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Columbus AGM Information 2012

Mar 30, 2012

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                           Release no. 6/2012

Notice to convene Annual General Meeting

According to Art. 8.3 of the Articles of Association, notice is hereby given of
the Annual General Meeting of Columbus IT Partner A/S to be held on:

                      Friday 27 April 2012 at 10.00

at Columbus, Lautrupvang 6, 2750 Ballerup, auditorium with the following agenda:

  1. Board of Directors‘ report on the business of the Company during the past
    year.
  2. Presentation and approval of the annual report.
  3. Resolution on the appropriation of profit or covering of loss as recorded
    in the adopted Annual Report.
  4. Proposal from the Board of Directors about amendment of the authorizations
    in Art. 4 and 5 of the Articles of Association 4 and 5.
  5. Proposal from the Board of Directors that the general meeting authorizes
    the Board of Directors for a period of 18 months from the date of the
    General Meeting to acquire for the Company up to 10 per cent of the
    Company‘s share capital against payment which shall not deviate more than
    10 per cent up or downwards from the latest listed price of the shares at
    NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen prior to the acquisition.
  6. Update of the guidelines for incentive programs.
  7. Change of company name to Columbus A/S and change of Art. 1 of the Articles
    of Association.
  8. Election of members of the Board of Directors
    1. The Board of Directors proposes that Ib Kunøe, Claus Hougesen, Jørgen
      Cadovius, Sven Madsen and Ulla Krossteig be re-elected. Information
      about the managerial posts held by the members of the Board of Directors
      is available in the Annual Report 2011. Futhermore, the Board of
      Directors proposes the election of Peter Skov Hansen as alternate
      member. Peter Skov Hansen is considered independent, cf. the
      recommendations for corporate governance.
  9. Election of one or two state authorized public accountants as auditors.
    1. The Board of Directors proposes that Deloitte Statsautoriseret
      Revisionsaktieselskab (CVR no. 24 21 37 14) be re-elected.
  10. Any other business

Full wording of proposals

Re. item. 2:

The Board of Directors recommends that the Annual Report be approved.

Re. pkt. 3:

The Board of Directors recommends that the result for the year be transferred
to next year in occordance with the proposal stated in the Annual Report.

Re. pkt. 4:

The Board of Directors recommends that the proposal of amending the authorities
in Art. 4 and 5 in the Articles of Association be adopted.

In relation to this, it is proposed to amend Art. 4.1- 4.4. in the Articles of
Association to read as follows:

”4.1

Until 27th April 2014, the Board of Directors has been authorized to increase
the Company's share capital by up to DKK 20,000,000 nominal (equal to
16,000,000 shares of DKK 1.25 (nominal)) in one or more tranches by payment in
cash, conversion of debt or by contribution of other assets than cash. The
capital increase shall take place with pre-emptive rights to the Company’s
existing shareholders.

4.2

Until 27th April 2014, the Board of Directors has been authorized to increase
the Company's share capital by up to DKK 20,000,000 nominal (equal to
16,000,000 shares of DKK 1.25 (nominal)) in one or more tranches by payment in
cash, conversion of debt or by contribution of other assets than cash. The
capital increase shall take place without pre-emptive rights to the Company’s
existing shareholders.

4.3

In addition to the authorizations noted in Art. 4.1 and 4.2 above, the Board of
Directors shall be authorized until 27th April 2014 as part of issuing new
shares in favor of employees of the Company or its subsidiaries, to increase
the share capital by up to DKK 607,500.00 in one or more tranches without
granting prior rights to existing shareholders. The new shares shall be issued
at a subscription price which may be lower than the market price as determined
by the Board of Directors.

4.4

With respect to new shares subscribed to in accordance with Art. 4.1 - 4.3
above, the same rules shall apply as those applying to existing shares in the
Company, including that the shares shall be issued electronically, that they
shall be negotiable instruments registered by name in the register

of shareholders, and that in the event of any future increases in the share
capital, no restrictions shall apply to the pre-emptive right attaching to the
shares, unless otherwise stated in these Articles of Association”.

This proposal is a consequence of the new registration process from the Danish
Business Authority.

and it is proposed to amend Art. 5.1 – 5.4 to read as follows:

"5.1

Until 27th April 2017, the Board of Directors shall be authorized to issue
warrants in one or more tranches to employees and members of the Board of
Directors of the Company and its subsidiaries of up to DKK 10,000,000
(nominal). The warrants shall carry the right to subscribe for shares at market
price at the time of allocation of the warrants.

5.2

Shareholders of the Company shall have no pre-­emptive rights for warrants
issued in accordance with the authorization in Art. 5.1.

5.3

The Board of Directors shall determine the specific terms of the warrants
issued in accordance with the authorization in Art. 5.1, including whether a
consideration shall be paid for acquisition of the warrants issued.

