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08.04.2021
Invitation to the
Annual General Meeting
Telekom Austria Aktiengesellschaft
Company no. 144477t, Commercial Court Vienna
ISIN AT 0000720008
We are pleased to invite our shareholders to the Annual General Meeting, which
will take place on Friday, May 14, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. (CEST) at the company's
seat, A-1020 Vienna, Lassallestrasse 9. In order to protect the shareholders and
other participants, the Management Board has decided to hold the general meeting
as a virtual general meeting (according to COVID-19-GesV). Shareholders can
therefore not be physically present.
All shareholders of the company can follow the Annual General Meeting on May 14,
2021 from 10:00 a.m. on the Internet at www.a1.group/de/ir/hauptversammlung-2021
[http://www.a1.group/de/ir/hauptversammlung-2021] (full Internet broadcast in
real time in accordance with § 3 para 4 COVID-19-GesV in connection with § 102
para 4 Stock Corporation Act). The live broadcast does not allow remote
participation (§ 102 para 3 lit 2 Stock Corporation Act) and no remote voting (§
102 para 3 lit 3 Stock Corporation Act and § 126 Stock Corporation Act).
The exercise of the right to vote, the right to submit motions and the right to
object are only exercised by granting a power of attorney and giving
instructions to one of the four independent, "special proxies" proposed by the
Company (see below: Participation, deposit confirmation, special proxies) whose
costs are borne by the Company.
The right to information can only be exercised by the shareholders themselves
during the virtual general meeting by e-mail directly to the following e-mail
address: fragen.telekom@hauptversammlung.at
[fragen.telekom@hauptversammlung.at].
By April 23, 2021 at the latest, the organizational and technical requirements
for participation in accordance with § 3 para 3 in connection with § 2 para 4
COVID-19-GesV ("participation information") will be published on the company's
website at https://www.a1.group/en/ir/annual-general-meeting-2021 [https://
www.a1.group/en/ir/annual-general-meeting-2021]. Again, this year we kindly ask
the shareholders to pay particular attention to the participation information,
in which the course of the Annual General Meeting is set out in detail.
Agenda
Agenda Item 1:
Presentation of the adopted financial statements and the management report as
well as the consolidated financial statements including the consolidated
management report and the consolidated corporate governance report, the
consolidated non-financial report, the proposal for appropriation of the net
profit and the Supervisory Board report on the fiscal year 2020.
Agenda Item 2:
Resolution on the appropriation of the net profit shown in the financial
statements for the fiscal year 2020.
Agenda Item 3:
Resolution on the discharge of the members of the Management Board for the
fiscal year 2020.
Agenda Item 4:
Resolution on the discharge of the members of the Supervisory Board for the
fiscal year 2020.
Agenda Item 5:
Resolution on the compensation for the members of the Supervisory Board for the
fiscal year 2020.
Agenda Item 6:
Elections to the Supervisory Board.
Agenda Item 7:
Election of the auditors of the financial statements and of the consolidated
financial statements for the fiscal year 2021.
Agenda Item 8:
Resolution on the Remuneration Report 2020.
Shareholder information:
From April 23, 2021 (21 days before the Annual General Meeting) at the latest,
the following documents are available at https://www.a1.group [https://
www.a1.group/]:
1. the combined annual report 2020 including the consolidated financial
statements and the consolidated management report 2020, the financial statements
of the fiscal year 2020 including the management report, the consolidated
corporate governance report 2020, the consolidated non-financial report, the
proposal of the Management Board for the appropriation of the net profit and the
Supervisory Board report for the fiscal year 2020;
2. the complete text of this invitation to the Annual General Meeting;
3. the resolution proposals for the agenda by the Management Board and the
Supervisory Board;
4. the forms for proxy and revocation of proxy for the special proxies as well
as a form for questions;
5. statements according to § 87 para 2 Stock Corporation Act;
6. the remuneration report 2020;
7. the participation information according to § 3 para 3 COVID-GesV.
