TEL AVIV, Israel, July 7, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Orckit Communications Ltd. (Nasdaq:ORCT) today announced that its Annual General Meeting of Shareholders will be held on Monday, August 17, 2009 at 3:00 p.m. Israel time, at the offices of the Company, 126 Yigal Allon Street, Tel Aviv, Israel. The record date for the meeting is July 13, 2009. Proxy statements describing the various matters on the agenda and proxy cards for use by shareholders that cannot attend the meeting in person will be sent by the mail to the Company's shareholders that hold shares registered with the American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, including shares held via DTC members.
The agenda of the meeting is as follows:
(1) election of Eric Paneth, Izhak Tamir, Jed M. Arkin and Moti Motil
as directors;
(2) approval of an amendment to our Memorandum and Articles of
Association increasing our authorized share capital from
50,000,000 Ordinary Shares, no par value, to 100,000,000 Ordinary
Shares, no par value;
(3) reappointment of Kesselman & Kesselman, a member of
PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited, as our independent
auditors; and
(4) consideration of our audited financial statements for the year
ended December 31, 2008.
Item 1 and Item 2 require the approval of the holders of 66-2/3% of the shares present, in person or by proxy, and voting on the matter. Item 3 requires the approval of the holders of a majority of the shares present, in person or by proxy, and voting on the matter. Item 4 will not involve a vote of the shareholders.
About Orckit Communications
Orckit Communications Ltd. is a leading provider of advanced telecom equipment targeting high capacity broadband services. Our products include Corrigent's CM product line of metro optical transport solutions, based on RPR and MPLS technologies, delivering packet transmission services in the metro area. For more information on Orckit see www.orckit.com
Certain matters discussed in this news release are forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, risks in product development plans and schedules, rapid technological change, changes and delays in product approval and introduction, customer acceptance of new products, the impact of competitive products and pricing, market acceptance, the lengthy sales cycle, exchange rate fluctuations, fluctuation in order size, proprietary rights of the Company and its competitors, need for additional financing, the ability to repay the convertible notes, risk of operations in Israel, government regulation, dependence on third parties to manufacture products, general economic conditions and other risk factors detailed in the Company's United States Securities and Exchange Commission filings. Orckit assumes no obligation to update the information in this release.
CONTACT: KCSA Strategic Communications
Jeff Corbin
212-896-1214
jcorbin@kcsa.com
Marybeth Csaby
212-896-1236
mcsaby@kcsa.com
