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EANS-General Meeting: RHI AG / Invitation to the General Meeting |
| Meldung : | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- General meeting information transmitted by euro adhoc. The issuer is responsible for the content of this announcement. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Convening notice We hereby invite our shareholders to the 35th Annual General Meeting of RHI AG on Friday, May 9, 2014, at 10.00 a.m., at Haus der Industrie, 1030 Vienna, Schwarzenbergplatz 4. ISIN AT0000676903 Agenda 1. Presentation of the financial statements including the management report, of the Corporate Governance report and the report of the Supervisory Board for the financial year 2013 as well as of the consolidated financial statements 2013 and the group management report for the financial year 2013. 2. Resolution on the allocation of accumulated profit. 3. Resolution on the acceptance of the report of the members of the Management Board for the financial year 2013. 4. Resolution on the acceptance of the report of the members of the Supervisory Board for the financial year 2013. 5. Appointment of the auditor of the financial statements and the consolidated financial statements for the financial year 2014. 6. Resolution on the remuneration of the members of the Supervisory Board for the financial year 2013. 7. Election of a member to the Supervisory Board. 8. Resolution on the authorization of the company to acquire treasury shares in accordance with § 65 para. 1 (4) AktG (continuation of the employee stock ownership plan 4+1). DOCUMENTS FOR THE GENERAL MEETING Especially the following documents will be available for inspection by April 18, 2014, on the website of the company at www.rhi-ag.com, under the section Investor Relations, Annual General Meeting 2014, and will also be available at the General Meeting: - Annual financial statements and management report - Corporate Governance report, - Consolidated financial statements including the group management report - Proposal for the allocation of the accumulated profit, - Report of the Supervisory Board, Each of the above for the financial year 2013; - Draft resolutions on agenda items 2 - 8, - Statement of the candidate for the election to the Supervisory Board regarding agenda item 7 in accordance with § 87 para. 2 AktG including a CV, - Form for granting a power of attorney - Form for the revocation of the power of attorney - Complete text of this convening notice RIGHTS OF SHAREHOLDERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH §§ 109, 110, 118 AND 119 AKTG Supplementation of the agenda by shareholders Shareholders whose combined shareholdings equal 5% of the share capital and who have held these shares for a minimum of three months prior to filing this request may request in writing that additional items be put on the agenda of the General Meeting and published, if the Company receives this request in writing by April 18, 2014, exclusively at the address 1100 Vienna, Wienerbergstraße 9, Attn. Mr. Robert Ranftler, Head of Legal & Compliance. Each agenda item thus requested has to be accompanied by a draft resolution and a justification. Proof of the shareholder status has to be furnished by means of a deposit confirmation in accordance with § 10a AktG which confirms that the shareholders filing the request have held the shares for at least three months prior to filing the request and which must not be older than seven days when presented to the Company. Regarding further requirements for the deposit confirmation refer to the details on eligibility. Draft resolutions proposed by shareholders for inclusion on the agenda Shareholders whose combined shareholdings equal 1% of the share capital may submit draft resolutions in text form including a justification for each agenda item and demand that these proposals, together with a justification, be published on the website of the Company, provided that this request in text form arrives at the Company on April 29, 2014 at the latest, either per fax + 43 (1) 50213 6281 or at 1100 Vienna, Wienerbergstraße 9, Attn. Mr. Robert Ranftler, Head of Legal & Compliance, or by e-mail at robert.ranftler@rhi-ag.com. The request in text form, for example in PDF format, must be attached to the e-mail. In the case of a proposal regarding the election of a Supervisory Board member the justification shall be replaced with a statement in accordance with § 87 para. 2 AktG of the person proposed. Proof of the shareholder status required to exercise such shareholder right has to be furnished by means of a deposit confirmation in accordance with § 10a AktG which must not be older than seven days when presented to the Company. Regarding further requirements for the deposit confirmation refer to the details on eligibility. Right to receive information At the General Meeting, each shareholder shall, upon request, be informed about the Company's activities as far as this is necessary for a proper assessment of an agenda item. Information may be refused if, based on reasonable commercial judgment, it could cause a substantial disadvantage for the Company or an affiliated company, or if providing such information constituted an offence. Questions which require longer preparation should be sent to the Management Board in text form in time before the General Meeting in order to ensure an efficient session. Such questions can be sent to the Company by post, addressed to 1100 Vienna, Wienerbergstraße 9, Attn. Mr. Robert Ranftler, Head of Legal & Compliance, or by e-mail to robert.ranftler@rhi-ag.com. Motions at the General Meeting Every shareholder - regardless of a specific number of shares - is entitled to make motions regarding each agenda item at the General Meeting. But a motion by a shareholder for the election of a Supervisory Board member mandatorily requires that the draft resolution proposed be sent in time in accordance with § 110 AktG. Persons standing for election to the Supervisory Board (Agenda item 7) may only be