Camtek Announces Notice of 2012 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders

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Oct 10, 2012, 05:45 ET

MIGDAL HAEMEK, Israel, October 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

Camtek Ltd. (NASDAQ and TASE: CAMT) (the "Company") Shareholders:

We are pleased to invite you to participate in the 2012 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the "Meeting"). The Meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 14, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. (Israel time), at the Company's offices at Ramat Gavriel Industrial Zone, Migdal Ha'Emek, Israel.

The following items are on the agenda for the Meeting:

To re-elect three (3) directors to serve on the Board of Directors of the Company until the conclusion of the 2013 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders; and
Subject to the approval of item 1 above, to approve the grant of options to Mr. Eran Bendoly, who is nominated to serve as director of the Company, in accordance with the Company's 2003 Share Option Plan; and
To re-elect two (2) external directors to serve on the Board of Directors of the Company for additional terms of three years each, until September 13, 2015; and
To re-appoint Somekh Chaikin, a member firm of KPMG International, and Raveh Ravid, as the Company's joint independent auditors until the conclusion of the 2013 annual general meeting of shareholders, and to authorize the Company's Board of Directors to set the annual compensation of the independent auditors, at the Audit Committee's recommendation, in accordance with the volume and nature of their services.

In addition, at the Meeting we will review and discuss our auditors' report and consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011.

Record Date

Only shareholders of record at the close of business on October 15, 2012, the record date for determining those shareholders eligible to vote at the Meeting (the "Shareholders"), are entitled to vote at the Meeting. All Shareholders are cordially invited to attend the Meeting in person. Shareholders who are unable to attend the Meeting in person are requested to complete, date and sign the form of proxy, as shall be provided by the Company beginning October 16, 2012, and to return it promptly in the pre-addressed envelope provided. If voting by mail, the proxy must be received by our transfer agent (no postage is required if mailed in the United States) or at our registered office in Israel at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the Meeting to be validly included in the tally of ordinary shares voted at the Meeting. Detailed proxy voting instructions will be provided both in the Proxy Statement and in the Proxy Card. Shareholders who attend the Meeting may revoke their proxies and vote their shares in person.

Quorum

According to the Company's Articles of Association, the quorum at the Meeting shall be two shareholders present in person or by proxy, holding or representing in the aggregate at least one third of the total voting rights of the Company. If within half an hour from the time appointed for the holding of the Meeting a quorum is not present, the Meeting shall stand adjourned to the same day in the next week at the same time and place or any later date as shall be designated and stated in a notice to the shareholders entitled to vote at the Meeting. This notice shall serve as notice of a meeting adjourned to the same day in the next week at the same time and place if no quorum is present at the original date and time, and no further notice of such adjourned meeting will be given to shareholders.

Required Majority

Under the Companies Law, 5795-1999, the vote required for the approval of the proposals in items 1, 2 and 4 above, is the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power represented at the Meeting in person or by proxy.

The vote required for the approval of the proposal in item 3, is the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power represented at the Meeting, in person or by proxy, and voting on the resolution, provided that: (a) majority of the shares voted at the meeting, which are not held by controlling shareholders or shareholders with personal interest in approving the appointment (excluding personal interest not resulting from contacts with the controlling shareholder), not taking into account any abstentions, vote in favor of the election; or (b) the total number of shares referred to above, voted against the resolution, does not exceed two percent (2%) of the aggregate voting rights in the company.

Shareholders may review the full version of the proposed resolutions in the Company's Proxy Statement, as well as the accompanying Proxy Card, beginning October 16, 2012, on the Israeli Securities Authority's electronic filing system at: http://www.magna.isa.gov.il, the website of the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange Ltd. at: http://maya.tase.co.il or the Company's website: http://www.camtek.co.il.

Contact:
Moshe Eisenberg, CFO
Tel: +972-4-604-8308
Mobile: +972-54-900-7100
[email protected]

SOURCE Camtek Ltd