22.03.2016,
15548 Zeichen
General meeting information transmitted by euro adhoc. The issuer is
responsible for the content of this announcement.
Lenzing Aktiengesellschaft (,,Company")
with its registered office in Lenzing
Commercial Register No. ("FN") 96499 k
ISIN: AT 0000644505
I n v i t a t i o n
to the
72stAnnual General Meeting of our Company
to be held onWednesday,20 April 2016 at 10:30 a.m.(CEST) at Lenzing AG,
building A14 - 5thfloor, Werkstraße 2, 4860 Lenzing.
Agenda:
1. Presentation of the adopted annual financial statements and the management
report and corporate governance report, consolidated financial statements
and group management report, each as of December 31, 2015, presentation of
the proposal for the use of profits, and of the report of the Supervisory
Board on the business year 2015
2. Adopting a resolution on the use of the net profit shown in the 2015
annual financial statements
3. Adopting a resolution on discharge of the Members of the Management Board
for the business year 2015
4. Adopting a resolution on discharge of the Members of the Supervisory Board
for the business year 2015
5. Adopting a resolution on the compensation of members of the Supervisory
Board for the business year 2015
6. Elections to the Supervisory Board
7. Election of the auditor of the annual financial statements and consolidated
financial statements for the business year 2016
8. Adopting a resolution on the authorization of the management board (valid
for a maximum period of thirty months from the date of this resolution) to
buy own shares of up to a total of 10% of the share capital in accordance
with section 65, sub-section 1 pt. 8 of the Austrian Stock Corporations
Act (AktG), with the approval of the supervisory board including the
approval of the terms and conditions of such buy back
9. Adopting a resolution on cancellation of the authorized capital pursuant
to shareholders' resolution dated 10 December 2010 of agenda item 2
10. Adopting a resolution on cancellation of the contingent capital pursuant
to shareholders' resolution dated 10 December 2010 of agenda item 3
Opportunity for shareholders to inspect records pursuant to section 108 sub-
sections 3 and 4 of the Stock Corporations Act("AktG")(section 106 pt. 4 of the
Stock Corporations Act)
In addition to the complete text of this convocation and the forms for
appointing and revoking appointment of a proxy holder according to section 114
Stock Corporations Act, the following documents and records will be available
at the latest from the 21stday preceding the Annual General Meeting for
inspection on the Company Website www.lenzing.com under Annual General Meeting
2016, but prospectively already from 23 March 2016.
Annual financial statements and management report,\nCorporate governance report,\nConsolidated financial statements and group management report,\nProposal for the use of profits,\nReport of the Supervisory Board,\n each relating to the business year 2015;
Proposed resolutions on items 2. - 10. of the agenda,\nAd agenda item 6.: Curriculum vitae of the candidates to be appointed to the Supervisory Board pursuant to section 87 sub-section 2 of the Stock Corporations Act.\n These documents will additionally be available at the Annual General
Meeting. Upon request each shareholder will be provided with a copy of the
aforementioned documents immediately and free of charge.
Information on shareholders' rights pursuant to sections 109, 110 and 118 of
the Stock Corporations Act (section 106 pt. 5 of the Stock Corporations Act)
Pursuant to section 109 of the Stock Corporations Act, shareholders whose
aggregate shareholding equals five percent or more of the nominal capital may
request in written form that additional items be put on the agenda of the
Annual General Meeting and published. Each motion for an item to be put on the
agenda must be accompanied by a proposal for a resolution with statement of
reasons. Shareholders filing such a motion must have held the shares
continuously for at least three months prior to filing the motion. Any such
request by shareholders must be received by the Company no later than on the
21st day before the Annual General Meeting, i.e. by 30 March 2016. In case of
an additional item to be put on the agenda, the supplemented agenda of the
Annual General Meeting will be announced publicly, electronically on the
company website www.lenzing.com Annual General Meeting 2016 no later than 1
April 2016, as well as in the same way as the original agenda (in the official
gazette to the "Wiener Zeitung") no later than 6 April 2016. Pursuant to
section 110 of the Stock Corporations Act, shareholders whose aggregate
shareholding equals one percent or more of the nominal capital may submit
proposed resolutions in text form concerning any item on the agenda, and
request that these be made available on the Company website, together with the
name of the respective shareholders, a statement of reasons to be submitted
with the proposal, and any comments of the Management Board or Supervisory
Board. Requests of this kind will only be considered when received by the
Company no later than on the 7th working day before the Annual General Meeting,
i.e. by 11 April 2016. In case of a proposal for the election of a Supervisory
Board member the statement of the proposed person pursuant to section 87
sub-section 2 of the Stock Corporations Act replaces the statement of reasons.
