Citycon Oyj applies for listing of the C stock options under the
company's stock option plan 2004 on the OMX Nordic Exchange Helsinki
starting 1 September 2008.
The number of 2004 C options totals 1,300,000, of which 1,050,000
stock options have been granted to the personnel. The remaining
250,000 stock options are held by Veniamo-Invest Oy, a subsidiary of
Citycon Oyj. Each stock option entitles its holder to subscribe for
1.2127 Citycon share. The maximum number of shares that may be
subscribed for by exercising the C option rights held by the
personnel totals 1,273,335. The present share subscription price of
the C-options is EUR 4.3613 per share. Half of the annually
distributed per-share dividends and/or equity returns shall be
deducted from the share subscription price.
The share subscription period for C options will commence on 1
September 2008 and expire on 31 March 2011. The terms and conditions
of the stock option plan 2004 are attached to this release.
Instructions for share subscriptions exercising 2004 option rights
are available on the company's website www.citycon.com.
Helsinki, 20 August 2008
CITYCON OYJ
Petri Olkinuora
CEO
For further information, please contact:
Petri Olkinuora, CEO, tel. +358 9 6803 6738 or
mobile +358 400 333 256
Distribution:
OMX Nordic Exchange Helsinki
Media
www.citycon.com
APPENDIX: Terms and conditions of Citycon Oyj's stock options 2004
CITYCON OYJ 2004 STOCK OPTIONS
In its meeting on 15 March 2004 the Annual General Meeting of
Shareholders of Citycon Oyj (Citycon or the Company) has, in
accordance with the proposal by the Board of Directors of Citycon Oyj
(Board of Directors) on 12 February 2004, resolved to issue stock
options to the personnel of Citycon and its subsidiaries (the Citycon
Group) and to a wholly owned subsidiary of Citycon on the following
terms and conditions. The terms of the share subscription have been
amended as a result of a rights issue by the resolution of the Board
of Directors on 24 March 2006. The stock option terms have also been
amended by the resolution of the Annual General Meeting of
Shareholders on 13 March 2007. In addition, the terms of the share
subscription have been amended as a result of a rights issue by the
resolution of the Board of Directors on 10 September 2007, taken
effect on 10 October 2007, as well as by the resolution of the Board
of Directors on 13 March 2008, by virtue of an authorisation granted
by the Annual General Meeting of the same date.
I STOCK OPTION TERMS AND CONDITIONS
1. Number of Stock Options
The total number of stock options issued shall be 3,900,000, which
entitle to subscribe for a total of 4,697,506 shares in Citycon.
2. Stock Options
Of the stock options 1,300,000 shall be marked with the symbol 2004A,
1,300,000 shall be marked with the symbol 2004B and 1,300,000 shall
be marked with the symbol 2004C. The persons, to whom stock options
shall be distributed, shall be notified in writing by Citycon about
the offer of stock options. The stock options shall be distributed to
the recipient when he or she has accepted the offer of Citycon. Stock
option certificates shall, upon request, be delivered to the stock
option owner at the start of the relevant share subscription period
unless the stock options have been transferred to the book-entry
securities system.
3. Right to Stock Options
The stock options shall, with deviation from the shareholders'
pre-emptive right to subscription, be granted to the personnel of the
Citycon Group and to Veniamo-Invest Oy (Veniamo-Invest), a wholly
owned subsidiary of Citycon. It is proposed that the shareholders'
pre-emptive right to subscription be deviated from since the stock
options are intended to form a part of the Citycon Group's incentive
and commitment program for the personnel.
4. Distribution of Stock Options
The Board of Directors shall decide on the distribution of stock
options. Veniamo-Invest shall be granted stock options to such extent
that the stock options are not distributed to the personnel of the
Citycon Group. The Board of Directors of Citycon shall later on
decide upon the further distribution of the stock options granted to
the subsidiary, to the members of the personnel employed by or to be
recruited by the Citycon Group.
Upon issue all stock options 2004B and 2004C and those stock options
2004A that shall not be distributed to the personnel, shall be
granted to Veniamo-Invest. Veniamo-Invest may distribute stock
options 2004A, 2004B and 2004C to the persons employed by or to be
recruited by the Citycon Group by the resolution of the Board of
Directors of Citycon.
