SCHOELLER-BLECKMANN OILFIELD EQUIPMENT AG SCHOELLER-BLECKMANN OILFIELD EQUIPMENT Aktiengesellschaft c/o HV-Veranstaltungsservice GmbH Köppel 60 8242 St. Lorenzen am Wechsel Via SWIFT GIBAATWGGMS (Message Type MT598 or MT599 reference to ISIN AT0000946652 must be included) The appointment of a special proxy and the exercise of the shareholders' right to information cannot be effected without a deposit confirmation received by the Company in due time. Shareholders are requested to contact their custodian bank and arrange for the issuance and transmission of a deposit confirmation. The record date has no effect on the salability of the shares and has no significance for the dividend entitlement. Deposit confirmation pursuant to Section 10a Austrian Stock Corporation Act (AktG) The deposit confirmation must be issued by the custodian bank which must be registered in a member state of the European Economic Area or in a full member state of the OECD and must contain the following information (Section 10a (2) Austrian Stock Corporation Act (AktG)): * Details of the issuer: Name/company name and address or a standard code used in communications between credit institutions (SWIFT-Code) * Details of the shareholder: name/company name, address, in case of natural persons date of birth, in case of legal entities register and registration number, * Details of the shares: number of shares held by the shareholder, ISIN AT0000946652, (International Securities Identification Number), * Deposit number, securities account number or other identification, * Date or period to which the deposit confirmation refers. The deposit confirmation as evidence of share ownership for attendance at the Annual General Meeting must refer to the end of the record date 19 April 2021 (midnight, Vienna time). The deposit confirmation is accepted in the German or English language. V. AUTHORIZATION OF A SPECIAL PROXY AND PROCEDURE TO BE FOLLOWED FOR THIS PURPOSE Any shareholder who has the right to attend the virtual Annual General Meeting in accordance with COVID-19-GesG and COVID-19-GesV and who has provided proof of this to the Company in accordance with the provisions of Section IV of this Invitation, shall be entitled to appoint a special proxy. In this virtual Annual General Meeting of SCHOELLER-BLECKMANN OILFIELD EQUIPMENT Aktiengesellschaft on 29 April 2021, only one of the special proxies is permitted to submit a proposal for resolution, to vote and to raise an objection in accordance with Section 3 (4) COVID-19-GesV. The following persons, who are suitable and independent of the Company, are proposed as special proxies: (i) Attorney Mag. Ewald Oberhammer, c/o Oberhammer Rechtsanwälte GmbH 1010 Vienna, Karlsplatz 3/1 E-mail: oberhammer.sbo@hauptversammlung.at [oberhammer.sbo@hauptversammlung.at] (ii) Attorney Dr. Christian Temmel, MBA, c/o DLA Piper Weiss-Tessbach Rechtsanwälte GmbH 1010 Vienna, Schottenring 14 E-mail: temmel.sbo@hauptversammlung.at [temmel.sbo@hauptversammlung.at] (iii) Attorney Dr. Christoph Nauer, LL.M., c/o bpv Hügel Rechtsanwälte GmbH 1220 Vienna, Donau-City-Straße 11, ARES-Tower E-mail: nauer.sbo@hauptversammlung.at [nauer.sbo@hauptversammlung.at] (iv) Attorney Dr. Maria Brandstetter for the Austrian Shareholder Association (IVA Interessenverband für Anleger) 1010 Vienna, Stephansplatz 4 E-mail: brandstetter.sbo@hauptversammlung.at [brandstetter.sbo@hauptversammlung.at] Each shareholder may select one of the four persons named above as his or her special proxy and grant this person power of proxy. A separate proxy form for granting power of proxy to the special proxy is available on the Company's website at www.sbo.at/hauptversammlung [http:// www.sbo.at/hauptversammlung]. You are asked to use this proxy form. The specifications provided for in the Participation Information must be noted with regard to the granting of proxies, its delivery options and deadlines. A personal handover of the proxy at the place of the Meeting is expressly excluded. VI. INFORMATION ON SHAREHOLDERS' RIGHTS PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 109, 110, 118 AND 119 AKTG 1. Supplement to the Agenda by shareholders pursuant to Section 109 Austrian Stock Corporation Act (AktG) Shareholders whose aggregate shareholdings reach 5% of the Company's share capital and who have held these shares for at least three months prior to the submission of the proposal may request in writing that additional items be added to the Agenda of this Annual General Meeting and that they are announced, provided that such request is received by the Company in written form by mail or courier no later than 8 April 2021 (midnight, Vienna time) solely at its address SCHOELLER-BLECKMANN OILFIELD EQUIPMENT Aktiengesellschaft, Attn. Manuela Scheiber, 2630 Ternitz, Hauptstraße 2 or, if by e-mail, with a qualified electronic signature to the e-mail address m.scheiber@sbo.co.at [m.scheiber@sbo.co.at] or by SWIFT to the address GIBAATWGGMS. "In writing" means signed by