Such proposed resolutions will be made available on the company website
www.lenzing.com Annual General Meeting 2016 no more than two days from receipt
and no later than 13 April 2016.
Pursuant to section 118 of the Stock Corporations Act, any shareholder shall
be provided with information on the Company's affairs upon request at the
Annual General Meeting to the extent that such information is required for
proper assessment of an item on the agenda. This obligation to provide
information shall also extend to the legal and business relationships of the
Company with affiliated companies, the state of affairs of the group, and the
companies
included in the consolidated
financial statements.
The Company may deny providing information to the extent that according to
sound business judgment it might cause material damage to the Company or any
affiliated company or if providing such information would constitute a
punishable offense. Providing information may also be denied if such
information has been continuously available on the Company website in the form
of question and answer for at least seven days prior to the beginning of the
Annual General Meeting.
We kindly ask the shareholders to send any questions requiring extensive
preparation to answer to the Company in in written form in due time prior to
the Annual General Meeting.
For the purpose of providing proof of shareholder status in order to
exercise the above mentioned shareholders' rights it is sufficient if holders
of deposited bearer shares submit a deposit certificate (Depotbestätigung)
within the meaning of section 10a Stock Corporations Act. Any rights of
shareholders subject to a specific holding period may be exercised only if the
submitted deposit certificate gives proof of the shareholder status during the
relevant period. A deposit certificate used to prove current shareholder status
must not be older than seven days when submitted to the Company.
Further information on shareholders' rights, in particular under sections
109, 110 and 118 of the Stock Corporations Act, is also available on the
company website at www.lenzing.com Annual General Meeting 2016.
Any motions for putting additional items on the agenda pursuant to section
109 of the Stock Corporations Act, including enclosures, shall be submitted to
the Company exclusively by mail or courier service in written form (Lenzing AG,
Werkstrasse 2, 4860 Lenzing) attn. Mag. Waltraud Kaserer.
Proposals for resolutions pursuant to section 110 of the Stock Corporations
Act, including enclosures, as well as any questions shall be submitted to the
Company exclusively by mail or courier service (Lenzing AG, Werkstrasse 2, 4860
Lenzing), by fax (+43 (0) 7672/918-2713) or email
(Hauptversammlung_2016@lenzing.com; the documents in text form, e.g. as a PDF-
file, must be attached to the e-mail) attn. Mag. Waltraud Kaserer.
Record date and conditions of attendance of the Annual General Meeting
pursuant to section 111 of the Stock Corporations Act (section 106 points 6 and
7 of the Stock Corporations Act)
Pursuant to section 111 sub-section 1 of the Stock Corporations Act, the
right to attend the Annual General Meeting and to exercise the shareholders'
rights that are exercised during the Annual General Meeting is determined by
the shares held at the end of the tenth day before the date of the Annual
General Meeting (Record Date), consequently on the shares held onSunday,10
April 2016, 12:00 p.m.(CEST).
Participation in the Annual General Meeting is limited to persons who are
shareholders on the Record Date and supply proof thereof to the Company.
In case of deposited bearer shares proof of shareholding at the Record Date
is provided by submitting a deposit certificate pursuant to section 10a of the
Stock Corporations Act. The deposit certificate shall be issued by the
depositary bank based in a member state of the European Economic Area or in a
full member state of the OECD. The deposit certificate must contain at least
the information required according to section 10a sub-section 2 of the Stock
Corporations Act. Deposit certificates will be accepted in German and English.
Proof of shareholder status at the Record Date in the form of a deposit
certificate must be received at one of the following addresses no later than on
the third working day before the Annual General Meeting, i.e. by 15 April 2016,
exclusively by mail or courier service (OeKB CSD GmbH,HV Operation Center 1,
attention Mrs. Tanja Kruder, Strauchgasse 1-3,6thfloor, 1010 Vienna), by fax
(+43 (0)1-928 90 60), email (hv.anmeldung-1@oekb-csd.at) or by SWIFT BIC
(OCSDATWWHVS).
Further information on the conditions of participation in the Annual General
Meeting, is also available on the Company website at www.lenzing.com Annual
General Meeting 2016.
Appointment of a proxy holder pursuant to sections 113 et seq Stock
Corporations Act (section 106 pt. 8 of the said Act)
Any shareholder entitled to attend the Annual General Meeting shall be
entitled to appoint a natural or legal person as proxy holder. The proxy holder
may attend the Annual General Meeting on behalf of the shareholder and will
have the same rights as the shareholder represented. The Company itself or a
member of the Management Board or Supervisory Board may exercise voting rights
as a proxy holder only insofar as the shareholder has explicitly provided
detailed voting instructions regarding the individual items of the agenda.