Additional items to the agenda:
Shareholders whose shares collectively amount to 5% of the share capital can
request that items be placed on the agenda and announced. Each item on the
agenda must be accompanied by a proposal for a resolution including the reasons
(both required in German); in the case of supervisory board elections, the
statement of the proposed person in accordance with § 87 para 2 Stock
Corporation Act takes the place of the reason. The written and signed
application must be received by Telekom Austria AG, Investor Relations
Department, Lassallestrasse 9, 1020 Vienna, by April 23, 2021 (21st day before
the Annual General Meeting). The applicants must have held the shares for at
least 3 months before submitting the application. This must be proven at the
same time as the application by means of a deposit confirmation in accordance
with § 10a Stock Corporation Act.
Resolution proposals:
Until the end of May 4, 2021 (7th business day before the Annual General
Meeting), shareholders whose shares total 1% of the share capital can submit
proposals for resolution to the company on any item on the agenda and request
that these proposals be submitted together with the names of the relevant
shareholders, the attached reasons and any comments by the Management Board or
the Supervisory Board are published on the Company's website. In the case of a
proposal for the election of a member of the Supervisory Board, the statement of
the proposed person acc. to § 87 para 2 Stock Corporation Act takes the place of
the reason.
These documents, including proof of shareholder status, are to be provided in
the form of a deposit confirmation in accordance with § 10a Stock Corporation
Act, in text form (by fax to +43 (0) 50 664 9 49040 or by mail to Telekom
Austria AG, Investor Relations Department, 1020 Vienna, Lassallestrasse 9, or by
E -Mail to general hauptversammlung.2021@a1.group
[hauptversammlung.2021@a1.group]).
The company will publish the proposal no later than on the 2nd working day after
receipt, unless
1. it contains no reasons or the declaration according to § 87 para 2 Stock
Corporation Act is not provided,
2. it would lead to a resolution by the Annual General Meeting, which is
unlawful or in contradiction to the Articles of Association,
3. a similar proposal based on the same circumstances is already made accessible
for the shareholders,
4. the proposal qualifies as slander (§ 111 Austrian Penal Code) or libel (§ 115
Austrian Penal Code) or the Management Board would become liable to prosecution
for making the proposal accessible or
5. the shareholders indicate that they will not attend the Annual General
Meeting and will not be represented by anyone.
The reasons do not have to be published on the company's website, if they
contain more than 5,000 characters or if the statement fulfils one of the
elements in the above-mentioned item 4. If several shareholders deliver
resolution proposals for the same item of the agenda, the Management Board may
summarize the resolution proposals and their reasons. The resolution proposals
including the reasons must be submitted in German.
Deposit confirmation when adding further items on the agenda or when proposing
resolutions
As proof of shareholder status, shareholders have to attach a deposit
confirmation in accordance with § 10a Stock Corporation Act in German or English
from the depositary bank with its registered office in a member state of the
European Economic Area or in a full member state of the OECD, which must not be
older than 7 days at the time of submission to the company. If there are several
shareholders who only jointly achieve the required share ownership of 5% or 1%
of the share capital, the deposit confirmations for all shareholders must refer
to the same point in time (day, time).
Right to submit motions
Every shareholder is entitled to submit motions to any item on the agenda at the
Annual General Meeting. Resolution proposals which according to § 110 Stock
Corporation Act have been published on the company's website shall only be voted
on if they are repeated at the Annual General Meeting as proposals for passing a
resolution. For a shareholder to propose the election of a member to the
Supervisory Board, the timely submission of an election proposal in text form
pursuant to § 110 Stock Corporation Act, to be accompanied by a statement
pursuant to § 87 Para 2 Stock Corporation Act, is mandatory. The right to submit
motions to the virtual general meeting can only be exercised through a special
proxy.
