Annual General Meeting 2022
Welcome to the websites of the Annual General Meeting of METRO AG on 11 February 2022. Here you can find information about the virtual Annual General Meeting and the internet-based, electronic InvestorPortal which could be used from 21 January 2022.
The Annual General Meeting of METRO AG was held on
Friday, 11 February 2022, at 10:00 a.m. (CET),
as a virtual general meeting without physical presence of shareholders or their proxies.
InvestorPortal and Livestream
The entire Annual General Meeting was broadcasted live (video and audio) for duly registered stockholders and their proxies on METRO AG's internet-based, electronic InvestorPortal. The exercise of voting rights of holders of ordinary shares could also be done via the InvestorPortal. This time – also in case of an authorisation of third parties – voting rights could only be exercised by way of postal vote or by issuing powers of attorney and instructions to the proxies nominated by the Company.
Invitation and Documents
Invitation to the Annual General Meeting on 11 February 2022
Agenda including further information, in particular regarding
- the terms and conditions for participation at the Annual General Meeting and the exercise of voting rights,
- the record date and its relevance pursuant to § 123 Section 3 German Stock Corporation Act (Aktiengesetz),
- the exercise of voting rights via postal vote,
- the exercise of voting rights by a proxy,
- information about rights of shareholders pursuant to § 122 Section 2, § 126 Section 1, §§ 127, 131 Section 1 German Stock Corporation Act, § 1 COVID 19 Act,
- the total number of shares and voting rights at the time of the calling of the Annual General Meeting,
- a reference to the Company's website via which the information pursuant to § 124a German Stock Corporation Act is made available as well as
- a curriculum vitae for each Dr. Fredy Raas, Mrs Eva-Lotta Sjöstedt and Mr Marek Spurný regarding agenda item 5.
Additional note to agenda item 4 (Election of the auditor): KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Berlin, has served as the auditor of METRO AG without interruption since the financial year 2016/17. The auditor responsible for the audit is Dr Thorsten Hain; he has signed METRO AG's audit opinion since the financial year 2017/18.
Please note
The legally binding language for the agenda of and the general information on the Annual General Meeting 2022 of METRO AG is German. Accordingly, only the German version constitutes the legally binding document while the English version is a convenience translation only.
Annual Report 2020/21 - Consolidated Financial Statements
Approved consolidated financial statements of METRO AG and combined management report for METRO AG and METRO group for the financial year 2020/21, including inter alia the report of the Supervisory Board and the remuneration report.
Annual Financial Statements 2020/21
Adopted annual financial statements of METRO AG for the financial year 2020/21.
Proposed amendment of the Articles of Association
Synoptical juxtapposition of the current version of § 4 (7) of the Articles of Association of METRO AG and the intended changes of this regulation according to the resolution proposal under agenda item 6.
Articles of Association of METRO AG
Version: resolution of the Annual General Meeting of 19 February 2021
Information pursuant to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1212 (EU-DVO) for the notification pursuant to § 125 of the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG) of METRO AG
Notice: All documents published above are non-binding convenience translations. In all cases the German language version shall prevail.
Voting Results
Voting results of the Annual General Meeting of METRO AG on 11 February 2022.
Confirmations
Any confirmations of the Company in connection with the Annual General Meeting, in particular with regard to the voting, may be accessed by the entitled persons in the InvestorPortal or may be request via e-mail at
anmeldestelle@computershare.de