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The issuer is responsible for the content of this announcement. =------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 08.06.2021 C O N V O C A T I O N of the 27th Ordinary General Meeting of AT & S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik Aktiengesellschaft, Leoben FN 55638 x, ISIN AT0000969985, ("Company") on July 8, 2021 (Thursday), 10.00 a.m., local time Vienna at the premises of AT & S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik Aktiengesellschaft Fabriksgasse 13, 8700 Leoben-Hinterberg I.HOLDING AS A VIRTUAL GENERAL MEETING Zwtl.: COVID-19 Corporate Act ("COVID-19-GesG") and COVID-19 Corporate Regulation ("COVID-19-GesV") In light of the global COVID-19 pandemic and in order to protect the shareholders and the other participants of our General Meeting, the Management Board has decided to hold this year's Ordinary General Meeting without physical presence of the shareholders. Given the current circumstances and after careful assessment by the Management Board, holding the Ordinary General Meeting in virtual form is necessary for the benefit and in the best interests of both the Company and its shareholders. The 27th Ordinary General Meeting of AT & S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik Aktiengesellschaft on July 8, 2021 will therefore be held as a "virtual General Meeting" based on Section 1 (2) COVID-19-GesG (BGBl. I No. 16/2020 in the version BGBl. I Nr. 156/2020) and the COVID-19-GesV (BGBl. II No. 140/2020 in the version BGBl. II Nr. 616/2020). This means that, in accordance with the Management Board's resolution, shareholders and their proxy holders (with the exception of the special proxy holders according to Section 3 (4) COVID-19-GesV) may not be physically present at the 27th Ordinary General Meeting of AT & S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik Aktiengesellschaft on July 8, 2021 in order not to endanger the health of the participants. The virtual General Meeting will be held in 8700 Leoben-Hinterberg, Fabriksgasse 13, with the physical presence of the Chairman of the Supervisory Board, the members of the Management Board, the public notary and the four special proxy holders proposed by the Company. Holding the Ordinary General Meeting as a virtual General Meeting in accordance with the COVID-19-GesV results in modifications to the course of the General Meeting and to the exercise of the shareholders' rights. In accordance with Section 3 (4) COVID-19-GesV, the right to vote, the right to propose resolutions and the right to raise objections may only be exercised by granting of power of attorney and issuing instructions to one of the special proxy holders proposed by the Company. Shareholders can exercise their right to information at the virtual General Meeting themselves by way of electronic communication, namely by sending questions in text form, exclusively via e-mail to the Company's e-mail address fragen.ats@hauptversammlung.at, provided the shareholders have timely submitted a deposit certificate within the meaning of Section 10a Stock Corporation Act in accordance with item IV. Zwtl.: Transmission of the General Meeting on the Internet In accordance with Section 3 (1), (2) and (4) COVID-19-GesV in connection with Section 102 (4) Stock Corporation Act, the virtual 27th Ordinary General Meeting will be webcasted in real time in full, in video and audio format. This is permitted under data protection law with regard to the legal basis of Section 3 (1), (2) and (4) COVID-19-GesV. All shareholders of the Company can attend the virtual General Meeting on July 8, 2021 from approx. 10:00 a.m., local time Vienna, onwards using a suitable technical device (e.g. computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone as well as an internet connection with sufficient bandwidth to stream videos) at www.ats.net. No registration or login is required to follow the General Meeting. Webcasting the Company's virtual General Meeting grants all shareholders the possibility to follow the entire course of the General Meeting in real time via a one-way audio-video connection and, in particular, to watch the presentation by the Management Board, the answering of shareholders' questions and the voting process as well as to react to developments at the General Meeting. Please note that this live transmission of the virtual General Meeting does not allow for remote participation (Section 102 (3) (2) Stock Corporation Act) or remote voting (Section 102 (3) (3) Stock Corporation Act and Section 126 Stock Corporation Act) and that the transmission is not a two-way connection. Each shareholder can therefore only watch the General Meeting. Further, please also note that the Company is responsible for the use of technical communication means only where such means are attributable to its sphere (Section 2 (6) of the COVID-19-GesV). We also refer to the