proposed by shareholders whose combined shareholdings amount to at least 1% of the share capital. Such proposals must be submitted to the Company by April 29, 2014 in the manner described above. Any proposal for election must be accompanied by a statement in accordance with § 87 para. 2 AktG of the person proposed concerning his or her expert qualification, his or her professional or similar functions and all circumstances that could give rise to cause for concern of partiality. Information provided on the website Further information regarding the rights of shareholders in accordance with §§ 109, 110, 118 and 119 AktG, is now available on the Company's website www.rhi-ag.com. RECORD DATE AND PARTICIPATION IN THE GENERAL MEETING The eligibility to participate in the General Meeting and to exercise the voting rights and other shareholder rights to be exercised at the General Meeting, are conditional on the shareholdings at the end of April 29, 2014 (record date). Only persons who are shareholders on this record date and provide evidence of it are eligible to participate in the General Meeting. A deposit confirmation in accordance with § 10a AktG is required as evidence of shareholding on the record date. This deposit confirmation must be received by the Company at the latest on May 6, 2014 at one of the following addresses only. By post or courier RHI AG Investor Relations Attn. Mr. Simon Kuchelbacher Wienerbergstraße 9 1100 Vienna By fax: +43 (1) 8900 500 - 52 By e-mail: anmeldung.rhi@hauptversammlung.at; the deposit confirmation in text form, for example as a PDF, must be attached to the e-mail. By SWIFT: GIBAATWGGMS - Message Type MT598; always specify ISIN AT0000676903 in the text Deposit confirmation in accordance with § 10a AktG The deposit confirmation must be issued by a depositary bank domiciled in a member state of the European Economic Area or a full member state of the OECD and must contain the following details: - Details of the issuer: name/company and address or a code commonly used in dealings between banks (BIC), - Details of the shareholder: name/company, address, date of birth for natural persons; for legal entities, if applicable, register and register number, - Information regarding shares: number of shares held by the shareholder, ISIN AT0000676903, - Deposit number or other description, - Point of time which the deposit confirmation refers to. The deposit confirmation as evidence of shareholdings required to participate in the General Meeting must refer to the above-mentioned record date April 29, 2014. The deposit confirmation will be accepted in German or English. REPRESENTATION BY PROXY All shareholders eligible to participate in the General Meeting have the right to appoint a representative (proxy) who attends the General Meeting on behalf of the shareholder and has the same rights as the shareholder he/she represents. The power of attorney must be granted to a specific person (natural person or legal person) in text form. It is also possible to grant power of attorney to several persons. The power must be received by the Company at one of the following addresses only: By post or courier RHI AG Investor Relations Attn. Mr. Simon Kuchelbacher Wienerbergstraße 9 1100 Vienna By fax: +43 (1) 8900 500 - 52 By e-mail: anmeldung.rhi@hauptversammlung.at; the power of attorney in text form, for example as a PDF, must be attached to the e-mail Personally: at the registration at the venue of the General Meeting. An authorization form for granting power of attorney and a form for revoking power of attorney will be sent to shareholders upon request and will be available on the website of the Company at www.rhi-ag.com. Unless the power of attorney is handed over personally at the registration on the day of the General Meeting, it must arrive at the Company by May 8, 2014 by 4.00 p.m. at the latest. The aforementioned provisions for granting power of attorney apply mutatis mutandis for a revocation of the power of attorney. As a special service, a representative of the interest group Interessenverband für Anleger, IVA, 1130 Vienna, Feldmühlgasse 22, is available to shareholders as an independent representative to exercise voting rights bound by instructions at the General Meeting; a special form to grant this power of attorney is available for this purpose on the website of the Company at www.rhi-ag.com. In addition, Dr. Wilhelm G. Rasinger of IVA can be contacted directly by phone +43 1 8763343 0, fax +43 1 8763343 49 or e-mail at wilhelm.rasinger@iva.or.at. TOTAL NUMBER OF SHARES AND VOTING RIGHTS At the time the General Meeting is convened the share capital of the Company in the amount of EUR 289,376,212.84 is divided into 39,819,039 no-par shares. Each share grants one vote. At the time of convening the General Meeting, the Company holds no treasury shares. It can derive no rights therefrom. 10,127 no-par shares have been invalidated in accordance with § 67 in connection with § 262 para. 29 AktG. The total of shares eligible to participate and vote amounts to 39,808,912 at the time of convening the General Meeting. In order to ensure smooth registration procedures shareholders are requested to arrive for the General Meeting in time before its beginning. Shareholders will be admitted to collect voting cards from 9:00 a.m. Shareholders who neither received admission cards nor copies of the deposit confirmation are kindly requested to bring a valid official identity document to the General Meeting. Vienna, April 2014 The Management Board Further inquiry note: RHI AG Investor Relations Mag. Simon Kuchelbacher Tel: +43-1-50213-6676 Email: simon.kuchelbacher@rhi-ag.com end of announcement euro adhoc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- issuer: RHI AG Wienerbergstrasse 9 A-1100 Wien phone: +43 (0)50213-6676 FAX: +43 (0)50213-6130 mail: rhi@rhi-ag.com WWW: http://www.rhi-ag.com sector: Refractories ISIN: AT0000676903 indexes: ATX Prime, ATX stockmarkets: official market: Wien language: English |
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