30.03.2016,
10146 Zeichen
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Annual & Special Corporate Meetings
By resolution of the Annual General Meeting of ANDRITZ AG on March 30, 2016,
the company's Executive Board was authorized to purchase treasury shares in
accordance with the provisions of the Austrian Stock Corporation Act (AktG) and
to possibly cancel these company shares with approval from the Supervisory
Board without having to submit the matter to the Annual General Meeting of
Shareholders again. The proportion of shares to be purchased or which have
already been purchased under previous authorizations must not exceed 10 percent
of the company's total shares. The lowest price per no-par value share must not
be less than the respective amount represented by each share in the capital
stock. The highest price paid per share upon buy-back must not exceed the
average, unweighted closing price on the Vienna Stock Exchange over the 10
trading days preceding exercise of this authorization by more than 10 percent.
This authorization to purchase treasury shares is currently limited to 30
months as from the resolution by the Annual General Meeting on March 30, 2016.
On the basis of this and previous authorizations, the company currently holds
1,924,699 treasury shares.
The Executive Board and the Supervisory Board of ANDRITZ AG now intend to
make use of the authorization to buy back shares and to pass a resolution to
assign treasury shares of the company to senior executives of the ANDRITZ GROUP
and members of the Executive Board under the stock option program for 2016. The
share numbers stated in the document are maximum figures in each case. The
actual number of treasury shares to be transferred depends on achievement of
the actual goals of the program mentioned. It may be much smaller, and it still
depends very much on a resolution of the ANDRITZ AG Executive and Supervisory
Boards to be published separately.
The Executive and Supervisory Boards of ANDRITZ AG submit the following
report, pursuant to § 95 (6) in conjunction with § 159 (2), line 3 AktG, on the
intended granting of stock options to senior executives of the ANDRITZ GROUP
and members of the Executive Board:
1. Goals and principles of the program It is the goal of the program to link
the amounts of variable salary parts directly to the development of the
financial results and the share price of the company. This is also in
keeping with the recommendation suggested in the Austrian Corporate
Governance Code (ACGC) that "if a stock option scheme is proposed, the
parameters of comparison to be applied shall be defined in advance and may
include, for example, the performance of stock indices, share price targets,
or other suitable benchmarks" (rule 28). The goal also is to increasingly
focus ANDRITZ's management orientation on the aims of the corporate
shareholders and to ensure participation in the success achieved. In
compliance with the EU remuneration recommendation and the ACGC, stock
options shall not be exercisable for at least three years after they have
been granted. In addition, participants in the stock option program must
also hold investments in ANDRITZ shares from their own resources for the
full duration of the program.
Employee stock option programs of this kind are common and widespread among
listed companies. For this purpose the company must be able to offer the
management the opportunity to acquire ANDRITZ AG shares. Thus, the option
program is also an essential means of strengthening employee loyalty and helps
to make the company more attractive as an employer. The stock option program is
intended to create an additional incentive for the company management to
contribute their services towards the success of ANDRITZ AG and of the ANDRITZ
GROUP by having a share in this success as (future) shareholders and co-owners.
2. Number and distribution of the stock options to be granted, validity of
program Approximately 100 to 120 senior executives of the ANDRITZ GROUP as
well as the members of the Executive Board shall have the opportunity to
benefit from the stock option program. The number of shares allocated per
eligible senior executive will be up to 20,000, depending on the area of
responsibility, and for each Executive Board member 37,500. These options
are to be drawn from the pool of shares under the corporate buy-back
program. The maximum number of stock options that can be issued is
1,300,000. The four members of the Executive Board are assigned 150,000 of
these options and the remainder to senior executives.
Exercise of the stock option program shall commence on May 1, 2019 and be
terminated on April 30, 2021.
3. Terms and conditions of exercise 3.1. One stock option provides
eligibility for subscribing to one share.
