Ainax: Notice of the Annual General Meeting.STOCKHOLM Stockholm (stŏk`hôlm'), city (1995 pop. 692,954), capital of Sweden and of Stockholm co., E Sweden, situated where Lake Mälaren flows into the Baltic Sea. , Sweden Sweden, Swed. Sverige, officially Kingdom of Sweden, constitutional monarchy (2005 est. pop. 9,002,000), 173,648 sq mi (449,750 sq km), N Europe, occupying the eastern part of the Scandinavian peninsula. -- Ainax Ainax was a listed holding company that owned shares in the Swedish truck maker Scania. The company was a result of an attempted acquisition of Scania by Volvo that was blocked by the European Commission for competition reasons. AB (publ)(STO STO Store (calculator function) STO Société de Transport de l'Outaouais (French) STO Strategic Technology Office (DARPA) STO Security Through Obscurity STO Service to Others :AINX): ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF AINAX AB The shareholders of Ainax AB (publ), Swedish corporate identity number 556579-4459, are hereby invited to the Annual General Meeting (AGM AGM annual general meeting AGM n abbr (= annual general meeting) → AG f AGM n abbr (= annual general meeting) → JHV f ) at 9.00 a.m. on 6 March 2006 at the City konferensen, Malmskillnadsgatan Malmskillnadsgatan (Swedish: "The Ridge Divergence Street") is a 650 metres long street in central Stockholm, Sweden. It stretches northward from the Brunkebergstorg square over Hamngatan; crosses Mäster Samuelsgatan and Oxtorgsgatan; passes over the bridge Malmskillnadsbron 46, Stockholm, Sweden. Lokal styrelserummet. Entitlement An individual's right to receive a value or benefit provided by law. Commonly recognized entitlements are benefits, such as those provided by Social Security or Workers' Compensation. to participate Shareholders who wish to participate in the AGM must, first, be recorded in the shareholders' list maintained by VPC (1) (Virtual Processor Complex) An IBM mainframe multiprocessing system that uses several computers under tight central control. (2) See Virtual PC. AB (the Swedish Central Securities Depository The place where a deposit is placed and kept, e.g., a bank, savings and loan institution, credit union, or trust company. A place where something is deposited or stored as for safekeeping or convenience, e.g., a safety deposit box. and Clearing Organisation) no later than 28 February February: see month. 2006 and, second, notify the company no later than 12 noon on 28 February 2006 at Hovslagargatan 5 B, or by telephone +46 8 611 88 10 or by fax at +46 8 678 84 05 (contact person Kerstin Martinec) that they, as well as a stated number of assistants, intend to participate in the AGM. When notifying no·ti·fy tr.v. no·ti·fied, no·ti·fy·ing, no·ti·fies 1. To give notice to; inform: notified the citizens of the curfew by posting signs. 2. the company, they should state their name, Swedish personal identity number or corporate identity number, address and telephone number. Shares registered in the name of a nominee nominee n. 1) a person or entity who is requested or named to act for another, such as an agent or trustee. 2) a potential successor to another's rights under a contract. To be entitled en·ti·tle tr.v. en·ti·tled, en·ti·tling, en·ti·tles 1. To give a name or title to. 2. To furnish with a right or claim to something: to participate in the AGM, shareholders who have allowed their shares to be registered in the name of a nominee must temporarily re-register their shares in their own name. Shareholders must request that the nominee arrange this well before 28 February 2006, when such registration must have been implemented by VPC. Proposed agenda
1. Election of the Chairman of the AGM.
2. Establishment and approval of the voting list.
3. Approval of the agenda.
4. Election of one or two persons to attest to the minutes of the
proceedings.
5. Determination of whether the AGM has been duly convened.
6. Presentation of the annual accounts and auditors' report.
7. Resolutions on
a) adoption of the income statement and balance sheet;
b) allocation of the company's profit or loss according to the
adopted
balance sheet;
c) discharge of the members of the Board of Directors and the Chief
Executive Officer from liability for the financial year.
