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25.03.2020
SCHOELLER-BLECKMANN OILFIELD EQUIPMENT Aktiengesellschaft
Ternitz
FN 102999 w, ISIN AT0000946652
Invitation to the Annual General Meeting
Dear Shareholders!
Because of the measures recently adopted by the Austrian federal government to
pre-vent the further spread of COVID-19, we do not yet know today whether we
will be able to hold the Annual General Meeting on 23 April 2020.
The Austrian Ministry of Justice has been authorized pursuant to Section 1 (2)
of the COVID-19-GesG to make more detailed provisions by way of ordinance for
the holding of general meetings of stock corporations. As of today, we do not
know this ordinance un-der Section 1 (2) COVID-19-GesG.
The Executive Board hopes to be able to hold the Annual General Meeting on 23
April 2020, as announced in the financial calendar.
Please note that guests cannot be admitted from today's perspective.
After the event, a buffet will not be served.
In any case, we already recommend that the shareholders of SCHOELLER-BLECKMANN
OILFIELD EQUIPMENT AG grant the independent proxy Oberhammer Rechtsanwälte GmbH
a voting proxy bound by instructions instead of attending the Gen-eral Meeting
in person. In this regard, we refer to the detailed information in Section IV of
this invitation.
However, the Executive Board of SCHOELLER-BLECKMANN OILFIELD EQUIPMENT AG
expressly reserves the right to cancel the Annual General Meeting at short
notice, should this be appropriate due to the requirements of the authorities.
The Executive Board
We herewith invite our shareholders to the Annual General Meeting of
SCHOELLER-BLECKMANN OILFIELD EQUIPMENT Aktiengesellschaft to be held on
Thursday, 23 April 2020, at 10:00 a.m.
in 2630 Ternitz, Theodor-Körner-Platz 2 ("Stadthalle").
I. AGENDA
1. Submission of the approved Annual Financial Statements according to the
Austrian Commercial Code (UGB) including the Notes and Management Report, the
Corporate Governance Report, the Consolidated Financial Statements according to
IFRS including the Notes thereto, the Group Management Report and disclosure of
non-financial information, the Executive Board's Proposal on the appropriation
of the retained earnings, in each case in relation to the fiscal year ended 31
December 2019, and submission of the Report of the Supervisory Board for the
fiscal year 2019
2. Resolution on the appropriation of the retained earnings as set out in the
Annual Financial Statements for the fiscal year ended 31 December 2019
3. Resolution on the discharge of the members of the Executive Board for the
fiscal year 2019
4. Resolution on the discharge of the members of the Supervisory Board for the
fiscal year 2019
5. Election of the auditors of the Annual Financial Statements and the
Consolidated Financial Statements for the fiscal year 2020
6. Resolution on the remuneration policy regarding the remuneration of the
members of the Executive Board
7. Resolution on the remuneration policy regarding the remuneration of the
members of the Supervisory Board
8. Resolution regarding
i) the authorization of the Executive Board to acquire treasury shares pursuant
to Sections 65 (1) (no8) and (1a) and (1b) of the Austrian Stock Corporation Act
(AktG),
ii) the authorization of the Executive Board to cancel treasury shares pursuant
to Section 65 (1) (no 8) of the Austrian Stock Corporation Act (AktG) without
any further resolution of the General Meeting and thereby to reduce the share
capital of the Company,
iii) the authorization of the Executive Board pursuant to Section 65 (1b) of the
Austrian Stock Corporation Act (AktG) to resolve, with the approval of the
Supervisory Board, on the sale of treasury shares by other means than via the
stock exchange or a public offering, including the exclusion of shareholders'
statutory repurchase rights (subscription rights),
iv) all of these (Items i) to iii)) under revocation of the resolution adopted
at the Annual General Meeting of the Company on 24 April 2018 regarding Item 8
on the Agenda
II. DOCUMENTS REGARDING THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING; PROVISION OF INFORMATION ON
THE WEBSITE
In particular, the following information will be accessible through the
Company's website at www.sbo.at/hauptversammlung, which is registered in the
Register of Companies (Firmenbuch), by 2 April 2020 at the latest:
Annual Financial Statements including Management Report,\nCorporate Governance Report,\nConsolidated Financial Statements including Management Report and disclosure of non-financial information,\nproposal for the appropriation of retained profit,\nReport of the Supervisory Board,\neach for the fiscal year 2019;
proposed resolutions on items 2 - 8 on the Agenda,\nRemuneration policy regarding the remuneration of the members of the Executive Board\nRemuneration policy regarding the remuneration of the members of the Supervisory Board\nReport of the Executive Board pursuant to Section 65 (1b) in conjunction with 170 (2) Austrian Stock Corporation Act (AktG) and Section 153 (4) Austrian Stock Corporation Act (AktG) on Agenda item - increase of Share Capital,\nforms for granting a proxy,\nform for revoking a proxy,\ncomplete text of this invitation.\nIII. RECORD DATE AND REQUIREMENTS FOR ATTENDANCE AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The right to attend the Annual General Meeting and to exercise voting rights and
other shareholder rights which have to be asserted at the Annual General Meeting
depend on the ownership of shares at the end of 13 April 2020 (record date).