3.2. In order to exercise a stock option, eligible persons must be in active
employment of the company or one of its affiliates as from May 1, 2016 and
until the date of exercise (and the exercise conditions under 3.4. must be
fulfilled); this requirement may, in certain special cases, be waived for
important reasons. Another requirement is that senior executives must have
invested at least EUR 20,000.-, and the members of the Executive Board at least
EUR 40,000.-, in ANDRITZ shares from their own resources, which investment must
have been paid up not later than by the time of allocation of the options, i.e.
June 1, 2016. Participants in the stock option program for 2016 must maintain
this investment continuously until exercise of the options and must furnish
proof thereof upon exercise.
Eligible persons who have previously invested money in the company from
their own resources under the current stock option program may use this
investment for the new stock option program. Shares that were endowed to
foundations of which eligible persons are founders and beneficiaries can also
be considered as own resources. Any persons who have not participated in a
stock option program so far must provide proof of their investment from their
own resources by June 1, 2016.
3.3. The exercise price of the stock options (in the following referred to
as "the exercise price") is the unweighted average of the closing price of the
ANDRITZ share during the four calendar weeks following the 109th Annual General
Meeting of Shareholders on March 30, 2016.
3.4. The total number of shares that can be purchased must not exceed the
number of options issued.
Options can be exercised between May 1, 2019 and April 30, 2021 (= period of
exercise), subject to:
the average unweighted closing price of ANDRITZ shares during 20 successive trading days in the period May 1, 2018 - April 30, 2019 being at least 15 percent above the exercise price calculated as per 3.3., and\nthe profit per share (related to the overall number of listed shares) for the 2017 business year or the profit per share (related to the overall number of listed shares) for the 2018 business year being at least 15 percent above the profit per share (related to the overall number of listed shares) for the 2015 business year,\n or
the average unweighted closing price of ANDRITZ shares during 20 successive trading days in the period May 1, 2019 - April 30, 2020 being at least 20 percent above the exercise price calculated as per 3.3., and\nthe profit per share (related to the overall number of listed shares) for the 2018 business year or the profit per share (related to the overall number of listed shares) for the 2019 business year being at least 20 percent above the profit per share (related to the overall number of listed shares) for the 2015 business year. In order to determine the earnings per share, the consolidated financial statements of the applicable year and with an unqualified auditor's report are relevant. In case of any doubt, the Audit Committee of the Supervisory Board shall decide.\n Provided that the terms and conditions of exercise are fulfilled, 50 percent
of the options can be exercised immediately upon commencement of the exercise
period (see information under 2.), and 25 percent of the options can be
exercised after three months, with the remaining 25 percent being exercisable
after a further three months.
3.5. Stock options can only be exercised by way of written notification to
the corporation.
4. Number of the options already granted and distribution over employees,
senior executives, and the individual company boards, stating the respective
number of shares available for subscription in each case At the moment,
982,500 stock options from current option programs have been issued for 78
executives. The members of the Executive Board hold a total of 150,000 of
these stock options, 75,000 stock options in total are held by former
members of the Executive Board, and the remainder is held by senior
executives. The number of stock options granted per senior executive
eligible is up to 20,000 depending on the area of responsibility. Each stock
option entitles the holder to the purchase of one share.
5. General remarks 5.1. The stock options are not transferable.
5.2. The shares purchased under the stock option program are not subject to
a ban on sales over a certain period.
5.3. If the earnings-related requirement pursuant to 3.4 is not achieved or
is not expected to be achieved and therefore a gain resulting from recognition
of the options in the balance sheet in the respective current period is
realized, such a gain will not be taken into account in calculating the
earnings per share for the purposes of this option program.
Graz, March, 2016
The Executive Board The Supervisory Board
end of announcement euro adhoc
company: Andritz AG
Stattegger Straße 18
A-8045 Graz
phone: +43 (0)316 6902-0
FAX: +43 (0)316 6902-415
mail: welcome@andritz.com
WWW: www.andritz.com
sector: Machine Manufacturing
ISIN: AT0000730007
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