8. Determination of the number of Board members.
9. Determination of fees to be paid to Board members and auditors.
10. Election of the Board.
11. Amendments to the Articles of Association.
12. Resolution on the liquidation of the company.
13. Closing the AGM.
Dividend (Point 7 b) The Board of Directors proposes that no dividend be paid to the shareholders. Reasons for the Board's proposal Ainax policy for the distribution of dividends states that all received dividend shall be further distributed. The AGM of Ainax held in April 2005 decided to distribute the dividends that the company had received from Scania Scania: see Skåne, Sweden. in April 2005 to its shareholders. The board proposes that no dividend shall be distributed this year due to the fact that Scania has not yet decided upon any dividends for the year 2006 and thus, Ainax has not received any dividends for 2006. Determination of the number of Board members (Point 8) Shareholders representing about 96 percent of the number of shares and the voting power in the company propose that the number of Board members shall be unchanged. Determination of fees to be paid to Board members and auditors AUDITORS, practice. Persons lawfully appointed to examine and digest accounts referred to them, take down the evidence in writing, which may be lawfully offered in relation to such accounts, and prepare materials on which a decree or judgment may be made; and to report the whole, together (Point 9) Shareholders representing about 96 percent of the number of shares and the voting power in the company propose that no fees be paid to Board members and that fees to auditors be paid in accordance Accordance is Bible Study Software for Macintosh developed by OakTree Software, Inc.[] As well as a standalone program, it is the base software packaged by Zondervan in their Bible Study suites for Macintosh. with periodic invoicing in·voice n. 1. A detailed list of goods shipped or services rendered, with an account of all costs; an itemized bill. 2. The goods or services itemized in an invoice. tr.v. . Election of the Board (Point 10) Shareholders representing about 96 percent of the number of shares and the voting power in the company propose the re-election re-election n → reelección f re-election n → réélection f re-election n → Wiederwahl f of the incumbent Board. It shall be noted that election of auditors is not on the agenda, since the auditor auditor n. an accountant who conducts an audit to verify the accuracy of the financial records and accounting practices of a business or government. A proper audit will point out deficiencies in accounting and other financial operations. was elected for a four-year term at the 2005 AGM. Amendments to the Articles of Association (Point 11) Due to the introduction of a new Swedish New Swedish (Swedish: nysvenska) is the linguistic term used for the Swedish language from the Bible translation of 1526 to the development of a common national language around 1880. Companies Act (SFS (1) (Self-certifying File System) A global, network file system sponsored by DARPA that runs under Unix. Providing strong security in an untrusted environment, it enables any client to access any server that supports it. 2005:551), certain adjustments must be made in the existing Articles of Association. The proposed amendments are:
Current wording: Proposed wording:
5. Par Value of Shares 5. Shares
The shares shall have a par value The company shall be able to issue
of SEK 10 each. at least 20,000,000 shares and at
most 80,000,000 shares.
6. Board of Directors 6. Board of Directors
Apart from specially appointed Apart from specially appointed
members and deputies, the Board members and deputies, the Board
shall consist of at least three and shall consist of at least three
at most eight regular members and and at most eight regular members
no deputy members. These are and no deputy members.
elected each year at the Annual
General Meeting for the period up
to the end of the next Annual
General Meeting.
9. Notification 9. Notification
Notification of a General Meeting Notification of a General Meeting
and other announcements to and other announcements to
shareholders shall occur by means shareholders shall occur by means
of advertisements in the Swedish of advertisements in the Swedish
official gazette Post- och Inrikes official gazette Post- och Inrikes
Tidningarand in the daily newspaper Tidningarand in the daily
Dagens Nyheter, or if Dagens newspaper Dagens Nyheter.
Nyheter is not due for publication
at the time of announcement, in
another national daily newspaper.
10. General Meetings 10. General Meetings
General Meetings shall be held in General Meetings shall be held in
Stockholm or Gothenburg, Sweden. Stockholm or Gothenburg, Sweden.
To be allowed to participate in a To be allowed to participate in a
General Meeting, shareholders must General Meeting, shareholders must
be recorded in the shareholders' be recorded in the shareholders'
list ten days before the Meeting list five weekdays before the
and must notify the company of Meeting and must notify the
their intention to participate in company of their intention to
the Meeting before 12 noon on the participate in the Meeting before
day stated in the notification of 12 noon on the day stated in the
the Meeting. This day may not be a notification of the Meeting. This
Sunday, other public holiday, day may not be a Sunday, other
Saturday, Midsummer's Eve, public holiday, Saturday,
Christmas Eve or New Year's Eve and Midsummer's Eve, Christmas Eve or
may not fall earlier than the fifth New Year's Eve and may not fall
weekday before the Meeting. earlier than the fifth weekday
before the Meeting.
