00 starting from the
date of notification of the Annual General Meeting until the date of the Annual
General Meeting (inclusive). 

At the General Meeting, the shareholders are entitled to receive information on
the activities of AS Ekspress Grupp from the Management Board. If the
Management Board of AS Ekspress Grupp refuses to provide information, the
shareholders may demand that the General Meeting decide on the legitimacy of
their demand, or submit, within two weeks, an application to court in
proceedings on petition to require the Management Board to provide the
information. 

Shareholders whose shares represent at least 1/20 of the share capital are
entitled to present a draft resolution on each agenda item to AS Ekspress Grupp
at least 3 days prior to the General Meeting, i.e. until 21 May 2013, by
submitting it in writing to AS Ekspress Grupp, Narva mnt 11E, Tallinn 10151. 

Shareholders whose shares represent at least 1/20 of the share capital are
entitled to request the inclusion of additional items in the agenda of the
General Meeting of AS Ekspress Grupp, provided that the request is submitted 15
days prior to the General Meeting at the latest, i.e. until 9 May 2013, by
submitting it in writing to AS Ekspress Grupp, Narva mnt 11E, Tallinn 10151. 

As at 22 April 2013, the share capital of AS Ekspress Grupp is 17 878 104.60
Euros. The total number of shares is 29 796 841, with each share granting one
vote. 

For the registration of participants in the Annual General Meeting of
Shareholders, we kindly ask: 

shareholders who are natural persons to present an identity document (e.g.
passport or ID card) and representatives of shareholders who are natural
persons to present an identity document and a written document certifying their
authorisation; 

representatives of shareholders who are legal persons to present an extract (or
other such document) from the relevant (commercial) register  where the legal
person is registered (issued no more than 7 days prior to presenting), and the
identity document of the representative. In the case of legal persons
registered in a foreign country, the extract from the register must be
legalised or certified by an apostil, unless stipulated otherwise in
international agreements. Transactional representatives of shareholders who are
legal persons must, in addition to the aforementioned documents, present a
written document certifying their authorisation. AS Ekspress Grupp may also
register a shareholder who is a legal person in a foreign country as a
participant in the General Meeting if all the required data concerning the
legal person and the representative is contained in a notarised authorisation
document issued in the foreign country and the authorisation document is
acceptable in Estonia. 

Prior to the General Meeting, shareholders may give notice of the appointment
of a representative and the withdrawal by the principal of the authorisation
via e-mail to the address [email protected] or by delivering the aforementioned
document(s) to the seat of AS Ekspress Grupp at Narva mnt 11E, Tallinn, 6th
floor (on business days from 10:00 to 16:00) by 16:00 on 23 May 2013 at the
latest, using the templates available on the homepage of AS Ekspress Grupp,
www.egrupp.ee . Information on the procedure of appointment and revocation of
the authorisation of representatives is available on the homepage of AS
Ekspress Grupp, www.egrupp.ee . 


         Gunnar Kobin
         AS Ekspress Grupp
         Chairman of the Management Board
         GSM: +372 5188111
         E-mail: [email protected]