Convocation of the Shareholders 02.05.2024
Unofficial translation from the German language - only the German language version is legally binding
ISIN AT0000821103
C O N V O C A T I O N
of the shareholders of
to the
25th Annual General Meeting
to be held on Monday,
at the
The 25th Annual General Meeting of
A G E N D A
- Presentation of the approved and officially adopted non-consolidated financial statements and the consolidated financial statements of
UNIQA Insurance Group AG for the year ending31 December 2023 , the management report, the corporate governance report of the Management Board, the separate consolidated non-financial report of the Management Board, and the Man- agement Board's proposal for the distribution of profit, as well as the report of the Supervisory Board pursuant to Section 96 of the Stock Corporation Act for the 2023 business year. - Resolution on the distribution of the net profit shown in the Company's financial statements for the year ending
31 December 2023 . - Resolution on the approval of the actions of the members of the Management Board and the Supervisory Board of the Company for the 2023 business year.
- Election of the auditor of the non-consolidated and consolidated financial statements for the business year 2025 and (anticipatory) election of the auditor of the sustainability reports for the business years 2024 and 2025.
- Resolution on the remuneration report disclosing the remuneration of the Management Board and the
Supervisory Board for the 2023 business year. - Resolution on the Remuneration Policy.
- Resolution on the daily allowances and the remuneration of the members of the Supervisory Board.
- Resolution on the authorization of the Management Board, up to and including
30 June 2029 : -
- to increase the share capital with the approval of the Supervisory Board by a maximum of
EUR 80,000,000 through the issue of up to 80,000,000 no-par value bearer shares or
- to increase the share capital with the approval of the Supervisory Board by a maximum of
registered shares with voting rights against cash contributions or contributions in kind once or in several parts,
- subject to approval by the Supervisory Board, to exclude, if appropriate, the shareholders' subscription rights, provided the share capital is increased
(b.a.) for the purpose of implementing an employee participation program either including members of the Management Board and/or senior executives or exclusively for members of the Management Board and/or senior executives of the Company or a stock option plan for employees, including members of the Management Board and/or senior executives or exclusively for members of the Management Board and/or senior executives of the Com- pany and, where appropriate, of affiliated companies, including, if applicable, through the transfer of shares to an employee participation foundation within the meaning of section 4d
(4) of the Income Tax Act, or
(b.b) against contributions in kind, in particular of businesses, establishments, parts of establishments or shares in one or several companies in
(b.c.) for an over-allotment option (greenshoe), or
(b.d.) for the adjustment of fractional amounts, and
- to determine, with the approval of the Supervisory Board, the type of shares to be newly issued (bearer shares or registered shares), the issue price, and the other terms and con- ditions of the issue (authorized capital),
and resolution on the amendment to the Articles of
9. Election of a member of the Supervisory Board.
Documents
The following documents are available on the Company's website registered in the
- Non-consolidatedfinancial statements for the year ending
31 December 2023 , including the man- agement report; - Consolidated financial statements for the year ending
31 December 2023 , including the consoli- dated management report; - Consolidated corporate governance report for the business year 2023;
- Annual financial statements for the business year 2023;
- Separate consolidated non-financial report for the business year 2023;
- Proposal of the
Management Board for the distribution of the net profit shown in the Company's financial statements for the year ending31 December 2023 ; - Report of the Supervisory Board pursuant to section 96 of the Stock Corporation Act for the business year 2023;
- Remuneration report disclosing the remuneration of the Management Board and the
Supervisory Board for the business year 2023; - Remuneration policy for the members of the Management Board and the members of the Su- pervisory Board;
- Report of the Management Board pursuant to section 170 (2) of the Stock Corporation Act and section 153 (4) of the Stock Corporation Act;
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- Proposed resolutions of the Management Board and/or the Supervisory Board regarding items 2 to 9 of the agenda;
- Articles of Association with the proposed amendment and comparison of the current version and the proposed version;
- Further information on the shareholders' rights pursuant to sections 109, 110, 118 and 119 of the Stock Corporation Act;
- Declaration by the candidate proposed for election to the Supervisory Board pursuant to section
87 (2) of the Stock Corporation Act, i.e. a statement regarding the candidate's professional qual- ification, professional or similar positions, and confirmation that there are no grounds for bias; - Convocation of the shareholders of the Company to the 25th Annual General Meeting.