The proxy must be granted to a specific person. A proxy in text form shall
be sufficient in any case. If a shareholder has granted power of proxy to the
depositary bank (section 10a of the Stock Corporations Act) it shall be
sufficient if in addition to submitting the deposit certificate the bank makes
a statement that it has been granted power of proxy. It is also possible to
grant power of proxy to multiple persons. Forms for granting power of proxy
which may also be used to grant limited power of proxy are available on the
Company website www.lenzing.com under Annual General Meeting 2016.
The proxy must be received no later than on 19 April 2016, 1.00 p.m. (CEST)
exclusively by mail or courier service (OeKB CSD GmbH, HV Operation Center 1,
attention Mrs. Tanja Kruder, Strauchgasse 1-3, 6th floor, 1010 Vienna), by fax
(+43 (0)1-928 90 60), email (hv.anmeldung-1@oekb-csd.at) or by SWIFT BIC
(OCSDATWWHVS); the proxy in text form, e.g. as PDF-file, must be attached to
the e-mail) and will be kept by the Company.
On the day of the Annual General Meeting the proxy may only be submitted
upon registration for the Annual General Meeting at the venue of the meeting.
The aforementioned provisions on granting power of proxy apply analogously to
the revocation of power of proxy. Any revocation shall be valid only when
received at one of the aforementioned addresses respectively by the Company.
As a special, free of charge service shareholders who are not able or do not
wish to attend the Annual General Meeting in person may have their voting
rights in the Annual General Meeting exercised by Mr Michael Knap as
representative of the "Interessenverband für Anleger" (IVA, Austrian
Association of Investors), 1130 Vienna, Feldmühlgasse 22. As independent proxy
holder Mr Michael Knap will exercise the voting rights exclusively in
accordance with and bound byvoting instructions given by the respective
shareholders regarding the individual items of the agenda.However, shareholders
intending to grant power of proxy are not obliged to appoint Mr Michael Knap as
their proxy holder. A special form for granting power of proxy or revocation of
proxy to Mr Michael Knap (only available in German) may be downloaded at the
Company website at www.lenzing.com Annual General Meeting 2016. The proxy
granted to Mr Michael Knap must be received no later than on19 April 2016, 1.00
p.m. (CEST)exclusively by mail or courier service (OeKB CSD GmbH, HV Operation
Center 1, attention Mrs. Tanja Kruder, Strauchgasse 1-3, 6th floor, 1010
Vienna), by fax (+43 (0)1-928 90 60), email (hv.anmeldung-1@oekb-csd.at) or by
SWIFT BIC (OCSDATWWHVS); the proxy in text form, e.g. as PDF-file, must be
attached to the e-mail) and will be kept by the Company.
Further information on the granting of proxy to Mr Michael Knap is also
available on the Company website at www.lenzing.com Annual General Meeting
2016.Shareholders may also contact Mr Michael Knap directly by tel: +43 (0) 664
213 8740, by fax: +43 (0) 1 876 33 43-39 or by e-mail: michael.knap@iva.or.at.
Total number of shares and voting rights at the date of convocation of the
AnnualGeneralMeeting (Section 106 pt. 9 of the Stock Corporations Act)
At the date of convocation of the Annual General Meeting, the nominal
capital of the Company amounts to EUR 27.574.071,43 and is divided into
26.550.000 no-par value bearer shares. Each no-par value share grants one vote.
At the date of the convocation of the Annual General Meeting, the Company does
not hold own shares. Thus, the total number of shares entitled to participate
and vote amounts to 26.550.000 at the date of the convocation of the Annual
General Meeting.
Doors for the Annual General Meeting will open on20 April 2016, at 09:45
a.m. (CEST).
The shareholders and proxy holders are requested to show an identity
document with a photograph (passport, ID card, driver's license) at the
entrance to the Annual General Meeting. We kindly ask the shareholders and
proxy holders to take into account the high number of participants to be
expected and the usual safety precautions when planning the timing of their
arrival.
This document is published in German and in a non-binding English
convenience translation.
Lenzing, March 2016
The Management Board
end of announcement euro adhoc
issuer: Lenzing AG
A-A-4860 Lenzing
phone: +43 7672-701-0
FAX: +43 7672-96301
mail: office@lenzing.com
WWW:
http://www.lenzing.com
sector: Chemicals
ISIN: AT0000644505
indexes: WBI, ATX, Prime Market
stockmarkets: free trade: Berlin, official market: Wien language: English
Digital press kit:
http://www.ots.at/pressemappe/1597/aom
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