Orion’s A shares and B shares are quoted on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki in the Large Cap group under the Healthcare sector heading under the trading codes ORNAV and ORNBV. Trading in both of the Company's share classes commenced on 3 July 2006. Information on trading in the Company’s shares has been available since this date.

Both share classes, A and B, confer equal rights to the Company’s assets and dividends.

Voting rights conferred by shares

Each A share entitles its holder to twenty (20) votes at General Meetings of Shareholders and each B share one (1) vote. However, a shareholder cannot vote more than 1/20 of the aggregate number of votes from the different share classes represented at the General Meetings of Shareholders. In addition, Orion and Orion Pension Fund do not have the right to vote at Orion Corporation’s General Meetings of Shareholders.

Conversion of shares

According to Orion’s Articles of Association, the minimum number of all shares in the company is one (1) and the maximum number is 1,000,000,000. A maximum number of 500,000,000 of the shares shall be A shares and a maximum number of 1,000,000,000 shares shall be B shares.

The Articles of Association entitle shareholders to demand the conversion of their A shares to B shares, if the conversion can take place within the maximum number of shares in the share classes. 
 

For issues regarding share conversions, kindly contact Ville Ojanen (ville.ojanen(at)orion.fi