Key data
Publication of agenda and invitation
26 March 2010
Mailing of invitations together with reply form for granting power of attorney and for ordering entrance tickets
8 April 2010
Registration for Annual General Meeting
- in writing to the following postal address
LEONI AG, Aktionärsservice,
P.O. Box 93 90 03, 69939 Mannheim - by fax to the following number
+49 (0)69-2222-34280 - by e-mail to the following address
leoni.hv@rsgmbh.com - electronically on our website (from 8 April 2010 onwards)
www.leoni.com
and there at http://www.leoni.com/agm2010
Last day of registration
29 April 2010, 23:59 p.m.
Entrance tickets are sent by mail to the shareholders only by
registrar services GmbH, Frankfurt.
AGM online service
- to order entrance tickets, to grant a power of attorney or to give voting instructions
- access data: shareholder ID and individual access number (can be found on the reverse side of the personalised invitation letter)
Ordering entrance tickets and granting a power of attorney is possible until 29 May 2010, 23:59 p.m. at the latest.
Voting instructions can be issued and changed and powers of attorney can be revoked until 6 May 2010, until 11:00 p.m. at the latest.
Submission of power of attorney and voting instructions
- in writing to be received by LEONI Aktionärsservice not later than 29 April 2010, 23:59 p.m.
- electronically via the AGM Online Service (see above)
Procedure for voting by a proxy
Shareholders who are entered in the share register can have their voting right exercised by a proxy during the Annual General Meeting, e.g. a credit institution, an association of shareholders, the proxies named by the Company or any other third party. In this case, too, timely registration is necessary. Unless a credit institution, an association of shareholders, another person of equal standing as a credit institution in accordance with Article 135 (8) of the German Public Companies Act (AktG), a financial services institution or a company operating pursuant to Article 53 (1) sentence 1 or Article 53b (1) sentence 1 or (7) of the German Banking Act (KWG) is authorised, the granting of the power of attorney, its revocation and the proof of authorisation to the Company must be submitted in text form (Article 126b of the German Civil Code (BGB)).
The provision of Article 14 (5) of the Articles of Association, according to which authorisations that are not granted to a credit institution or an association of shareholders must be made in writing does not apply, as Article 134 (3) of the German Public Companies Act (AktG) in the version amended by the ARUG states that text form is sufficient in this respect.
The declaration for issuing power of attorney may be made to either to the authorised person or the company. Proof of the appointment of a proxy towards the Company and any revocation of the authorisation can be transmitted to the Company in text form via one of the access channels listed in the “Registration” section using the contact data listed there.
The proof may also be provided by presenting the power of attorney in text form on the day of the Annual General Meeting at the entry checkpoints to the Annual General Meeting. The aforementioned access points are also available if the power of attorney is to be granted by declaration vis-à-vis the Company or if a granted power of attorney is to be revoked vis-à-vis the Company.
A form which can be used for the granting and proof of a power of attorney is found on the back of the entrance ticket which is sent out to shareholders following the submission of their registration for the Annual General Meeting in due form and within the specified period. The power of attorney may also be granted in any other correct form.
As has been the case previously, LEONI AG offers its shareholders the option to be represented by proxies appointed by the Company during the Annual General Meeting in accordance with their instructions. The proxies can exercise the voting right only on those points of the agenda on which you have provided instructions. The powers of attorney and instructions that are required for authorisation of the proxies appointed by the Company must also be transmitted to the Company in text form via any of the access channels listed in the “Registration” section (by post, fax, e-mail or electronically) using the contact data listed there, by 29 April 2010. Shareholders who have registered in time, whose power of attorney and instruction to the proxies is received by the Company by 29 April 2010 can furthermore give instructions to the Company’s proxies for the Annual General Meeting by 6 May 2010 at 11:00 a.m. via one of aforementioned access channels in text form, amend their instructions if necessary and revoke authorisations granted to the proxies.
The authorisation of credit institutions, associations of shareholders, other persons of equal standing to credit institutions in accordance with Article 135 (8) of the German Public Companies Act (AktG) or financial services institutions or companies operating pursuant to Articles 53 (1) sentence 1 or 53b (1) sentence 1 or (7) of the German Banking Act (KWG) must be manifestly kept by them and is, furthermore, subject to the statutory provisions of Article 135 of the German Public Companies Act (AktG). The said institutions and persons may stipulate particular requirements regarding their own authorisation procedure.
If the shareholder authorises more than person as proxy, the Company is entitled to reject one or several of these persons.
Annual General Meeting
6 May 2010 from 10:00 a.m.
Venue of AGM
Parking facilities
- free of charge on the premises of NürnbergMesse
- it is absolutely necessary to present your admission ticket or invitation to LEONI’s AGM upon entering the car park
Live broadcast of speech of the Chariman of the Management Board for all interested parties
- from 10.15 a.m. onwards
Dividend
- Dividend proposal: EUR 0*
* subject to approval by the Annual General Meeting
