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NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING IN KARO BIO AB

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LEGAL#8918818v2<br />

<strong>NOTICE</strong> <strong>OF</strong> <strong>EXTRAORD<strong>IN</strong>ARY</strong> <strong>GENERAL</strong> <strong>MEET<strong>IN</strong>G</strong> <strong>IN</strong> <strong>KARO</strong> <strong>BIO</strong> <strong>AB</strong> (PUBL)<br />

Shareholders in Karo Bio <strong>AB</strong> (publ) are hereby called to an extraordinary general meeting on<br />

November 19, 2012 at 4:00 p.m. at Restaurant Tango, Novum Science Park (5 th floor),<br />

Hälsovägen 7 in Huddinge, Sweden.<br />

Right to attend<br />

Entitled to attend the extraordinary general meeting are those who are both registered<br />

shareholders in the share register held by Euroclear Sweden <strong>AB</strong> at the record date<br />

November 13, 2012 and have given notification to the company of their intention to attend the<br />

general meeting at 4:00 p.m. on November 13, 2012 at the latest.<br />

Shareholders with nominee-registered shares must temporarily register their shares in their own<br />

name with Euroclear Sweden to attend the meeting. Such registration must be completed by<br />

November 13, 2012 and should be requested well in advance to this date to the nominee of the<br />

shares.<br />

Notification to attend<br />

Notification to attend the meeting shall be submitted in writing to the address Karo Bio <strong>AB</strong>, att:<br />

Eva Kruse, Novum, S-141 57 Huddinge, Sweden, by fax to +46 8 774 82 61, via e-mail to<br />

stamma@karobio.se or via Karo Bio’s website www.karobio.se/stamma. Name, personal<br />

identification number or corporate identity number, phone number and number of shares held<br />

shall be included in the notification to attend. Where applicable, the number of advisors<br />

(maximum two) shall be stated. If a shareholder intends to be represented by proxy, power of<br />

attorney and other authorization documents should be included in the notification. The original<br />

authorization documents must be able to be presented at the meeting. Proxy forms are available<br />

from the company, at the company's website and will be sent to shareholders who provide their<br />

postal address.<br />

Proposal of Agenda<br />

1. Opening of the meeting<br />

2. Election of chairman of the meeting<br />

3. Preparation and approval of the voting list<br />

4. Approval of the agenda<br />

5. Election of one or two persons to confirm the minutes<br />

6. Determination as to whether the meeting has been duly convened<br />

7. The board of directors proposal for (a) resolution on a preferential rights issue and (b)<br />

authorization for the board to resolve on new share issue at over-subscription<br />

8. Presentation of balance sheet for liquidation purposes and resolution not to enter the<br />

company into liquidation<br />

9. Closing of the meeting


LEGAL#8918818v2<br />

2(3)<br />

Proposals by the Board of Directors<br />

Paragraph 7 A – Preferential rights issue<br />

The board of directors of Karo Bio proposes that the general meeting resolves that the<br />

company’s share capital shall increase through a preferential issue of shares with the purpose of<br />

providing the company with MSEK 38.7 in issue proceeds. The share capital will be increased<br />

by a maximum of SEK 2,580,426.48 by the issuance of a maximum of 129,021,324 shares.<br />

These new shares will be subscribed for with preferential right for the company’s shareholders<br />

in proportion to the number of shares already held, whereby three (3) existing shares entitle to<br />

the subscription of one (1) new share. The new shares carry a subscription price of SEK 0.30<br />

per share. Record date for the determination of which shareholders are entitled to subscribe for<br />

new shares with preferential right shall be November 26, 2012. Subscription for new shares will<br />

take place during the period from November 28, 2012 up to and including December 12, 2012.<br />

In the event that not all shares are subscribed for by the exercise of subscription rights, the<br />

board shall decide on allocation of shares without the exercise of subscription rights up to the<br />

maximum amount of the rights issue in accordance with applicable allocation principles.<br />

A resolution on a preferential rights issue requires the support of shareholders with more than<br />

half of the votes cast.<br />

Paragraph 7 B – Authorization for the board of directors to resolve on share issue (overallotment<br />

option)<br />

In order to satisfy any over-subscription in the preferential rights issue, the board proposes that<br />

the board is authorized to, within thirty days from the final subscription date in the preferential<br />

rights issue (and on January 31, 2013 at the latest), decide on the issuance of additional shares<br />

up to a maximum of 33,500,000 shares at an issue price of SEK 0.30 per share in order to<br />

enable the company to raise additional proceeds of approximately MSEK 10. Upon full<br />

subscription of the preferential rights issue, the over-allotment represents 6.5 % of the share<br />

capital.<br />

The reason for the deviation from the existing shareholders’ preferential right is to take<br />

advantage of the company’s opportunity to raise additional funds in the event of an oversubscription<br />

of the rights issue, if deemed desirable. The share issue can be made with or<br />

without preferential right for the company’s shareholders according to the allocation principles<br />

applicable for the preferential rights issue, however, the board shall have the right to first<br />

accommodate any subscription interest of the underwriters included in the guarantee<br />

undertakings.<br />

A resolution on authorization requires the support of shareholders representing two-thirds of the<br />

votes cast as well as the shares represented at the general meeting.<br />

Paragraph 8 – Presentation of balance sheet for liquidation purposes and resolution not to<br />

enter the company into liquidation<br />

At the extraordinary general meeting on April 27, 2012 (the first control meeting) a balance<br />

sheet for liquidation purposes which showed that the company’s shareholder equity was less<br />

than half of the registered share capital was presented. The general meeting resolved to reduce<br />

the share capital, with the result that the company regained full coverage of the registered share<br />

capital, and that the company should not enter into liquidation.


LEGAL#8918818v2<br />

3(3)<br />

Within eight months of the first control meeting, the company is required to again consider if<br />

the company shall enter into liquidation at a second control meeting. Therefore, the board has<br />

instructed the auditor to conduct a review of a balance sheet for liquidation purposes based on<br />

the balance sheet included in the interim report for the period January - September 2012. Since<br />

the balance sheet shows that the company's share capital has been restored, the board proposes<br />

that the general meeting resolves that the company shall continue its operations and shall not<br />

enter into liquidation.<br />

Available documents and information<br />

The board’s complete proposals and other documents in accordance with the Swedish<br />

Companies Act will be available at the company and on the company’s website at least three<br />

weeks before the meeting. Copies of the documents will be sent free of charge to shareholders<br />

who request these documents and state their address.<br />

At the general meeting, the board and the CEO shall, if any shareholder so requests and the<br />

Board believes that it can be done without material harm to the company, provide information<br />

about conditions that may affect the assessment of an item on the agenda. The corresponding<br />

disclosure obligation also applies in relation to subsidiaries. The disclosure obligation also<br />

applies to the company's relation to other group companies and the consolidated accounts.<br />

Number of shares and votes in the company<br />

At the time of issue of this notice, the total number of shares and votes in the company was<br />

387,063,972. The Company holds no treasury shares.<br />

Huddinge in October, 2012<br />

Karo Bio <strong>AB</strong> (publ)<br />

The Board of Directors

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