From the date of publication, this convocation to the 25th Annual General Meeting of the Company, and as of
Moreover, forms for the granting and revocation of proxies pursuant to section 114 of the Stock Corporation Act are available on the Company's website no later than as of
Notice concerning shareholders' rights (section 106 (5) Stock Corporation Act)
Pursuant to section 109 of the Stock Corporation Act, shareholders who together hold 5% of the share capital may request in writing that items be put on the agenda and published. Any such item so requested must be accompanied by a proposal for a resolution and an explanatory statement. The applicants must have held their shares for at least three months prior to their request. Such request must be received by the Company no later than on the 21st day prior to the Annual General Meeting, hence on or before
Pursuant to section 110 of the Stock Corporation Act, shareholders who together hold 1% of the share capital may send the Company proposals for resolutions in text form in respect of each item on the agenda and request that such proposals, including the names of the requesting shareholders, the motivation of the request, and a statement, if any, by the Management Board or the Supervisory Board be made available on the Company's website, as entered in the
If a candidate for election to the Supervisory Board is proposed, the motivation of the request is replaced by a declaration by the candidate proposed pursuant to section 87 (2) of the Stock Corporation Act. Section 86 (7) of the Stock Corporation Act applies to the Company, i.e. the Supervisory Board must comprise at least 30% women and at least 30% men. In its current composition, the Supervisory Board must include at least five women and at least five men (calculated on the basis of a total number of fifteen Supervisory Board members, i.e. ten capital representatives and five employee representatives) in order to meet the minimum quota pursuant to section 86 (7) of the Stock Corporation Act. For the proposed election, the minimum quota of women and men on the Supervisory Board must be met in its entirety (no objection pursuant to section 86 (9) of the Stock Corporation Act). Currently, the minimum quota is met, given that the Supervisory Board of the Company comprises five women and ten men.
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Pursuant to section 118 of the Stock Corporation Act, every shareholder has the right to be informed about the Company's affairs at the Annual General Meeting upon his or her request, if such information is necessary to properly assess an item on the agenda. Information may be withheld if, based on sound business judgment, it is likely to cause the Company or any of its affiliates a significant disadvantage, or if the disclosure of such information would constitute a criminal offence.
Shareholder rights which are linked to the holding of shares at a certain point in time or during a certain period of time may be exercised only if the shareholders submit a deposit certificate pursuant to Section 10a of the Stock Corporation Act to prove their shareholder status during the relevant period.
Further information about shareholder rights pursuant to sections 109, 110, 118 and 119 of the Stock Corporation Act is available on the Company's website (www.uniqagroup.com) at Investor Relations/An- nual General Meeting as of
Right to attend, deposit certificate, record date, and proxy (section 106 (6), (7) and (8) Stock Corporation Act)
Pursuant to section 111 (1) of the Stock Corporation Act, the right to attend the Annual General Meeting and to exercise shareholder rights depends on the shares held at the end of the tenth day prior to the Annual General Meeting (record date). Only shareholders who were shareholders at the end of the tenth day prior to the Annual General Meeting (record date) have the right to attend the Annual General Meeting and exercise their shareholder rights. The record date is
For bearer shares deposited with a custodian (all shares issued by the Company are bearer shares), proof of shareholder status on the record date is furnished by producing to the Company a deposit certificate pursuant to section 10a of the Stock Corporation Act, which must be issued in writing and received by the Company on the third business day prior to the Annual General Meeting at the latest, hence on or before
The deposit certificate must be issued by the shareholder's custodian bank or by the intermediary appointed by the custodian bank of the shareholder and must contain at least the following information:
- Information about the issuer: name/company name and address or a code commonly used in transactions between banks (SWIFT code),
- Information about the shareholder: name/company name, address, date of birth of natural per- sons, register and register number (
Companies Register number) of legal persons, - Securities account number or other identifier,
- Information about the shares: number of the shareholder's no-par-value shares,
- Date or period to which the deposit certificate refers.
Shares are not blocked as a result of shareholders registering for the Annual General Meeting and/or presenting a deposit certificate. Shareholders may continue to freely dispose of their shares even after registration and/or presentation of a deposit certificate.
