Frequently asked questions

The Annual General Meeting of Raiffeisen Bank International AG will be held on Thursday, 31 March 2022 at 10:00 a.m. (CEST) at the Hilton Vienna Park, Am Stadtpark 1, 1030 Vienna, Austria. This year's Annual General Meeting will be conducted as a "hybrid" assembly. Shareholders have the option of attending physically at the location of the AGM, or virtually by participating remotely and voting remotely.

Yes, shareholders can choose whether to participate in the General Meeting either in person or virtually. However, participation in person at the venue of the General Meeting is subject to compliance with the rules on preventing the spread of Covid-19 that are applicable on the day of the Annual General Meeting.

Participation in person is wholly conditional on compliance with the rules for preventing the spread of Covid-19 that are applicable on the day of the Annual General Meeting. The Company will provide information on any access requirements relating to the applicable Covid-19 rules from 23 March 2022 onwards on its website (www.rbinternational.com/en/investors/events-overview/annual-general-meetings/annual-general-meeting-2022). Furthermore, information on the envisaged protective and hygiene measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19 at the event will be published on the Company’s website no later than 23 March 2022.

Yes, you must register in good time and provide evidence of your share in order to be entitled to attend the Annual General Meeting and to exercise your voting rights and other shareholder rights. Please contact your depositary bank in good time to ensure proper registration. 

Unless the proxy authorization is submitted through the AGM portal, it must be received by the Company at one of the addresses of the Company specified in the convocation notice no later than 29 March 2022, 04:00 p.m.

If interested, it is possible to contact Mr. Michael Knap directly before the Annual General Meeting on the mobile phone number: 43 (0)664 2138740 or by e-mail: knap.rbi@anmeldestelle.at. If the independent Austrian Shareholder Association proxy is granted authorization, the authorization, as described above, must also be sent to the Company or submitted through the AGM portal. In each instance, instructions must be given to the Austrian Shareholder Association for the exercise of the voting right. Without such explicit instructions, the voting right will not be exercised.

Unless the proxy authorization is submitted through the AGM portal, it must be received by the Company at one of the addresses of the Company specified in the convocation notice no later than 29 March 2022, 04:00 p.m.

A form for granting proxy authorization and one for revocation of proxy authorization will be sent upon request and are available on the Company’s website.

The right to participate in the General Meeting and to exercise voting rights and other shareholder rights, which are to be exercised during the course of the General Meeting depends on the ownership of shares at the end of the tenth day prior to the General Meeting (record date). This record date is 21 March 2022, 12:00 p.m. (CET).

The General Meeting will be partially broadcast to the public on the Company’s website from approximately 10:00 a.m. (CEST) from the beginning until the end of the presentation of agenda item 1.

No, no questions addressed to the Annual General Meeting will be answered or published in advance.

Shareholders who are participating virtually can exercise their right to information and to speak during the General Meeting through the AGM portal. They may also address the General Meeting to ask questions and/or make a statement by means of an acoustic and optical two-way connection (supported by a webcam and microphone) in real time via video link. Each shareholder is also invited to send his/her questions directly to the Company during the General Meeting by e-mail to fragen.rbi@anmeldestelle.at. Shareholders may use the question form available on the Company’s website. Questions may be asked until the chairman completes the question and answer process.

Every shareholder is entitled to submit motions at the General Meeting for each item on the agenda (sec. 119 Stock Corporation Act). Shareholders who are participating virtually can exercise their right to submit motions via the AGM portal. The point in time up to which it is possible to submit a motion via the AGM portal will be determined by the Chairman during the virtual AGM and announced in good time. 

Shareholders whose shares equal individually or in aggregate 1% of the share capital of the Company may submit to the Company proposals for resolutions in respect of each agenda item together with a statement specifying the reasons for the proposal and request that these proposals be made available on the Company’s website (as recorded in the commercial register) together with the names of the respective shareholders, the accompanying statements of reasons for the proposals and any statements issued by the Management Board or Supervisory Board, provided that this request is made in text form and received by the Company no later than 22 March 2022 either by fax to 43 (0) 1 3750 215-99, by e-mail to anmeldung.rbi@anmeldestelle.at or by mail or courier service to Raiffeisen Bank International AG, Attn. Elisabeth Klinger – Group Investor Relations, Am Stadtpark 9, 1030 Vienna, Austria. Each resolution proposal must (also) be submitted in a German language version.

The Annual General Meeting will be held in German. We offer simultaneous translation from German into English. Sign-language interpreters will also be available for the entire duration of the General Meeting.

All important dates can be found here: www.rbinternational.com/en/investors/financial-calendar