Shareholders' meeting 2012

Annual General Meeting on Thursday March 29, 2012 at 10.00 a.m.
in an auditorium at the Mauno Koivisto Centre, address BioCity, Tykistökatu 6, Turku, Finland.

The reception of shareholders who have registered for the meeting and the distribution of voting tickets will commence at 9.30 a.m. (Finnish time)

Registration to the Annual General Meeting

Each shareholder, who is registered on 19 March 2012 in the shareholders’ register of the company held by Euroclear Finland Ltd, has the right to participate in the Annual General Meeting.

A shareholder, whose shares are registered on his or her personal Finnish book-entry account, is registered in the shareholders’ register of the company.

A shareholder registered in the shareholders’ register of the company, who wants to participate in the Annual General Meeting, shall register for the meeting by giving a prior notice of participation during a period from 27 February 2012 to 26 March 2012 at 4.00 p.m. (Finnish time) by which time the notice needs to have arrived.

Such notice can be given:

a) through the company’s website www.biotie.com;
b) by e-mail to virve.nurmi@biotie.com;
c) by telephone +358 2 274 8911; or
d) by regular mail to Biotie Therapies Corp. / Virve Nurmi, Tykistökatu 6, FI-20520 Turku, Finland.

In connection with the registration, the shareholder shall notify his or her name, personal identification number, address, telephone number and the name of a possible assistant or proxy representative and the personal identification number of a proxy representative. The personal data given to Biotie Therapies Corp. is used only in connection with the Annual General Meeting and with the processing of related registrations.

A shareholder who is present at the Annual General Meeting has the right to request information with respect to the matters to be considered at the meeting pursuant to chapter 5, section 25 of the Finnish Companies Act.

A holder of nominee registered shares is advised to apply the instructions presented in the Notice to the Annual General Meeting.

A shareholder, who has a Finnish book-entry account, may vote in advance on certain items of the agenda of the Annual General Meeting through the company’s website from 27 February 2012 to 26 March 2012 at 4.00 p.m. (Finnish time).

The conditions and instructions relating to the electronic advance voting are available also in he above link.

Unless a shareholder voting in advance will be present in person or by proxy in the Annual General Meeting, he or she cannot use his or her right under the Finnish Companies Act to request information or otherwise use his or her right to be heard at the meeting, or request a vote. If certain agenda items or decision proposals have changed after the beginning of the advance voting period, the possibility of a shareholder voting in advance to vote on such item may be restricted, unless he or she will be present in person or by proxy in the Annual General Meeting. 

Description of the registration file

In the registration procedure to the Annual General Meeting of Biotie Therapies Corp., personal data of the shareholders is collected, such as the personal identity code and the number of the book-entry account. The information will not be used for any other purposes than for identifying the shareholder and for confirming the shareholding. The technical provider of the registration system is Euroclear Finland Oy. The full description of the registration file is available here.

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Updated April 17, 2012