The instructions may be issued together with the power of attorney or at a later date. Instructions for exercising voting rights, the right to make motions and the right to object can be issued before or during the AGM up to the point in time determined by the Chair in each case. Until such time, shareholders have the opportunity to amend instructions already given or to issue new instructions. As the proxies cannot be reached by telephone during the AGM in view of the potential large number of simultaneous contact attempts, only the email communication medium to your proxy's email address specified above should be used for communication. In each email, the person of the shareholder (name/ company name, date of birth/company register number of the shareholder) must be specified, and the conclusion of the declaration must be made identifiable by reproducing the name signature or otherwise, e.g. by stating the name/company name (Section 13 (2) AktG). In order to enable the proxy to determine the identity of, and correspondence with, the custody account confirmation, we would ask you in this case to also include your custody account number in the email. Please note that it may be necessary to interrupt the virtual AGM for a short time in order to process in a secure manner the shareholders' instructions to the proxies received during the AGM. Zwtl.: VIII. SHAREHOLDERS'S RIGHT TO INFORMATION AND TO SPEAK Each shareholder is to be provided on request with information about the Company's affairs at the AGM, insofar as this is necessary for the proper assessment of an agenda item. The right to information and the right to speak may be exercised exclusively by electronic mail by sending an email to the email address fragen.amag@hauptversammlung.at. Please use the question form, which will be available on the Company's website (www.amag-al4u.com) in section "Investor Relations" under "Annual General Meeting 2021" from March 23, 2021 at the latest, and attach the completed and signed form to the email as an attachment. If you send your questions or verbal contributions without utilising the question form, the person of the shareholder (name/company name, date of birth/ company register number of the shareholder) must be stated, and the conclusion of the declaration must be made identifiable by reproducing the name signature or otherwise, e.g. by stating the name/company name (Section 13 (2) AktG). In order to enable the Company to establish the identity of, and correspondence with, the custody account confirmation, we would ask you in this case to include your custody account number in the email. If the right to information and/or the right to speak is exercised by an authorised representative, proof of authorisation must also be provided in text form. Please note that the special proxies cannot be authorised to exercise the right to information and/or the right to speak. Shareholders are requested to submit their questions in text form in advance of the AGM by email to fragen.amag@hauptversammlung.at, in good time for them to reach the Company by April 9, 2021 at the latest. In this way, you enable the Management Board to prepare as accurately as possible, and to answer the questions you ask as rapidly as possible. During the AGM, shareholders also have the opportunity to submit their questions and contributions to the AGM electronically to the Company, exclusively in text form by email directly to the Company's email address at fragen.amag@hauptversammlung.at. Please note that time limits may be set by the Chair during the AGM. Questions received by the Company are read out and answered at the AGM pursuant to Section 118 of the AktG. Zwtl.: IX. INFORMATION ON DATA PROTECTION AMAG Austria Metall AG processes its shareholders' personal data (in particular those data pursuant to Section 10a (2) AktG, i.e. name, address, date of birth, number of the custody account, number of shares held by the shareholder, number of the voting card and, if applicable, proxy's name and address) on the basis of the applicable data protection provisions, in particular the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Austrian Data Protection Act (DSG), in order to enable shareholders to exercise their rights at the AGM. The processing of shareholders' personal data is mandatory for the participation of shareholders and their representatives in the virtual AGM pursuant to AktG and COVID-19-GesV. As a consequence, Article 6 (1) (c) GDPR forms the legal basis for processing. AMAG Austria Metall AG is responsible for such processing. AMAG Austria Metall AG makes use of external service companies such as notaries, lawyers, special proxies and event service providers for the purpose of organising the virtual AGM. AMAG Austria Metall AG only provides such personal data to external service companies that are required for the execution of the service that has been ordered, and the external service companies process such data exclusively in accordance with the instructions of AMAG Austria Metall AG. Where legally necessary, AMAG Austria Metall AG has concluded a data protection agreement with such service providers. If shareholders participate in the virtual AGM, their special proxies, the members of the Management and Supervisory boards, the notary public and all other persons with a statutory right to participate can inspect the legally required list of participants (Section 117 AktG), and thereby also view the personal data specified therein (including name, place of residence, ownership interest). AMAG Austria Metall AG is also legally obligated to submit personal shareholder data (in particular the list of participants) as part of the notarial protocol to the company register (Section 120 AktG). Shareholders' data are anonymised or deleted as soon as they are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or processed, and unless other legal obligations require further archiving. Obligations to provide evidence and to retain records arise, in particular, from company, stock corporation and takeover legislation, from tax and levy legislation, as well as from anti-money-laundering regulations. If legal claims are brought by shareholders against AMAG Austria Metall AG, or by AMAG Austria Metall AG against shareholders, the archiving of personal data serves to clarify and enforce claims in individual cases. In connection with court proceedings before civil courts, this can lead to the archiving of data for the duration of the statute of limitations plus the duration of the court proceedings up to its legally binding termination. For the purpose of providing administrative support to the Supervisory and Management boards, the podium will be broadcast live to the support area, so that any questions as well as other administrative issues can be answered as rapidly as possible. Such data is neither stored nor recorded. As a consequence, the legal basis for processing is Article 12 (2) No. 4 DSG. All shareholders have the right to information, correction, restriction, objection and deletion at any time in relation to the processing of personal data, as well as a right to data transmission in accordance with Chapter III GDPR. Shareholders may assert such rights in relation to AMAG Austria Metall AG free of charge via the following email address: datenschutz@amag.at [datenschutz@amag.at]. In addition, shareholders are entitled to appeal to the data protection authority pursuant to Article 77 GDPR. Further information on data protection can be found in the data protection declaration on the website of AMAG Austria Metall AG at www.amag-al4u.com/en/ data-policy. Zwtl.: X. FURTHER INFORMATION AND NOTES Total number of shares and voting rights Pursuant to Section 106 No. 9 AktG, notification is given that the Company's share capital on the AGM convening date is divided into 35,264,000 ordinary bearer shares. Each share grants one voting right. The Company holds no treasury shares as of the AGM convening date. The total number of shares entitling to AGM participation and AGM voting amounts to 35,264,000 on the AGM convening date. No physical presence We would like to point out expressly once again that because of holding the 10th AGM on April 13, 2021 as a virtual AGM in the meaning of COVID-19-GesV, neither shareholders nor guests can attend the venue in person. Ranshofen, March 2021 The Management Board Further inquiry note: Christoph M. Gabriel Head of Investor Relations Tel.: +43 (0) 7722-801-3821 Email: investorrelations@amag.at AMAG Austria Metall AG Lamprechtshausenerstraße 61 5282 Ranshofen, Austria Website: www.amag-al4u.com end of announcement euro adhoc =-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
March 16, 2021 02:30 ET (06:30 GMT)