General Meeting 2010
Content
Invitation and documents for the General Meeting
Further documents for the General Meeting
Voting results and Dividend Announcement
Proxy Voting
Shareholder motions
Proposals for election by shareholders
Speech of the Chairman of the Management Board and CEO
Invitation and documents for the General Meeting
- Invitation (agenda with the proposal of the Management Board regarding the appropriation of the balance sheet profit and the reports of the Management Board regarding agenda item 7 and 8, further information, particularly terms and conditions for attendance at the General Meeting and the exercise of voting rights, the verification cut-off date and its relevance, the exercise of voting rights by a proxy, information about rights of shareholders in accordance with §§ 122 para. 2, 126 para. 1, 127, 131 para. 1 German Stock Corporation Act, the company's website via which the information are made available as well as travel directions)
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- Approved consolidated financial statements and group management report for the METRO Group for fiscal year 2009 with the explanatory report of the Management Board on matters relevant to acquisitions (§ 315 para. 4 German Commercial Code) and report of the Supervisory Board. You find this information in the "Annual Report Consolidated Financial Statements of METRO AG 2009" as
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- Subsidiary list as of 31 December 2009 according to § 313 German Commercial Code
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- Adopted annual financial statements and management report for METRO AG for fiscal year 2009 with the explanatory report of the Management Board on matters relevant to acquisitions (§ 289 para. 4 German Commercial Code), the explanatory report of the Management Board on the description of the accounting-related internal monitoring and risk management system (§ 289 para. 5 German Commercial Code) and report of the Supervisory Board. You find this information in the annual report "Annual Financial Statements of METRO AG 2009" as
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- Subsidiary list as of 31 December 2009 according to § 285 German Commercial Code
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Further documents for the General Meeting
- The rights of shareholders in accordance with §§ 122 para. 2, 126 para. 1, 127, 131 para. 1 German Stock Corporation Act are stated in the invitation. Additional explanations with respect to shareholder rights in accordance with §§ 122 para. 2, 126 para. 1, 127, 131 para. 1 German Stock Corporation Act you can find here as
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- Information regarding the election of Prof. Kluge to the Supervisory Board
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- Articles of Association of METRO AG as of 18 June 2009
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- Synopsis of the Articles of Association (with respect to the intended amendments to the Articles of Association)
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Voting results and Dividend Announcement
- The voting results of the Annual General Meeting of METRO AG on 5 May 2010 you can find here as
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- The Dividend Announcement you can find here as
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Proxy Voting
- Form for assigning voting rights to proxies for exercising voting rights in the General Meeting
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- Form for assigning voting rights and instructions to proxies nominated by the Company
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- Form for revocation of proxy
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- Information regarding the authorisation of proxies nominated by the Company as
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Shareholder motions
Shareholder motions (§ 126 German Stock Corporation Act) will be made available on this website. more
Proposals for election by shareholders
Proposals for election by shareholders (§ 127 German Stock Corporation Act) will be made available on this website.
Speech of the Chairman of the Management Board and CEO