The Annual General Meeting of Rovio Entertainment Corporation was held on March 31, 2020 in Helsinki, Finland.
Rovio takes the coronavirus epidemic very seriously. In order to decrease the risks related to coronavirus and in order to comply with the rules and recommendations imposed by the Finnish authorities while at the same time ensuring the rights of our shareholders and to enable payment of proposed dividend in original schedule, Rovio has decided on several precautionary measures for the Rovio Annual General Meeting (AGM) to be held on March 31:
All shareholders are strongly encouraged to follow the AGM through a live webcast and exercise their voting rights by proxy representation instead of attending the AGM in person.
In order to secure the use of their voting rights, shareholders who are directly registered in the company’s shareholder register are encouraged to use the proxy representation option and to authorize Rovio Entertainment Corporation’s General Counsel with power of substitution to represent and vote their shares on the basis of the proxy template and instructions below:
Those shareholders who have already registered for the meeting and do not wish to attend the meeting nor use a proxy are encouraged to cancel their prior notice of attendance as soon as possible if they do not plan to attend
Anyone with flu symptoms, who has been exposed to the coronavirus, is especially vulnerable to the virus or who has travelled outside Finland 14 days prior to the AGM is kindly requested not to attend the AGM in person.
Rovio will continuously evaluate the number of registered shareholders and the conditions for safely conducting the AGM based on applicable regulation, and remote attendance should be favored by all shareholders in order for the AGM to be safely organized.
Each shareholder, who is registered on the record date of the meeting, Thursday, March 19, 2020 in the shareholder 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/her personal Finnish book-entry account, is registered in the shareholder register of the company.
A shareholder, who is registered in the company’s shareholder register and who wants to participate in the Annual General Meeting, shall register for the meeting no later than on Thursday, March 26, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. (Finnish time) by giving a prior notice of participation, which shall be received by the company no later than on the above-mentioned time. Such notice can be given:
In connection with the registration, a shareholder shall notify his/her name, personal/business identification number, address, telephone number and the name of a possible assistant or proxy representative and the personal identification number of a proxy representative. Any personal data provided to Rovio Entertainment Corporation in connection with the registration will be processed in accordance with the Privacy Notice for the Annual General Meeting for purposes related to organizing the Annual General Meeting.
A shareholder, his/her authorized representative or proxy representative shall, where necessary, be able to prove at the meeting place their identity and/or right of representation.
A holder of nominee registered shares has the right to participate in the Annual General Meeting by virtue of such shares, based on which he/she on the record date of the Annual General Meeting, i.e. on Thursday, March 19, 2020, would be entitled to be registered in the shareholder register of the company held by Euroclear Finland Ltd. The right to participate in the Annual General Meeting requires, in addition, that the shareholder on the basis of such shares has been temporarily registered into the shareholder register held by Euroclear Finland Ltd. at the latest on Thursday, March 26, 2020 at 10.00 a.m. (Finnish time). As regards nominee registered shares this constitutes due registration for the Annual General Meeting.
A holder of nominee registered shares is advised to request without delay necessary instructions regarding the temporary registration in the shareholder’s register of the company, the issuing of proxy documents and registration for the Annual General Meeting from his/her custodian bank. The account manager of the custodian bank has to register a holder of nominee registered shares, who wants to participate in the Annual General Meeting, temporarily into the shareholder register of the company at the latest by the time stated above.
A shareholder may participate in the Annual General Meeting and exercise his/her rights at the Annual General Meeting by way of proxy representation.
A proxy representative shall produce a dated proxy document or otherwise in a reliable manner demonstrate his/her right to represent the shareholder at the Annual General Meeting. When a shareholder participates in the Annual General Meeting by means of several proxy representatives representing the shareholder with shares at different securities accounts, the shares by which each proxy representative represents the shareholder shall be identified in connection with the registration for the Annual General Meeting.
In order to secure the use of their voting rights, shareholders who are directly registered in the company’s shareholder register are encouraged to use the proxy representation option and to authorize Rovio Entertainment Corporation’s General Counsel with power of substitution to represent and vote and vote for the shareholder.
Proxy documents should be delivered to the company either via email to rovio.agm@rovio.com or in originals to the address Rovio Entertainment Corporation, AGM 2020, Keilaranta 7, FI-02150 Espoo, Finland before the last date for registration. The proxy document should be presented at the General Meeting at the latest, if required.
AGM record date: March 19, 2020 Last date to register for the meeting: March 26, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. (Finnish time) Annual General Meeting: March 31, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. (Finnish time)