Attendance at the Annual General Meeting is permitted only if a person is a
shareholder on that record date and proves this fact to the Company.
For evidence of share ownership on the record date, a deposit confirmation
pursuant to Section 10a of the Austrian Stock Corporation Act (AktG) must be
received by the Company no later than 20 April 2020 (midnight, CEST, Vienna
time) exclusively through one of the communication channels and addresses below:
(i) for transmitting the deposit confirmation in text form, which is deemed
sufficient by § 14 (3) of the Articles of Association
By telefax: +43 (1) 8900 500 - 65
By e-mail anmeldung.sbo@hauptversammlung.at
(Please send deposit confirmations in PDF format)
(ii) for transmitting the deposit confirmation in written form
By post or courier SCHOELLER-BLECKMANN OILFIELD
EQUIPMENT Aktiengesellschaft
c/o HV-Veranstaltungsservice GmbH
8242 St. Lorenzen am Wechsel, Köppel 60
Via SWIFT GIBAATWGGMS
(Message Type MT598 or MT599,
reference to ISIN AT0000946652 must be included)
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 saleability of the shares and has no
significance for the dividend entitlement.
Deposit confirmation pursuant to Section 10a of the 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:
Details of the issuer: name/company, address or a standard code used in communications between credit institutions\nDetails of the Shareholder: name (company) and address, date of birth in the case of natural persons, name of the register and registration number of the legal person in its country of origin (if applicable) in the case of legal persons\nDetails of the shares: number of the shares held by the shareholder, ISIN AT0000946652,\ndeposit number or other designation\ndate to which the deposit confirmation refers.\nThe deposit confirmation as evidence of share ownership for attendance at the
Annual General Meeting must refer to the end of the record date 13 April 2020
(midnight, CEST, Vienna time).
The deposit confirmation is accepted in the German or English language.
Proof of identity
Shareholders and their proxies are requested to keep a valid official photo ID
at hand for identification during registration. If you come to the Annual
General Meeting as proxy, please take your proxy document with you in addition
to your official photo ID. If the original proxy document has already been sent
to the Company, please facilitate access by having a copy of the proxy document
with you.
SCHOELLER-BLECKMANN OILFIELD EQUIPMENT Aktiengesellschaft reserves the right to
verify the identity of the persons gathering for the Meeting. Should it not be
possible to verify the identity, we may refuse admission.
IV. POSSIBILITY TO APPOINT A PROXY AND PROCEDURE TO BE FOLLOWED FOR THIS PURPOSE
Each shareholder who is entitled to attend the Annual General Meeting and has
provided evidence of this to the Company in accordance with the stipulations of
section III of this invitation has the right to appoint a proxy to attend the
Annual General Meeting on behalf of such shareholder and to have the same rights
as such shareholder whom he/she represents.
The proxy must be granted in text form pursuant to Section 13 (2) Austrian Stock
Corporation Act (AktG) to a specific person (natural or legal person), whereby
it is also possible to grant proxy to several persons.
A proxy may be granted both before and during the Annual General Meeting.
We offer the following communication channels and addresses for the transmission
of proxy documents:
By post or courier SCHOELLER-BLECKMANN OILFIELD
EQUIPMENT Aktiengesellschaft
c/o HV-Veranstaltungsservice GmbH
8242 St. Lorenzen am Wechsel, Köppel 60
By telefax: +43 (1) 8900 500 - 65
By e-mail anmeldung.sbo@hauptversammlung.at
(Please send deposit confirmations in PDF format)
The proxy documents must be received at one of the aforementioned addresses by
22 April 2020, 4:00 p.m., unless they are presented at the entrance and exit
control of the Annual General Meeting on the day of the Annual General Meeting.
A proxy form and a revocation form are available on the Company's website at
www.sbo.at/hauptversammlung. In the interest of a smooth processing, we kindly
ask you to always use the provided forms.
Detailed information on the proxy, in particular the text form and the content
of the proxy, can be found in the proxy form provided to the shareholders.