12. Items of business at the Annual 12. Items of business at the
General Meeting (AGM) Annual General Meeting (AGM)
The following items shall be dealt The following items shall be dealt
with at the AGM: with at the AGM ("arsstamma"):
1.Election of the Chairman of 1. Election of the Chairman of
the AGM. the AGM.
2.Establishment and approval 2. Establishment and approval
of the voting list. of the voting list.
3. Approval of the agenda. 3. Approval of the agenda.
4. Election of one or two 4. Election of one or two
persons to attest to the minutes persons to attest to the minutes
of the proceedings. of the proceedings.
5. Determination of whether 5. Determination of whether the
the AGM has been duly AGM has been duly convened.
convened. 6. Presentation of the annual
6. Presentation of the annual accounts and auditors' report
accounts and auditors' report and and (where applicable)
(where applicable) consolidated consolidated accounts and
accounts and auditors' report for auditors' report for the Group
the Group
7. Resolutions on
7. Resolutions on a. adoption of the
a. adoption of the income statement and balance
income statement and balance sheet and (where applicable)
sheet and (where applicable) the consolidated income
the consolidated income statementand balance sheet;
statement and balance sheet;
b. allocation of the
company's profit or loss
b. balance according to the
allocation of the company's profit adopted sheet;
or loss according to the c. discharge of the
adopted balance sheet; members of the Board of
c. discharge of the Directors and the Chief
members of the Executive Officer from
Board of Directors and the Chief liability for the financial
Executive Officer from liability year.
for the financial year. 8. Determination of the number
of Board members.
9. Determination of fees to
8. Determination of the number be paid to Board members and,
of Board members. where applicable, to auditors.
9. Determination of fees to be 10. Election of the Board and,
paid to Board members and, where where applicable, auditors.
applicable, to auditors. 11. Other items of business that
10. Election of the Board and, been duly referred to the AGM.
where applicable, auditors.
11. Other items of business that
been duly referred to the AGM.
15. Record day provision 15. Record day provision
Any person who is entered in the The company's shares shall be
shareholders' register or is listed recorded in a central securities
pursuant to chapter 3, section 3 of depository register in accordance
the Swedish Companies Act (1975: with the Swedish Financial
1385) on the predetermined record Instruments Accounts Act (1998:
day shall be considered authorised 1479).
to receive dividends, to receive
shares accruing by virtue of a
bonus issue or to exercise the
priority right of shareholders to
participate in an issue.
Resolution on the liquidation The collection of assets belonging to a debtor to be applied to the discharge of his or her outstanding debts. A type of proceeding pursuant to federal Bankruptcy of the company (Point 12) The Board's proposed resolution on liquidation The Board of Directors proposes that the AGM decide on a resolution on the voluntary liquidation Voluntary liquidation Liquidation proceedings that are supported by a company's shareholders. of the company. This decision shall take effect immediately. Reasons for the Board's proposal Ainax became the owner of shares in Scania due to a decision by the Annual General Meeting of Volvo Volvo Cars is the luxury car maker using the Volvo Trademark. The Volvo Group is a Swedish supplier of commercial transport solutions providing products such as trucks, buses and construction equipment, drive systems for marine and industrial applications, aerospace on 16 April 2004. The AGM decided to transfer Volvo's 27,320,838 Series A shares to the company Ainax, which was wholly owned by Volvo, and then distribute the shares in Ainax to the shareholders of Volvo. This was a way of satisfying the European European emanating from or pertaining to Europe. European bat lyssavirus see lyssavirus. European beech tree fagussylvaticus. European blastomycosis see cryptococcosis. Union's requirement that within four years, Volvo must divest To deprive or take away. Divest is usually used in reference to the relinquishment of authority, power, property, or title. If, for example, an individual is disinherited, he or she is divested of the right to inherit money. the Scania shares that Volvo had bought from Investor in 2000. The transfer of Volvo's holding of Series A shares in Scania to Ainax and the distribution of the Ainax shares to Volvo's shareholders was implemented in order to keep these Series A shares in Scania together in a single block, thereby in the best possible way safeguarding the value of these Series A shares to Volvo's shareholders. On 1 November November: see month. 