5.4

Up to and including 27th April 2017, the Board of Directors shall be authorized
to increase the Company's share capital in one or more tranches by up to a
total of DKK 13,695,833 (nominal) against cash payment when warrants are
exercised. Shareholders of the Company shall have no pre-emptive rights to
shares issued as part of issued warrants being exercised“.

Re. item 5

The Board of Directors recommends that the proposal be adopted.

Re. item 6:

The Board of Directors recommends that the proposal of udating the Companys
guidelines for incentive programs be adopted.

Re. item 7:

The Board of Directors recommends that the proposal be adopted.

In relation to this proposal, it is proposed to amend Art. 1 if the Company’s
Articles of Association to read as follows:

"1.1 The name of the Company is Columbus A/S.

1.2 The secondary name of the Company is Columbus IT Partners A/S."

Re. item 8

The Board of Directors proposes election of the following members to the Board
of Directors:

Ib Kunøe

Jørgen Cadovius

Claus Hougesen

Sven Madsen

Ulla Krossteig

And

Peter Skov Hansen (alternate member)

About Peter Skov Hansen:

Born 1951, shipping education in APM Mærsk, state authorized public accountant
in 1980, partner from 1981.

Besides from auditing, Peter Skov Hansen has been engaged in consultancy within
Corporate Finance, Tax and business development for a wide spectrum of small
and mid-sized companies within IT and property.

For a number of years Peter Skov Hansen has managed the tax department and the
Deloitte Birkerød office and been a member of the management team in
Copenhagen.

With the recommendation of electing Peter Skov Hansen as an alternate member,
the Board of Directors wishes to strengthen the accounting, auditing and tax
compentencies. In addition the Board of Directors wishes to have an alternate
member who has the required independency to hold the position as Chairman of
the Audit Committee.

Re. pkt. 9

The Board of Directors recommends re-election of the current auditor.

Adoption requirements:

For adoption of the proposals under the items 2, 3, 5, 6, 8 and 9 on the agenda
simple majority is required.

For adoption of the proposals under the items 4 and 7 on the it is required
that two-thirds of the votes cast as well as the voting share capital
represented at the general meeting assets hereto.

Registration date:

The date of registration is Friday 20 April 2012, at 23.59.

Only shareholders who possess shares in the Company at the expiration of the
registration date are entitled to participate and vote at the Annual General
Meeting. On expiry of the date of registration, the shares held by each of the
Company‘s shareholders on the date of registration date is determined on the
basis of the shares registered in the register of shareholders and duly
evidenced notifications to the Company of share acquisitions not yet entered in
the register of shareholders, but received by the Company before expiry of the
date of registration.

Participation is furthermore conditional on the shareholder‘s punctual
requisitioning of an admission card as described below.

Procedure for participating in and voting at the Companys Annual General
Meeting:

Requisition of admission cards:

Admission cards can be ordered electronically at the Company’s website
www.columbusglobal.com> Investor, by submission of registration form to
Computershare A/S, Kongevejen 418, 2840 Holte (or by fax 4546 0998), by written
request to the Company’s office at Lautrupvang 6, 2750 Ballerup (or by fax 7020
0701) or by e-mail to [email protected]. Registration must reach
Computershare A/S or the Company no later than 23 April 2012.

Proxies:

A proxy form can be downloaded and printed from www.columbusit.com> Investor,
and sent completed and signed to Computershare A/S, Kongevejen 418, 2840 Holte
(or by fax 4546 0998). The proxy must reach Computershare A/S no later than 23
April 2012.

Postal voting:

Shareholders can also vote in writing. A postal voting form can be downloaded
and printed from www.columbusit.com> Investor, and sent completed and signed to
Computershare A/S, Kongevejen 418, 2840 Holte (or by fax 4546 0998). The proxy
must reach Computershare A/S no later than 26 April 2012 at 12.00. Received
postal votes cannot be withdrawn.

Further information:

Questions from shareholder regarding the agenda must be submitted in written
form to the Company.

The share issuing bank is Nordea A/S, through which shareholders may exercise
their financial rights.

Information from the Company

No later than 4 April 2012 the following information will be available to the
shareholders at the Company’s website www.columbusit.com > Investor:

• This agenda including the full wording of proposals for the Annual
General Meeting

• The total number of shares and entitled voters at the time of notice to
convene the Annual General Meeting

• The documents which will be presented at the Annual General Meeting,
including the audited Annual Report 2011

• The forms which must be used when voting by proxy or postal votes

By the notice to convene annual general meeting Columbus IT Partner A/S has
registered a share capital of nominal DKK 132,174,366.25 corresponding to
105,739,493 shares of nominal DKK 1.25.

Each share of nominal DKK 1.25 provides 1 vote.

                        Ballerup, 30 March 2012

            The Board of Directors of Columbus IT Partner A/S

Translation: In the event of any inconsistency between this document and the
Danish language version, the Danish language version shall be the governing
version.