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Every shareholder who has the right to attend the Annual General Meeting may appoint an individual or a legal entity as proxy. The Company itself or a member of the Management Board or of the Supervisory Board may exercise the voting right as proxy holder only if a shareholder issued express instructions as to how to vote on the individual items on the agenda. The proxy must be granted to a specified person in text form. Every shareholder may use the forms the Company provides on its website (www.uniqagroup.com) at Investor Relations/Annual General Meeting. Shareholders are not obliged to use these forms.
If shareholders so wish, they may appoint Mr.
A shareholder's proxy form must be sent to and retained by the Company. A proxy form must be received by the Company no later than on
On the day of the Annual General Meeting, the proxy can only be handed over personally upon registration for the Annual General Meeting at the venue of the meeting.
Upon request, the proxy form provided on the Company's website will be sent by surface mail.
If a shareholder has granted a proxy to his/her custodian bank (section 10a of the Stock Corporation Act), the custodian bank, besides issuing a deposit certificate, need only state that proxy was granted to it.
The above provisions governing the granting of proxies also apply, mutatis mutandis, to the revocation of proxies.
To ensure a smooth conduct of entrance checks, shareholders and other participants are requested to present in due time before the beginning of the Annual General Meeting. The Company reserves the right to demand that participants present an official photo ID upon registration. If these requirements are not met, shareholders may be denied entrance. If you are participating in the Annual General Meeting as an authorized proxy, please also present the proxy made out to your name. If the original of the proxy was sent to the Company in advance, presentation of a copy of the proxy will accelerate registration. Shareholders will be admitted to collect their voting cards from
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Information for shareholders regarding data processing
For the purposes of the Annual General Meeting,
Pursuant to the Stock Corporation Act, the processing of personal data of shareholders is a mandatory prerequisite for the participation of shareholders in the Stock Corporation Act. The legal basis for data processing is Article 6 (1.c) of the GDPR.
Shareholders, proxies, the members of the Managing Board and the Supervisory Board, the public notary and all other persons entitled to participate in the Annual General Meeting have the right to view the legally required list of attendance (section 117 of the Stock Corporation Act) and thus view the personal data specified therein (such as name, place of residence, number of shares). Moreover,
The shareholder data are anonymized and/or deleted as soon as they are no longer required for the purposes for which they were collected or processed, provided further storage is not required by other legal provisions. Duties of documentation and retention arise, in particular, from company law, stock corporation law and the law on mergers and acquisitions, inter alia section 128 (4) of the Stock Corporation Act (obligation of the company to issue, upon a shareholder's request, a confirmation of the correct recording and counting of the votes cast by the respective shareholder within 14 days of the vote), as well as tax law and the provisions on the prevention of money laundering and the financing of terrorism. If legal claims are raised by shareholders against
In the absence of legal or official provisions to the contrary, every shareholder has at any time the right to information, rectification, erasure or restriction of processing of their personal data, as well as the right to object to processing and the right to data portability in accordance with the provisions of Chapter
- of the GDPR. Shareholders can invoke these rights free of charge vis-à-vis
UNIQA Insurance Group AG by email [email protected] or at the following contact data:UNIQA Insurance Group AG , Untere Donaustraße 21, 1029 Wien, fax no. +43 50677 676 (UNIQA Customer Service). -
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Moreover, shareholders have the right to lodge a complaint with the Austrian data protection authority pursuant to Article 77 of the General Data Protection Regulation.
For further information on data protection, please refer to the Privacy Policy published on the website of
Information on Webcasting of the Annual General Meeting
Notice pursuant to section 106 (2b) of the Stock Corporation Act: The Annual General Meeting will be webcast from its commencement until the end of the CEO's presentation under Item 1 of the agenda.
Total number of shares and voting rights at the time of convocation (section 106 (9) Stock Corporation Act and section 120 (2.1) Austrian Stock Exchange Act
At the time of convocation of the Annual General Meeting, the share capital of the Company amounts to
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Attachments
Disclaimer



Resolutions proposed jointly by the Management and the Supervisory Board 02.05.2024
Report of the Supervisory Board 2023 02.05.2024
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