=------------------------------------------------------------------------------- General meeting information transmitted by euro adhoc with the aim of a Europe-wide distribution. The issuer is responsible for the content of this announcement. =------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22.07.2021 Flughafen Wien Aktiengesellschaft Schwechat, FN 42984m ISIN AT00000VIE62 ("Company") Invitation to the 33rd Annual General Meeting of Flughafen Wien Aktiengesellschaft on Tuesday, 24 August 2021 at 10 a.m. Vienna time Location of the Annual General Meeting in line with Section 106 (1) of the Austrian Stock Corporation Act (hereafter "AktG") will be on the premises of Flughafen Wien Aktiengesellschaft in 1300 Vienna Airport, Office Park 4, Verbindungsstrasse (Building 683). I. HOLDING AS A VIRTUAL GENERAL MEETING 1. COVID-19 Company Law Act (COVID-19-GesG) and the Corporate Law COVID-19 Ordinance (COVID-19-GesV) In order to protect shareholders and other participants, the Management Board has resolved to take advantage of the legal regulations to hold a virtual annual general meeting. Accordingly, the Annual General Meeting of Flughafen Wien Aktiengesellschaft will be held as a "virtual Annual General Meeting" on 24 August 2021 pursuant to Section 1 Para. 2 COVID-19 Company Law Act, Federal Law Gazette I No. 16/2020 in the version Federal Law Gazette I No. 156/2020 in connection with the Corporate Law COVID-19 Ordinance - hereafter "COVID-19 Ordinance" - (Federal Law Gazette II No. 140/2020 in the version Federal Law Gazette II No. 616/2020) taking account of the interests of the company as well as those of the participants. This means that after the decision of the Management Board shareholders and their proxy holders (with exception of the special proxy holders pursuant to Section 3 Para. 4 COVID-19 Ordinance) will not be able to be physically present at the Annual General Meeting of Flughafen Wien Aktiengesellschaft to be held on 24 August 2021. The virtual Annual General Meeting will take place in 1300 Wien-Flughafen, Office Park 4, Verbindungsstrasse (Building 683) with the exclusive attendance of the Chair of the Supervisory Board, the Members of the Management Board, the certified public notary and the four special proxy holders nominated by the Company. Holding the Annual General Meeting of Flughafen Wien Aktiengesellschaft as a virtual Annual General Meeting in line with the COVID-19 Ordinance has resulted in modifications to the procedures at the Annual General Meeting as well in how shareholders may exercise their rights. Voting rights, the right to propose motions and the right to raise objections can only be exercised exclusively via proxy authorisation and instructions given to one of the special proxy holders proposed by the Company pursuant to Section 3 Para. 4 COVID-19 Ordinance. The right to obtain information can be exercised by shareholders during the virtual Annual General Meeting by way of electronic communications i.e. exclusively in writing via e-mail sent directly to the e-mail address fragen.flughafenwien@hauptversammlung.at of the Company provided that the shareholders have transmitted a depositary confirmation pursuant to Section 10a AktG and point IV. and have authorized a special proxy holder pursuant to point V. 2. Webcast of the Annual General Meeting Pursuant to Section 3 Para. 1, 2 and 4 COVID-19 Ordinance in connection with Section 102 Para. 4 AktG, the Annual General Meeting will be entirely broadcast on the Internet as a Webcast in real time. This is permissible in terms of data protection regulations, in the light of the legal foundation provided by Section 3 Para. 1, 2 and 4 COVID-19 Ordinance. All shareholders of the Company can follow the Annual General Meeting live on the Internet starting at 10 a.m., Vienna time, on 24 August 2021 by using the appropriate technical equipment (e.g. computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone and an internet connection with sufficient bandwidth to stream videos) at www.viennaairport.com as a virtual Annual General Meeting. It is not required to register or log in in order to follow the Annual General Meeting. Due to the broadcasting of the Annual General Meeting of the Company on the Internet, all shareholders who wish to do so have the possibility to follow the proceedings of the Annual General Meeting in real time thanks to this acoustic and visual one-way connection and to follow the presentation of the Management Board, the responses to questions posed by shareholders and the voting procedure. Reference is made to the fact that the live transmission as a virtual Annual General Meeting does not enable any remote participation (Section 102 Para. 3 (2) AktG) nor does it allow for remote voting (Section 102 Para. 3 (3) AktG and Section 126 AktG), and