2004, the Board of Directors of Scania announced an extraordinary shareholders' meeting shareholders' meeting n. a meeting, usually annual, of all shareholders of a corporation (although in large corporations only a small percentage attend) to elect the Board of Directors and hear reports on the company's business situation. of Scania which would decide on a proposed public offer to the shareholders of Ainax, by which Scania would acquire all outstanding shares in Ainax. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a decision on 19 November 2004, the Scania shareholders' meeting adopted this proposal. A prospectus from Scania's Board dated 16 December December: see month. 2004 was sent to all of Ainax's shareholders. Ainax's shareholders were invited to transfer all their Ainax shares to Scania for compensation in the form of a newly-issued Series A share in Scania for each Ainax share. On 15 February 2005, it was noted that approximately 70 percent of all shareholders and 96 percent of the capital and votes in Ainax had accepted Scania's offer. After that, Scania held 96.3 per cent of the shares in Ainax. Since Ainax no longer complied with the ownership requirements of Stockholmsborsen (the Stockholm Stock Exchange The Stockholm Stock Exchange (Swedish: Stockholmsbörsen) is a stock exchange located in Stockholm, Sweden. Founded in 1863 [1] it is the primary securities exchange of the Nordic Countries. ), Ainax was de-listed on 29 April 2005. According to its current Articles of Association, Ainax shall immediately enter into liquidation if Ainax has not disposed dis·pose v. dis·posed, dis·pos·ing, dis·pos·es v.tr. 1. To place or set in a particular order; arrange. 2. of all its shares in Scania no later than 1 May 2008. Scania now owns the bulk of all shares in Ainax and the original reason why Scania shares would be owned by a particular company that would actively manage its Scania shareholding no longer exists. Nor can the current ownership structure be justified, considering the costs involved in managing and administering Ainax. The Board has analysed the existing alternatives to a winding-up and has concluded that the most appropriate alternative, and the one most beneficial to the shareholders of Ainax, is to wind-up Ainax during 2006 by means of a voluntary liquidation and distribute the assets of Ainax to the company's shareholders. The Board therefore proposes that the AGM approve a resolution stating that Ainax shall immediately enter into voluntary liquidation. The decision on liquidation shall take effect immediately. Alternative to liquidation The alternative to liquidation is for Ainax to remain in operation. Distribution proceeds Today Ainax has assets consisting of 27,320,838 Series A shares in Scania and cash equivalents totalling about SEK SEK In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Swedish Krona. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 78 million. The Board proposes that the AGM shall approve to give the liquidator Liquidator Person appointed by an unsecured creditor in the United Kingdom to oversee the sale of an insolvent firm's assets and the repayment of its debts. the task of deciding to immediately distribute to the shareholders of Ainax who are recorded in the shareholders' list as per 28 February 2006, or such later date as may be announced at a later stage, one Series A share in Scania for each share in Ainax. After Ainax' debts and the cost of liquidation have been paid and the business have been wound up, the remaining portion of Ainax' assets will be distributed to the shareholders of Ainax. This is expected to occur around the end of 2006. The distribution proceeds that exceeds the market value of the Scania shares that are distributed as above are estimated by the board to total between SEK 2.00 and SEK 2.50 per share. Proposed liquidator Stefan Lindskog, Attorney at Law, is proposed as liquidator. Mr Lindskog has been asked and has declared his willingness to accept this assignment. Accounting documents and auditors' reports will be kept available at the company's address, Hovslagargatan 5B, Stockholm, beginning on 20 February 2006. A copy of these documents will also be sent to those shareholders who request them, stating their postal address. Stockholm, February 1, 2006 Ainax AB (publ) The Board of Directors The text in English in this document is a free translation of the Swedish original wording. In case of differences between the English translation and the Swedish original, the Swedish text shall prevail. This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net |
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