Information pursuant to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1212 (EU-DVO) for the notification pursuant to § 125 of the
German Stock Corporation Act (AktG) of METRO AG
Information for ordinary share DE000BFB0019 / Information for preferred share DE000BFB0027
A. Specification of the message | ||
1. Unique identifier of the event | 6cae9030905dec118126005056888925 | |
2. Type of message | Convocation of the Annual General Meeting | |
[Formal indication pursuant to to EU-DVO: NEWM] | ||
B. Specification of the issuer | ||
1a. ISIN-ordinary share | DE000BFB0019 | |
1b. ISIN- preferred share | DE000BFB0027 | |
2. Name of issuer | METRO AG | |
C. Specification of the meeting | ||
1. Date of the General Meeting | 11 February 2022 | |
[Formal indication pursuant to EU-DVO: 20220211] | ||
2. Time of the General Meeting | 10:00 a.m. (CET) | |
[Formal indication pursuant to EU-DVO: 9:00 Uhr UTC] | ||
3. Type of General Meeting | Annual General Meeting | |
[Formal indication pursuant to EU-DVO: GMET] | ||
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4. Location of the General Meeting | URL to the Company's online shareholder service to follow the | |
Annual General Meeting in video and audio and to exercise | ||
shareholder rights: www.metroag.de/hauptversammlung | ||
The place of the Annual General Meeting within the meaning | ||
of the German Stock Corporation Act (Aktiengesetz) is the | ||
registered office of the Company, METRO-Straße 1, 40235 | ||
Düsseldorf. | ||
5. Record Date | 21 January 2022, 00:00 CET | |
Pursuant to section 123 para. 4 sentence 2 of the German | ||
Stock Corporation Act (AktG) in conjunction with section 16 | ||
para. 2 of the Articles of Association, the proof of shareholding | ||
must refer to the beginning of the day on 21 January 2022. § | ||
Article 16 (2) of the Articles of Association, the record date | ||
shall refer to the beginning of the day on 21 January 2022 | ||
(record date). However, according to the EU Regulation, the | ||
record date with reference to shareholdings must be stated at | ||
the close of business on the 22nd day before the Annual | ||
General Meeting and therefore corresponds to 20 January | ||
2022. | ||
[Formal indication pursuant to EU-DVO: 20220120, 23:00 Uhr | ||
UCT] | ||
6. Uniform Resource Locator (URL) | www.metroag.de/hauptversammlung | |
D. Participation in the general meeting | ||
1. Method of participation by shareholder | Follow-up of the virtual general meeting by means of | |
electronic video and audio transmission | ||
Exercise of voting rights by postal vote | ||
Exercise of voting rights by granting power of attorney and | ||
issuing instructions to the proxies appointed by the Company | ||
[Formal indication pursuant to EU-DVO: EV, PX] | ||
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2. Issuer deadline for the notification of participation | Registration for the Annual General Meeting until: | |
4 February 2022, 24:00 (CET) (receipt decisive). | ||
[Formal indication pursuant to EU-DVO: 20220204, 23:00 | ||
UCT]. | ||
The exercise of voting rights by postal vote, the exercise of | ||
voting rights by granting power of attorney and instructions to | ||
the proxies appointed by the Company as well as the tracking | ||
of the virtual General Meeting by means of electronic video | ||
and audio transmission require proper registration and special | ||
proof of shareholding (see C.5). The relevant deadlines for | ||
exercising these rights are set out in D.3. | ||
3. Issuer deadline for voting | Exercise of voting rights by postal vote / Exercise of voting | |
rights by granting power of attorney and instructions to the | ||
proxies nominated by the Company / Authorisation of third | ||
parties, | ||
− in writing or in text form (by fax or by e-mail): 10 | ||
February 2022, 6:00 p.m. (CET) (receipt is decisive). | ||
[Formal indication according to EU-DVO: 20220210, | ||
17:00 UCT] | ||
- | -electronically via the shareholder portal | |
(www.metroag.de/hauptversammlung): by the day | ||
of the Annual General Meeting on 11 February 2022 | ||
at the time determined by the chairman of the | ||
meeting during the Annual General Meeting in the | ||
context of the voting process | ||
E. Agenda - agenda item 1 | ||
1. Unique identifier of the agenda item | 1 | |
2. Title of the agenda item | Presentation of annual reports | |
3. Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of the materials | www.metroag.de/hauptversammlung | |
4. Vote | ||
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5. Alternative Optionen für die Stimmabgabe
E. Agenda - agenda item 2
1. | Unique identifier of the agenda item | 2 | ||||||
2. | Title of the agenda item | Formal approval of the | actions | of | the | members | of | the |
Management Board | ||||||||
3. | Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of the materials | www.metroag.de/hauptversammlung | ||||||
4. Vote | Binding vote | |||||||
[Formal indication pursuant to EU-DVO: BV] | ||||||||
5. Alternative voting options | Endorsement | |||||||
Rejection | ||||||||
Abstention | ||||||||
Non-participation in the vote by submitting an incomplete | ||||||||
voting form to this extent | ||||||||
[Formale Angabe gemäß EU-DVO: VF, VA, AB, BL] | ||||||||
E. Agenda - agenda item 3 | ||||||||
1. | Unique identifier of the agenda item | 3 | ||||||
2. | Title of the agenda item | Formal approval of the | actions | of | the | members | of | the |
Supervisory Board | ||||||||
3. | Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of the materials | www.metroag.de/hauptversammlung | ||||||
4. Vote | Binding vote | |||||||
[Formal indication pursuant to EU-DVO: BV] | ||||||||
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5. Alternative voting options | Endorsement | |
Rejection | ||
Abstention | ||
Non-participation in the vote by submitting an incomplete | ||
voting form to this extent | ||
[Formal indication pursuant to EU-DVO: VF, VA, AB, BL] | ||
E. Agenda - agenda item 4 | ||
1. | Unique identifier of the agenda item | 4 |
2. | Title of the agenda item | Election of the auditor |
3. | Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of the materials | www.metroag.de/hauptversammlung |
4. | Vote | Binding vote |
[Formal indication pursuant to EU-DVO: BV] | ||
5. Alternative voting options | Endorsement | |
Rejection | ||
Abstention | ||
Non-participation in the vote by submitting an incomplete | ||
voting form to this extent | ||
[Formale Angabe gemäß EU-DVO: VF, VA, AB, BL] | ||
E. Agenda - agenda item 5a | ||
1. | Unique identifier of the agenda item | 5a |
2. | Title of agenda item | Elections to the Supervisory Board- Dr. Fredy Raas |
3. | Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of the materials | www.metroag.de/hauptversammlung |
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