that the transmission on the Internet does not allow for a two-way connection. The shareholder can therefore only follow the progress of the Annual General Meeting. Reference is also made to the fact that the Company is only responsible for the use of technical means of communications inasmuch as this can be attributed to the Company's sphere of responsibility (§ 2 Abs 6 COVID-19 Ordinance). In addition, reference is made to the Information on the Organisational and Technical Prerequisites for participating in the Annual General Meeting pursuant to Section 3 Para. 3 in connection with Section 2 Para. 4 COVID-19 Ordinance ("Information on Participation"). II. AGENDA 1. Presentation of the annual financial statements and Management Report, the Corporate Governance Report, the consolidated financial statements including the Group Management Report, the resolution on the appropriation of the net profit and the Report of the Supervisory Board on the 2020 financial year 2. Resolution on the appropriation of the net profit 3. Resolution on the discharge of the members of the Management Board for the 2020 financial year 4. Resolution on the discharge of the members of the Supervisory Board for the 2020 financial year 5. Election of the auditor for the annual financial statements and consolidated financial statements for the 2021 financial year 6. Resolution on the Remuneration Report III. DOCUMENTS FOR THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING; AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY WEBSITE In particular, the following documents will be available on the Website of the Company as entered into the Commercial Register at www.viennaairport.com no later than 3 August 2021 pursuant to Section 108 Para. 3 and 4 AktG: * Information on the Organisational and Technical Prerequisites for Participation pursuant to Section 3 Para. 3 in connection with Section 2 Para. 4 COVID-19 Ordinance ("Information on Participation") * Annual Financial Report 2020, containing: Annual financial statements and Management Report, along with the Non-Financial Declaration, Consolidated financial statements and Group Management Report, * Consolidated Corporate Governance Report, * Proposal for the appropriation of the net profit, * Report of the Supervisory Board, all with respect to the 2020 financial year; * Proposals for resolutions on items 2-6 of the agenda, * Remuneration Report * Proxy authorisation form for the special proxy holders pursuant to Section 3 Para. 4 COVID-19 Ordinance * Question form, * Revocation of proxy form, * Complete text of this invitation to the Annual General Meeting. IV. RECORD DATE AND PREREQUISITES FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Eligibility to participate in the virtual Annual General Meeting and to exercise voting rights and other shareholder rights that can be exercised at this virtual Annual General Meeting pursuant to the COVID-19 Company Law Act and the COVID-10 Ordinance based on the shareholding at the end of day on 14 August 2021 (record date to provide proof of shareholding). A person is only eligible to participate in the virtual Annual General Meeting pursuant to the COVID-19 Company Law Act and the COVID-10 Ordinance if he/she is a shareholder on this record date and is able to supply sufficient proof of this status to the Company. Proof of the shareholding must be provided by a depository confirmation as stipulated in Section 10a AktG. This confirmation must be sent to the Company no later than 19 August 2021 (12 p.m. midnight, CEST, local Vienna time) exclusively via one of the following communication channels and addresses: (i) for transmitting the depositary confirmation in text form, which is sufficient pursuant to Section 12 Para. 2 Articles of Association Per e-mail anmeldung.flughafenwien@hauptversammlung.at (please submit the depositary confirmation as a PDF file) Per fax +43 (0) 1 8900 500 - 88 (ii) for transmitting the depositary confirmation in written form Per mail or messenger Flughafen Wien Aktiengesellschaft c/o HV-Veranstaltungsservice GmbH 8242 St. Lorenzen am Wechsel, Köppel 60 Per SWIFT GIBAATWGGMS (Message type MT598 or MT599; the text must include ISIN AT00000VIE62) Appointing a special proxy holder and the right of shareholders to obtain information cannot be done effectively without a depositary confirmation being received by the Company in a timely manner. Shareholders are requested to contact their depositary bank and arrange for the issuance and transmission of a depositary confirmation. The record date has no effect on the saleability of the shares and has no bearing on dividend rights. Depositary confirmation pursuant to Section 10a AktG The depository confirmation must be issued by a depository institution which
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