If a shareholder has granted a proxy to his/her custodian bank (Section 10a of
the Austrian Stock Corporation Act (AktG)), it is sufficient for the credit
institution to declare that it was granted proxy, in addition to transmitting
the deposit confirmation to the Company by the designated means.
Shareholders may exercise their rights in person at the Annual General Meeting
even after proxy has been granted. Personal attendance is considered as
revocation of a previously granted proxy.
The above provisions on the granting of proxies shall apply mutatis mutandis to
the revocation of proxies.
Please understand that, for organizational reasons, a maximum of one person (a
share-holder or a proxy) per deposit confirmation may be admitted.
Independent Proxy
Particularly in the context of the currently existing COVID-19-measures, as a
special service a lawyer from Oberhammer Rechtsanwälte GmbH, Karlsplatz 3/1,
1010 Vienna, is available to shareholders as an independent proxy for exercising
voting rights at the Annual General Meeting in accordance with the shareholder's
instructions;: a special proxy form is available for this purpose on the
Company's website at www.sbo.at/hauptversammlung. It is also possible to contact
directly the lawyer Mr. Mag. Ewald Oberhammer, telephone +43 1 5033000, fax +43
1 5033000 33, or e-mail address stimmrechtsvertreter@oberhammer.co.at. On this
way the questions can be submitted to the independent proxy which he will
address to the company in the general meeting as part of the shareholders right
of information.
V. INFORMATION ON SHAREHOLDERS' RIGHTS PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 109, 110, 118 AND
119 AKTG
1. Supplement to the Agenda by shareholders pursuant to Section 109 of the
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 post or
courier no later than 2 April 2020 (midnight, CEST, Vienna time) solely at its
address in 2630 Ternitz, Hauptstraße 2, attn. Manuela Scheiber. Each item on the
Agenda so requested must be accompanied by a proposal for a resolution including
a statement of reasons. Shareholder ownership is to be demonstrated by
presenting a deposit confirmation pursuant to Section 10a of the 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. For other requirements for the deposit confirmation,
please refer to the explanations on the right to attend (section III).
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 14 April 2020 (midnight, CEST, Vienna time) either by telefax to +43
(0)2630 315 501 or to the address 2630 Ternitz, Hauptstraße 2, attn. Manuela
Scheiber, or by e-mail to m.scheiber@sbo.co.at, whereby the request is to be
attached to the e-mail in text form, for example as pdf.
Shareholder ownership is to be demonstrated by submitting a deposit confirmation
pursuant to Section 10a of the Austrian Stock Corporation Act (AktG) which must
not be more than seven days old when presented to the company. For other
requirements for the deposit confirmation, please refer to the explanations on
the right to attend (section III).
3. Shareholders' right to information pursuant to Section 118 of the Austrian
Stock Corporation Act (AktG)
On request, each shareholder is entitled to obtain information about matters
concerning the Company at the Annual General Meeting to the extent that this is
necessary to properly assess the items on the Agenda. The information obligation
also extends to the legal relations of the Company to an affiliated company and
to the state of the Group and of the companies included in the Consolidated
Financial Statements.
Information may be denied if, according to reasonable business judgement, it
could cause significant harm to the Company or an affiliated company, or if the
disclosure thereof would be constitute an offence.
Requests for information are generally made verbally at the Annual General
Meeting, but are also welcome in writing.
Questions that require lengthy preparation to be answered may be submitted to
the Executive Board in writing in good time before the Annual General Meeting in
order to safeguard the efficiency of the Meeting. The questions may be submitted
to the Company at 2630 Ternitz, Hauptstraße 2, attn. Manuela Scheiber, or by e-
mail to m.scheiber@sbo.co.at.
4. Shareholders' proposals pursuant to Section 119 of the Austrian Stock
Corporation Act (AktG)
Each shareholder is entitled - irrespective of a certain shareholding - to
submit proposals to the Annual General Meeting on any item of the Agenda. If
several proposals have been made regarding a specific item on the Agenda, the
Chairman shall determine the order of voting pursuant to Section 119 (3) of the
Austrian Stock Corporation Act (AktG).
5. Information on the website
Further information on these shareholders' rights pursuant to Sections 109, 110,
118 and 119 of the Austrian Stock Corporation Act (AktG) is now available on the
Company's website at www.sbo.at/hauptversammlung.
6. Information on data protection for shareholders
SCHOELLER-BLECKMANN OILFIELD EQUIPMENT Aktiengesellschaft processes personal
data of the shareholders (in particular those required by Section 10a (2) of the
Austrian Stock Corporation Act (AktG), i.e. name, address, date of birth,
securities deposit number, number of shares of the shareholder, class of shares
(if applicable), voting card number as well as name and date of birth of the
proxy (if any)) according to the applicable data protection legislation, in
particular the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the
Austrian Data Protection Act (Datenschutzgesetz), in order to enable
shareholders to exercise their rights at the Annual General Meeting.
