Voting General Meeting 2009

 

Voting results for the General Meeting of Shareholders 2009

  1. Presentation of the approved annual financial statements and management report, as well as the consolidated financial statements and consolidated management report for the 2009 financial year, and presentation of the report of the Supervisory Board.
  2. Motion to carry the balance sheet profit of EUR 3,959,879.73 as shown in the annual financial statements to 31 December 2008 forward to new account for the year 2009.

passed with a majority of 99.9% of the votes cast

  1. Motion to discharge the members of the MANAGEMENT BOARD, Dr. Wolfgang Auer-Welsbach and Maria Auer-Welsbach, for the 2008 financial year.

passed with a majority of 99.9% of the votes cast

Motion to discharge the members of the SUPERVISORY BOARD, Dipl.-Ing. Rudolf Rheindt, Michael Weinzierl, Dr. Helmut Berger-Kriegler and Dr. Arnulf-Michael Komposch, for the 2008 financial year.

passed with a majority of 99.9% of the votes cast

  1. Motion to set the amount of the annual compensation due to the members of the Supervisory Board for the 2008 financial year at EUR 10,000 for the Chairman of the Supervisory Board and at EUR 5,000 for each Supervisory Board Member.

passed with a majority of 99.9% of the votes cast

  1. Motion to appoint Mag. Ehrenböck Wirtschaftstreuhand-GmbH, 2620 Neunkirchen, Schwarzottstraße 2a, as auditors of the annual financial statements and consolidated annual financial statements for the 2009 financial year.

    passed with a majority of 99.9% of the votes cast
  2. Motion to amend §§ 3, 9, 10 and 18 of the Articles of Association as follows:

Amendment § 3

Existing wording:

Object of the company

      (1) The object of the company is:

1. To render the following services with respect to financial instruments, provided that these services do not include the holding of deposits, securities or other instruments to the effect that the provider of these services shall at no time become the debtor of its customers (financial services business):

a) Investment advice concerning customer assets;

b) Managing customer portfolios with authority to dispose following a mandate of the customer;

c) Brokerage of business opportunities for the purchase or sale of one or more of the instruments referred to in § 1(1) no. 7 b through f of the Austrian Banking Act;

2. To render investment advice and to perform investment transactions with the exception of those activities that are limited to investment companies pursuant to the Austrian Investment Companies Act and to banks pursuant to the Austrian Banking Act;

3. Participation in real estate transactions in Austria and abroad;

4. Trade in goods of all kinds.

      Amended wording:

Object of the company

(1) The object of the company is:

1. Commercial investment management within the meaning of § 94 no. 75 of the Austrian Trade Act or any successor provisions;

      2. To render investment advice and to perform investment transactions;

3. To acquire, manage and dispose of participations in other companies in Austria and abroad;

4. To acquire, manage and dispose of real estate properties and to participate in real estate transactions in Austria and abroad, and to manage the company’s own assets;

5. Trade in goods of all kinds;

all this with the exception of those activities that are subject to a licence requirement under the Austrian Banking Act, the Austrian Investment Fund Act or the Austrian Securities Supervision Act.

 

Amendment § 9, paragraph 1, first sentence

Existing wording:

The Management Board consists of two or three members.

Amended wording:

The Management Board consists of one, two or three members.

 

Amendment § 10, sub-paragraph 2

Existing wording:

 (...)

Granting of sole power of representation to a member of the Management Board, as well as granting of individual power of representation or individual commercial power for the entire business area shall be excluded.

Amended wording:

(...)

The Supervisory Board may grant individual power of representation to individual members of the Management Board.

 

Amendment § 18, paragraphs 3 and 4

Existing wording:

(...)

(3) Special charges for remuneration paid to Supervisory Board members shall be borne by the company.

(4) Any remuneration to be paid to members of the first Supervisory Board for their work may only be approved by the shareholders’ meeting resolving on the approval of their actions (§ 98 (2) of the Austrian Companies Act).

Amended version:

Both paragraphs are deleted without replacement.

All amendments to the Articles of Association were passed with a majority of 99.9% of the votes cast