5. Transfer of Stock Options and Obligation to Offer Stock Options
The stock options are freely transferable, when the relevant share
subscription period has begun. The Company shall hold the stock
options on behalf of the stock option owner until the beginning of
the share subscription period. The stock option owner has the right
to acquire the possession of the stock options when the relevant
share subscription period begins. Should the stock option owner
transfer his/her stock options, such person is obliged to inform the
Company about the transfer in writing without delay. The Board of
Directors may, as an exception to the above, permit the transfer of
stock options also before such date.
Should a stock option owner cease to be employed by or in the service
of the Group before 1 September 2008, for any other reason than the
death of the employee, or the statutory retirement of the employee in
compliance with the employment contract, or the retirement of the
employee otherwise determined by the Company, such person shall
without delay offer to Citycon or its order, free of charge, the
stock options for which the share subscription period in accordance
with Section II.2 had not begun at the last day of such person's
employment or service. The Board of Directors can, however, in the
above-mentioned cases, decide that the stock option owner is entitled
to keep such stock options or a part of them, which are under
offering obligation.
Regardless of whether the stock option owner has offered his/her
stock options to Citycon or not, Citycon is entitled to inform the
stock option owner in writing that the stock option owner has lost
his/her stock options on the basis of the above-mentioned reasons.
Should the stock options be transferred to the book-entry securities
system, Citycon has the right, whether or not the stock options have
been offered to Citycon, to request and get transferred all the stock
options, for which the share subscription period had not begun, from
the stock option owner's book-entry account to the book-entry account
appointed by Citycon without the consent of the stock option owner.
In addition, Citycon is entitled to register transfer restrictions
and other restrictions concerning the stock options to the stock
option owner's book-entry account without the consent of the stock
option owner.
II SHARE SUBSCRIPTION TERMS AND CONDITIONS
1. Right to Subscribe for New Shares
Each stock option entitles its owner to subscribe for 1.2127 shares
in Citycon. As a result of the subscriptions the share capital of
Citycon may be increased by a maximum of EUR 5,586,691.50 and the
number of shares by a maximum of 4,697,506 new shares.
Veniamo-Invest, as a subsidiary of Citycon, shall not be entitled to
subscribe shares in Citycon on the basis of the stock options.
2. Share Subscription and Payment
The share subscription period shall be:
- for stock option 2004A 1 September 2006 - 31 March 2009,
- for stock option 2004B 1 September 2007 - 31 March 2010 and
- for stock option 2004C 1 September 2008 - 31 March 2011.
The share subscription shall take place at the head office of Citycon
or possibly at another location to be determined later. The
subscriber shall transfer the respective stock option certificates
with which he/she subscribes shares to Citycon, or in case the stock
options have been transferred to the book-entry securities system,
the stock options with which shares have been subscribed shall be
deleted from the subscriber's book-entry account. Payment for shares
subscribed shall be effected upon subscription to the bank account
appointed by Citycon. Citycon shall decide on all measures concerning
the share subscription.
3. Share Subscription Price
The share subscription price shall be:
- for stock option 2004A the trade volume weighted
average quotation of the Citycon share on the Helsinki Exchanges
between 1 April and 30 April 2004 with an addition of twenty (20)
percent,
- for stock option 2004B the trade volume weighted
average quotation of the Citycon share on the Helsinki Exchanges
between 1 April and 30 April 2005 with and addition of twenty (20)
percent, and
- for stock option 2004C the trade volume weighted
average quotation of the Citycon share on the Helsinki Exchanges
between 1 April and 30 April 2006 with an addition of twenty (20)
percent.
Pursuant to the decision taken by the Board of Directors on 10
September 2007 and taken effect on 10 October 2007, the per-share
subscription price with the 2004A stock options is EUR 2.3432, with
the 2004B stock options EUR 2.7308 and with the 2004C stock options
EUR 4.4313. In connection with a share subscription, the total number
of shares subscribed by a stock option holder will be rounded
downwards to full shares. The total subscription price will be
calculated based on the rounded number of shares and rounded to the
nearest euro cent.