Right to information:
Upon request at the Annual General Meeting, each shareholder shall be granted
information about the affairs of the company, if necessary to make possible the
correct evaluation of an item on the agenda. The right to information can only
be exercised during the virtual general meeting by sending an e-mail to
fragen.telekom@hauptversammlung.at [fragen.telekom@hauptversammlung.at]. The
right to information extends to legal and business relations of the company with
affiliated companies. The right to information also extends to the status of the
group and the companies included in the consolidated financial statements.
Information rendered shall comply with the principles of diligent and accurate
accountability. The information may be refused if
1. such information - according to a reasonable economic evaluation - could be
of considerable detriment to the company or to an affiliated company, or
2. providing the information would constitute an offence.
The reason for refusing to provide information must be stated.
Participation, deposit confirmation & special proxies:
As the Annual General Meeting on May 14, 2021 will be held virtually,
shareholders cannot be physically present. Participation in this virtual Annual
General Meeting, the exercise of voting rights, the right to propose a
resolution and to object to the resolution are only possible by granting power
of attorney and giving instructions to one of the four independent special
proxies proposed by the Company. It is not possible to authorize other persons.
Only persons who are shareholders at the end of May 4, 2021 (record date) and
provide the Company with evidence of their shareholding are entitled to
participate in this virtual General Meeting. Proof of shareholder status is to
be provided by means of a deposit confirmation in German or English. This
deposit confirmation must be issued by the custodian bank which has its
registered office in a member state of the European Economic Area or in a full
member state of the OECD and shall be received by the company by the 3rd
business day prior to the Annual General Meeting at the latest. Please note that
this deadline ends on May 10, 2021.
The deposit confirmations shall be sent to the company
1. in text form according to § 16 para 2 of the Articles of Association
per telefax: +43 (0)1 8900 500 52 or
per e-mail: anmeldung.telekom@hauptversammlung.at (deposit confirmation by PDF),
2. in written form and duly signed (official company signature) by mail or
courier to Telekom Austria AG, c/o HV-Veranstaltungsservice GmbH, Re: Telekom
Austria HV, 8242 St. Lorenzen/Wechsel, Köppel 60, Austria, or
via SWIFT as following: SWIFT GIBAATWGGMS, Message Type MT598 (alternatively
599); please indicate in the wording ISIN AT 0000720008.
Submitting the deposit confirmation serves at the same time as registration for
the Annual General Meeting. The deposit confirmation shall contain the following
information:
1. the issuer by reference to name (company name) and address or a code
customary in transactions between banks (e.g. BIC code),
2. the shareholder by reference to name (company name) and address, date of
birth in case of physical persons and in case of legal persons, if applicable,
registry and company registration number under which the legal person is
registered in its country of origin,
3. deposit number or, if not available, an alternative identification,
4. number of shares held by the shareholder, ISIN (please indicate in the
wording
ISIN AT 0000720008),
5. explicit confirmation that the deposit confirmation refers to the record
date, which is September 14, 2020, 12:00 midnight (CEST) (local time Vienna).
Every shareholder who is entitled to participate in the Annual General Meeting
and has duly verified this to the Company is entitled to authorize one of the
following special proxies.
1. Dipl. Vw., Dipl. Jur.
Florian Beckermann, LL.M
c/o Austrian Shareholder Association, IVA
A-1130 Vienna, Feldmühlgasse 22
beckermann.telekom@hauptversammlung.at [beckermann.telekom@hauptversammlung.at]
2. Attorney of law Dr. Christoph Nauer LL.M.
c/o bpv Hügel Rechtsanwälte GmbH
2340 Mödling, Enzersdorferstraße 4
nauer.telekom@hauptversammlung.at [moser.telekom@hauptversammlung.at]
3. MMag.
Thomas Niss, MBA
c/o Coown Technologies GmbH,
A-1040 Vienna, Gußhausstraße 3/2
niss.telekom@hauptversammlung.at [niss.telekom@hauptversammlung.at]
4. Attorney of law Dr. Sascha Schulz
c/o Schönherr Rechtsanwälte GmbH
A-1010 Vienna, Schottenring 19
schulz.telekom@hauptversammlung.at [schulz.telekom@hauptversammlung.at]
A power of attorney form will be available no later than April 23, 2021 at
www.a1.group/en/ir/hauptversammlung-2021 [http://www.a1.group/en/ir/
hauptversammlung-2021]. We ask you to only use this power of attorney form.
