EANS-Adhoc: LifeWatch AG to hold its Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders on January 23, 2013 in Zurich (with document)
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ad-hoc disclosure transmitted by euro adhoc with the aim of a Europe-wide distribution. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Annual & Special Corporate Meetings/Company Information/Annual & Special Corporate Meetings/Company Information/LifeWatch AG 28.11.2012 Neuhausen am Rheinfall/Switzerland - LifeWatch AG (SIX Swiss Exchange: LIFE), the leading provider of wireless telemedicine, will hold an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders on January 23, 2013, in Zurich. Agenda items of this extraordinary general meeting include the partial re-composition of the Board of Directors by the election of four new members of the Board of Directors and the demission of three existing Board members as well as the granting of discharge to the members of the Board of Directors and to the members of the Executive Board for fiscal year 2011. A detailed invitation will be issued mid-December 2012. You will find a PDF-version of this release at the end of this message. LifeWatch will hold an extraordinary general meeting in Zurich on January 23, 2013. On the occasion of this extraordinary general meeting the two candidates Thomas Rühle and Patrick Schildknecht, representing a shareholder group, are up for election to the Board of Directors of LifeWatch AG as well as two other independent candidates. The hitherto acting members of the Board of Directors Gregory-Henry Volkart, Dr. Abraham Sartani and Jürg Stahl will step down from their functions. Furthermore the still pending discharge for fiscal year 2011 shall be granted to the members of the Board of Directors and to the members of the Executive Board. The Company will issue a detailed invitation for this extraordinary general meeting of shareholders in mid-December 2012. About LifeWatch AG: LifeWatch AG, headquartered in Neuhausen am Rheinfall and listed on SIX Swiss Exchange (LIFE), Switzerland, is the leading healthcare technology and solution company, specializing in advanced telehealth systems and wireless remote patient monitoring services. LifeWatch services cater to individuals, ranging from high-risk and chronically ill patients, to consumers of health and wellness products. LifeWatch AG has operative subsidiaries in the United States, in Switzerland and in Israel and is the parent company of LifeWatch Services Inc., and LifeWatch Technologies, Ltd. LifeWatch Services, Inc. is a leading US-based provider of cardiac monitoring services and home sleep testing of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA). LifeWatch Technologies Ltd., based in Israel, is a leading developer and manufacturer of telemedicine products. The Company is planning to introduce the LifeWatch V, an Android-based smartphone with medical sensors and apps that uses a cloud-based service platform. For additional information, please visit www.lifewatch.com. Sign-up for customized e-mail alerts and documentation requests is available at http://production.investis.com/lifewatch/alert-service/ This press release includes forward-looking statements. All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this press release, including statements regarding future results of operations and financial position, business strategy and plans and objectives for future operations, are forward- looking statements. The words "believe," "may," "will," "estimate," "continue,""anticipate," "intend,""expect" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. LifeWatch AG has based these forward looking statements largely on current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that it believes may affect the financial condition, results of operations, business strategy, short term and long term business operations and objectives, and financial needs. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the forward-looking events and circumstances described may not occur and actual results could differ materially and adversely from those anticipated or implied in the forward- looking statements. All forward-looking statements are based only on data available to LifeWatch AG at the time of the issue of this press release. LifeWatch AG does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this press release as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. THIS PRESS RELEASE IS NOT BEING ISSUED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND SHOULD NOT BE DISTRIBUTED TO UNITED STATES PERSONS OR PUBLICATIONS WITH A GENERAL CIRCULATION IN THE UNITED STATES. THIS PRESS RELEASE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER OF SECURITIES OF LIFEWATCH AG OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES FOR SALE IN THE UNITED STATES OR AN INVITATION TO SUBSCRIBE FOR OR PURCHASE ANY SECURITIES OF LIFEWATCH AG OR ITS SUBSIDIARIES IN THE UNITED STATES. IN ADDITION, THE SECURITIES OF LIFEWATCH AG AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES LAWS AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR DELIVERED WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO U.S. PERSONS ABSENT REGISTRATION UNDER OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES LAWS. ANY PUBLIC OFFERING OF SECURITIES TO BE MADE IN THE UNITED STATES WILL BE MADE BY MEANS OF A PROSPECTUS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM LIFEWATCH AG OR ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AS APPLICABLE, AND WILL CONTAIN DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE ISSUER AND ITS MANAGEMENT AS WELL AS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE ISSUER. Attachments with Announcement: ---------------------------------------------- http://resources.euroadhoc.com/us/vWhJG9vN Further inquiry note: Sensus Investor and Public Relations GmbH, Zürich: Tel +41 43 366 55 11 | Fax +41 43 366 55 12 Email lifewatch@sensus.ch end of announcement euro adhoc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Attachments with Announcement: ---------------------------------------------- http://resources.euroadhoc.com/us/vWhJG9vN issuer: LifeWatch AG Rundbuckstrasse 6 CH-8212 Neuhausen am Rheinfall phone: +41 52 632 00 50 FAX: +41 52 632 00 51 mail: users@lifewatch.com WWW: www.lifewatch.com sector: Healthcare Providers ISIN: CH0012815459 indexes: SPI, SPIEX stockmarkets: free trade: Berlin, Open Market / XETRA: Frankfurt, Main Standard: SIX Swiss Exchange language: English