information on the organizational and technical requirements for participation in accordance with Section 3 (3) in connection with Section 2 (4) of the COVID-19-GesV ("Information for Participation"), which will be available on the website of the Company under www.ats.net (Category Investors > Annual General Meeting > 27th Annual General Meeting) as from June 17, 2021 at the latest. Agenda 1. Report of the Management Board; submission of the individual adopted annual financial statements including directors' report, (consolidated) corporate governance report and (consolidated) non-financial report as well as the consolidated financial statements including directors' report for the business year from April 1, 2020 until March 31, 2021 (2020/21) and the report of the Supervisory Board for the business year from April 1, 2020 until March 31, 2021 (2020/21) as well as of the proposal for the appropriation of the profits. 2. Resolutions regarding the appropriation of the balance sheet profits shown in the financial statements for the business year 2020/21 and on the authorization of the Management Board to partially re-allocate the balance sheet profit to free reserves as well as on the revocation of the existing authorization in this respect. 3. Resolution on the granting of discharge to the members of the Management Board for the business year 2020/21. 4. Resolution on the granting of discharge to the members of the Supervisory Board for the business year 2020/21. 5. Resolution regarding the remuneration policy for the members of the Supervisory Board of AT & S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik Aktiengesellschaft. 6. Resolution regarding the determination of the remuneration of the members of the Supervisory Board for the business year 2020/21. 7. Resolution on the remuneration report. 8. Report of the Management Board regarding the purchase and use of treasury shares pursuant to Section 65 (3) Stock Corporation Act. 9. Election of the auditor and group auditor for the business year 2021/22. 10. Resolution regarding the authorization of the Management Board to repurchase shares in the Company in accordance with Section 65 (1) (8) Stock Corporation Act and to cancel shares and of the Supervisory Board to adopt the amendments to the Articles of Association resulting from such cancellation as well as on the revocation of the respective existing authorization granted by resolution in the General Meeting of July 4, 2019. DOCUMENTS FOR THE GENERAL MEETING; INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THE WEBSITE Pursuant to Section 108 (3) and (4) Stock Corporation Act, in particular, the following documents will be available on the Company's website registered in the commercial register at www.ats.net [http://www.ats.net/] (Category Investors > Annual General Meeting > 27th Annual General Meeting) no later than June 17, 2021: * Information on the organizational and technical requirements for participation in accordance with Section 3 (3) in connection with Section 2 (4) of the COVID-19-GesV ("Information for Participation"), * Individual annual financial statements with directors' report, * (Consolidated) corporate governance report, * (Consolidated) non-financial report, * Consolidated financial statements with directors' report, * Report of the Supervisory Board pursuant to Section 96 Stock Corporation Act, * Annual Report each for the business year 2020/21, * the joint proposals for resolutions of the Management and Supervisory Boards concerning agenda items 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 10 including the proposal for the appropriation of the profits, * the proposals for resolutions of the Supervisory Board concerning agenda items 5 and 9, * remuneration policy for the members of the Supervisory Board of AT & S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik Aktiengesellschaft, * remuneration report, * report of the Management Board pursuant to Section 65 (3) Stock Corporation Act, * form for granting power of attorney to the special proxy holders pursuant to Section 3 (4) of the COVID-19-GesV, * question form, * form for revoking power of attorney, * the full text of the Convocation. Record DATE AND CONDITIONS FOR Participating in THE GENERAL MEETING Entitlement to participate in the virtual General Meeting and to exercise voting and other shareholder rights at this virtual General Meeting in accordance with the COVID-19-GesG and the COVID-19-GesV is conditional on the holding of shares on June 28, 2021, 24:00 hours CET/CEST (Vienna time) (record date). Only shareholders who provide evidence of their shareholdings on the record date are entitled to participate in, and exercise their shareholder rights at, the virtual General Meeting in accordance with the COVID-19-GesG and the COVID-19- GesV. For evidencing the shareholding on the record date, a deposit certificate in
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