From the share subscription price of stock options shall, as per each
record date for dividend payment and/or equity return, be deducted
half of the amount of dividends and half of the amounts returned from
the invested unrestricted equity fund decided after the beginning of
the period for determination of the share subscription price but
before share subscription. The share subscription price shall
nevertheless always amount to at least EUR 1.35. The share
subscription price will be recorded under the invested unrestricted
equity fund.
4. Registration of Shares
Shares subscribed for and fully paid shall be registered in the
book-entry account of the subscriber.
5. Shareholder Rights
Dividend rights of the shares and other shareholder rights shall
commence when the increase of the share capital has been entered into
the Trade Register.
6. Share Issues, Convertible Bonds and Stock Options before Share
Subscription
Should Citycon, before the share subscription, increase its share
capital through an issue of new shares, or issue of new convertible
bonds or stock options, a stock option owner shall have the same
right as or an equal right to that of a shareholder. Equality is
reached in the manner determined by the Board of Directors by
adjusting the number of shares available for subscription, the share
subscription price or both of these.
Should Citycon, before the share subscription, increase its share
capital by way of a bonus issue, the subscription ratio shall be
amended so that the ratio to the share capital of shares to be
subscribed by virtue of stock options remains unchanged. If the
number of shares that can be subscribed for by virtue of one stock
option should be a fraction, the fractional part shall be taken into
account by reducing the subscription price.
7. Rights in Certain Cases
If Citycon reduces its share capital before the share subscription,
the subscription right accorded by the terms and conditions of the
stock options shall be adjusted accordingly as specified in the
resolution to reduce the share capital.
If Citycon is placed in liquidation before the share subscription,the stock option owner shall be given an opportunity to exercise his
subscription right before the liquidation begins within a period of
time determined by the Board of Directors.
If Citycon resolves to merge in another company as Citycon being
acquired or in a company to be formed in a combination merger, or if
Citycon resolves to be divided, the stock option owner shall, before
the merger or division, be given the right to subscribe for the
shares with his/her stock options within a period of time determined
by the Board of Directors. After such date no subscription right
shall exist. In the above situations the stock option owner has no
right to require that Citycon redeems the stock options from him/her
for market value.
If Citycon, after the beginning of the share subscription period,
resolves to acquire its own shares by an offer made to all
shareholders, the stock option owners shall be made an equivalent
offer. In other cases acquisition of Citycon's own shares does not
require Citycon to take any action in relation to the stock options.
In case, before the end of the share subscription period, a
situation, as referred to in Chapter 14 Section 19 of the Finnish
Companies Act, in which a shareholder possesses over 90% of the
shares of Citycon and therefore has the right and obligation to
redeem the shares of the remaining shareholders, or a situation, as
referred to in Chapter 6 Section 6 of the Finnish Securities Market
Act, arise, the stock option owners shall be entitled to use their
right of subscription by virtue of the stock options within a period
of time determined by the Board of Directors.
If the nominal value of the share is changed while the share capital
remains unchanged, the share subscription terms and conditions of the
stock options shall be amended so that the total nominal value of the
shares available for subscription and the total share subscription
price remain the same.
Converting Citycon from a public company into a private company shall
not affect the terms and conditions of the stock options.
III OTHER MATTERS
The laws of Finland shall be applied to these terms and conditions.
Disputes arising in relation to the stock options shall be settled by
arbitration in accordance with the Arbitration Rules of the Central
Chamber of Commerce.
The Board of Directors may decide on the transfer of the stock
options to the book-entry securities system at a later date and on
the resulting technical amendments to these terms and conditions,
including those amendments and specifications to the terms and
conditions, which are not considered crucial. Other matters related
to the stock options are decided on by the Board of Directors. The
stock option documentation is kept available for inspection at the
head office of Citycon.
Citycon is entitled to withdraw the stock options, which have not
been transferred, or with which shares have not been subscribed for,
free of charge, if the stock option owner acts against these terms
and conditions, or against regulations given by Citycon on the basis
of these terms and conditions, or against applicable law, or against
regulations by authorities.
These terms and conditions have been made in Finnish and English. In
case of any discrepancy between the Finnish and English terms and
conditions, the Finnish terms and conditions are decisive.