hand or by corporate signature by each applicant or, if by e- mail, by qualified electronic signature or, if by SWIFT, by Message Type MT598 or Type MT599, with ISIN AT0000946652 being necessarily indicated in the text in the case of ordinary shares. Each item on the Agenda so requested must be accompanied by a proposal for a resolution including a statement of reasons. The item and the proposed resolution, but not its statement of reasons, shall in any case be written in German as well. The shareholder status is to be demonstrated by presenting a deposit confirmation pursuant to Section 10a Austrian Stock Corporation Act (AktG) which confirms that the shareholders submitting the request have been holders of the shares for at least three months prior to the submission of the request and which must not be more than seven days old when presented to the Company. In the case of several shareholders who only jointly reach the required shareholding of 5% of the share capital, the deposit confirmations for all shareholders must refer to the same day and time. For other requirements for the deposit confirmation, please refer to the explanations on the right to attend (Section IV). 2. Shareholders' proposals for resolution regarding the Agenda pursuant to Section 110 AktG Shareholders whose aggregate shareholdings reach 1% of the Company's share capital may submit in text form proposals for resolution including a statement of reasons and request that such proposals be made available on the Company's website, which is registered in the Register of Companies (Firmenbuch), together with the names of the respective shareholders, the (mandatory) statement of reasons, and the statements, if any, of the Executive Board or the Supervisory Board, provided that such request is received by the Company in text form no later than 20 April 2021 (midnight, Vienna time) either by telefax to +43(0)2630 315501 or to SCHOELLER-BLECKMANN OILFIELD EQUIPMENT Aktiengesellschaft, Attn. Frau Manuela Scheiber, 2630 Ternitz, Hauptstraße 2 or by e-mail to m.scheiber@sbo.co.at [m.scheiber@sbo.co.at], whereby the request is to be attached to the e-mail in text form, for example as pdf. If text form within the meaning of Section 13 (2) Austrian Stock Corporation Act (AktG) is prescribed for statements, the statement must be made in a document or in another manner suitable for permanent reproduction in written characters, the person making the statement must be named and the conclusion of the statement must be made recognizable by reproduction of the signature or otherwise. The proposed resolution, but not its statement of reasons, shall in any case be written in German as well. If a proposal is made on the election of a member to the Supervisory Board the statement of reasons is replaced by a statement of the suggested candidate, pursuant to Section 87 (2) Austrian Stock Corporation Act (AktG). Shareholder ownership is to be demonstrated by submitting a deposit confirmation pursuant to Section 10a Austrian Stock Corporation Act (AktG) which must not be more than seven days old when presented to the company. In the case of several shareholders who only jointly reach the required shareholding of 1% of the share capital, the deposit confirmations for all shareholders must refer to the same day and time. For other requirements for the deposit confirmation, please refer to the explanations on the right to attend (Section IV). 3. Information pursuant to Section 110 (2) Sentence 2 in conjunction with Section 86 (7) and 9 Austrian Stock Corporation Act (AktG) In regard to item 6. "election of one person to the Supervisory Board" and to any submission of a corresponding nomination by shareholders pursuant to Section 110 Austrian Stock Corporation Act (AktG), the company provides the following information: § 10 (1) of the Articles of Association of SCHOELLER- Oilfield Equipment Aktiengesellschaft stipulates that the Supervisory Board shall consist of four to six members appointed by the General Meeting. Note that the works council has not delegated any members to the Supervisory Board pursuant to Section 110 Austrian Labor Constitutional Act (ArbVG) and therefore no statement is made as to whether an objection has been declared pursuant to Section 86 (9) Austrian Stock Corporation Act (AktG). The Supervisory Board of SCHOELLER- Oilfield Equipment Aktiengesellschaft currently consists of five members elected by the Annual General Meeting (shareholders' representatives). SCHOELLER-BLECKMANN OILFIELD EQUIPMENT Aktiengesellschaft is currently not subject to Section 86 (7) Austrian Stock Corporation Act (AktG) and there is no obligation to comply with the minimum percentage requirement pursuant to Section 86 (7) Austrian Stock Corporation Act (AktG), since the Supervisory Board will continue to consist of only five capital representatives after the Annual General Meeting if one person is elected to the Supervisory Board.
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