For the further details regarding granting power of attorney and issuing
instructions, the communication options and deadlines provided for this purpose,
the regulations provided in the participation information must be observed. A
personal handover of the power of attorney at the meeting place is excluded.
Information on the data privacy of shareholders:
Telekom Austria AG processes the personal data of shareholders (in particular
the information according to § 10a Para 2 Stock Corporation Act; i.e. name,
address, date of birth, number of the securities custody account, number of
shares held by the shareholder, type of share if applicable, number of the
voting card as well as the e-mail address, the name and date of birth of the
designated proxy, if applicable) on the basis of legally valid data privacy
regulations, especially the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as
well as the Austrian Data Protection Act, in order to enable shareholders to
exercise their rights at the Annual General Meeting. The processing of the
personal data of shareholders is absolutely necessary for the participation of
shareholders and their representatives in the Annual General Meeting pursuant to
Austrian Stock Corporation Act. The legal foundation for processing of personal
data is Art 6 Para 1 lit c GDPR. According to Art 4 lit 7 GDPR Telekom Austria
AG is controller of the processing of personal data. Telekom Austria AG uses
external service companies such as notaries public, lawyers and banks for the
purpose of holding the Annual General Meeting. They only receive the personal
data from Telekom Austria AG which is required to carry out the contracted
service, and exclusively process data in accordance with the instructions
provided by Telekom Austria AG. If legally required, Telekom Austria AG has
concluded data privacy agreements with these service companies.
Participating shareholders and their representatives must be included in the
legally required list of participants (§ 117 Stock Corporation Act). Other
shareholders or their representatives, the members of the Management Board and
Supervisory Board, the notary public and all other persons with a statutory
right of participation may study this directory and thereby also see the
personal data mentioned therein (including name, place of residence, number of
shares). Telekom Austria AG is also legally obliged to submit personal
shareholder data (especially the list pf participants) to the Commercial
Register as part of the notarial record (§ 120 Stock Corporation Act).
Please find further information regarding the data privacy policy of Telekom
Austria AG on our website via the following link: https://www.a1.group/en/meta/
privacy
Total number of shares and voting rights at time of invitation:
The share capital of the company amounts to EUR 1,449,274,500 and is divided
into 664,500,000 no par value bearer shares. Every share grants the right to one
vote. At the time of this invitation, the company holds 415,159 treasury shares
without entitlement to vote. At the time of this invitation, the total number of
shares entitling to participation and the right to vote amounts to 664,084,841.
Further information regarding the election of members of the Supervisory Board:
§ 8 para 1 of the Articles of Association of Telekom Austria AG provides for the
possibility of an election of up to ten members of the Supervisory Board to be
elected by the Annual General Meeting. Seven men and three women elected
represent the shareholders in the Supervisory Board.
The shareholder representatives of the Supervisory Board disagreed towards the
Chair with the overall fulfillment of the gender quota according to § 86 para 9
Stock Corporation Act. The minimum quota pursuant to § 86 para 7 Stock
Corporation Act (minimum of 30 % female members) with regard to the shareholder
representatives is currently fulfilled. The terms of two male Supervisory Board
members expire.
Paying Agent: UniCredit Bank Austria AG.
For further information please visit our website at
https://www.a1.group [https://www.a1.group/].
Vienna, April 08, 2021
The Management Board
International Securities Identification Number (ISIN)
AT 0000720008
end of announcement euro adhoc
issuer: Telekom Austria AG
Lassallestrasse 9
A-1020 Wien
phone: 004350664 47500
FAX:
mail: investor.relations@a1.group
WWW: www.a1.group
ISIN: AT0000720008
indexes: ATX, WBI
stockmarkets: Wien
language: English
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