Under the Austrian Stock Corporation Act (Aktiengesetz), the processing of
shareholders' personal data is a mandatory prerequisite for preparation,
implementation, post-processing as well as for the participation of shareholders
and their proxies in the Annual General Meeting. The legal basis for the
processing is Article 6 (1) (c) GDPR.
SCHOELLER-BLECKMANN OILFIELD EQUIPMENT Aktiengesellschaft is the data controller
with respect to such processing. SCHOELLER-BLECKMANN OILFIELD EQUIPMENT
Aktiengesellschaft uses external service providers such as notaries, lawyers,
banks, counting service providers and IT service providers for the purposes of
organizing the Annual General Meeting and dividend clearing. They receive from
SCHOELLER-BLECKMANN OILFIELD EQUIPMENT Aktiengesellschaft only such personal
data as are necessary for the execution of the commissioned service and process
the data only in accordance with the instructions of SCHOELLER-BLECKMANN
OILFIELD EQUIPMENT Aktiengesellschaft. Where legally necessary, SCHOELLER-
BLECKMANN OILFIELD EQUIPMENT Aktiengesellschaft has concluded a data protecting
agreement with these service providers.
If a shareholder participates in the Annual General Meeting, all shareholders or
proxies present, the members of the Executive Board and Supervisory Board, the
notary and all other persons with a legal right to participate may inspect the
legally mandatory list of participants (Section 117 AktG) and thus also inspect
the personal data specified therein (including name, place of residence,
shareholding relationship). Furthermore, SCHOELLER-BLECKMANN OILFIELD EQUIPMENT
Aktiengesellschaft is required by law to submit personal shareholder data (in
particular the list of participants) as part of the notarial protocol to the
Commercial Register (Firmenbuch) (Section 120 AktG).
Shareholders' data will be anonymized or deleted as soon as they are no longer
necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or processed, unless
other legal obligations require further storage. Evidence and storage
obligations derive in particular from commercial, stock and takeover
legislation, from fiscal and tax legislation and from anti money laundering
regulations. If legal claims are made by shareholders against SCHOELLER-
BLECKMANN OILFIELD EQUIPMENT Aktiengesellschaft or vice versa by SCHOELLER-
BLECKMANN OILFIELD EQUIPMENT Aktiengesellschaft against shareholders, the
storage of personal data serves to clarify and enforce claims in individual
cases. This may lead to the storage of data in the context of civil court
proceedings for the duration of the limitation period plus the duration of the
court proceedings up to their legally binding termination.
Each shareholder has a right of access, rectification, restriction, objection
and erasure at any time with regard to the processing of personal data, as well
as a right to data portability in accordance with Chapter III of the GDPR.
Shareholders may exercise these rights against SCHOELLER-BLECKMANN OILFIELD
EQUIPMENT Aktiengesellschaft free of charge by using the e-mail address
compliance@sbo.co.at or the following contact details:
SCHOELLER-BLECKMANN OILFIELD EQUIPMENT Aktiengesellschaft
Group Compliance Management
2630 Ternitz, Hauptstraße 2
Phone: +43 2630 315 315 0
Furthermore, shareholders have the right to lodge a complaint with the data
protection supervisory authority pursuant to Article 77 GDPR.
For further information on data protection, please refer to the privacy policy
on the website of SCHOELLER-BLECKMANN OILFIELD EQUIPMENT Aktiengesellschaft at
www.sbo.at/privacypolicy.
VI. FURTHER INFORMATION AND NOTES
Total number of shares and voting rights
At the date of the convocation to the Annual General Meeting the share capital
of the company is EUR 16,000,000.00, which is divided into 16,000,000 bearer
shares with a nominal of EUR 1.00 each. At the date of the convocation, the
Company holds 44,697 treasury shares as of 20 March 2020. These treasury shares
do not entitle the company to any rights. Consequently, at the date of the
invitation to the Annual General Meeting, the number of participating and voting
shares totals 15,955,303.
Ternitz, March 2020. The Executive Board
end of announcement euro adhoc
issuer: Schoeller-Bleckmann Oilfield Equipment AG
Hauptstrasse 2
A-2630 Ternitz
phone: 02630/315110
FAX: 02630/315101
mail: sboe@sbo.co.at
WWW:
http://www.sbo.at
ISIN: AT0000946652
indexes: ATX, WBI
stockmarkets: Wien
language: English
Digital press kit:
http://www.ots.at/pressemappe/2917/aom
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