EANS-General Meeting: BWT Aktiengesellschaft / Invitation to the General Meeting

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BWT Aktiengesellschaft
Walter-Simmer-Str. 4, 5310 Mondsee, Austria
Commercial Register no. FN 96162 s, ISIN AT0000737705

Invitation

The shareholders of our Company shall hereby be invited to the

20th Annual General Meeting

on Wednesday, 26 May 2010, 11.00 a.m. in the premises of
Österreichische Kontrollbank AG, 1010 Vienna, Strauchgasse 1-3,
"Reitersaal".

Agenda:

1. Presentation of the approved financial statements 2009
including the notes and the management report, the report of the
Supervisory Board, the corporate governance report as well
as presentation of the approved consolidated financial
statements 2009 and the consolidated management report.

2. Resolution on dividend distribution.

3. Resolution on the formal approval of the acts of the members
of the Management Board for the business year 2009.

4. Resolution on the formal approval of the acts of the members
of the Supervisory Board for the business year 2009.

5. Resolution on the remuneration of the members of the Supervisory
Board.

6. Resolution on the number of Supervisory Board members, whereas the
number of the members elected by the General Meeting is determined
to be five on the basis of the restrictions contained in the
articles of association.

7. Appointment of the auditor for the business year 2010.

8. Resolution on the change of the articles of association in order
to adapt them to changed statutory provisions, in particular to
the amending law to stock corporation law 2009, in particular
sections 6, 12, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 28 and 29.

9. Resolution on the authorisation of the Management Board to buy
back and, if applicable, redeem own shares in an amount
corresponding to no more than 10 % of the registered capital for
a term of 24 months starting on the date the resolution is
passed, in accordance with section 65, paragraph 1, no. 8 and
paragraphs 1a and 1b of the Stock Corporation Act in accordance with
the provisions of the Stock Corporation Act and the Stock
Exchange Act. The authorisation may be exercised by the Company,
a subsidiary (section 228, paragraph 3 of the Business
Enterprise Code) or by third parties for the account of the
Company in whole or in part or in several partial amounts and for
one or several purposes. Trading own shares shall be excluded as
a purchasing purpose.

10.Resolution on an authorisation to the Management Board in
accordance with section 65, paragraph 1b of the Stock Corporation
Act, with the Supervisory Board´s consent, to resolve the sale of
own shares in another manner than sale via the stock exchange
or public offering, excluding a subscription right for
shareholders, valid for 24 months starting on the date the
resolution is passed.

Documentation for the Annual General Meeting

As of 5 May 2010 latest, the documentation, including the financial
statements and the notes, the management report, the report of the
Supervisory Board, the corporate governance report, the
consolidated financial statements and the consolidated management
report, as well as the proposed resolutions of the Management
Board and the Supervisory Board, and the report of the Management
Board regarding the items 9 and 10 on the agenda in accordance
with section 153, paragraph 4 in conjunction with section 65,
paragraph 1b of the Stock Corporation Act about the justification
for the exclusion of the subscription right, and the articles of
association showing the proposed changes shall be available for
inspection by the shareholders in the premises of the Company at
Walter-Simmer-Str. 4, 5310 Mondsee in accordance with section 108,
paragraph 3 of the Stock Corporation Act. As of 5 May 2010 latest,
such documentation, the complete wording of this invitation as
well as the form for granting or revoking a proxy for the Annual
General Meeting (section 114 of the Stock Corporation Act) shall be
available free of charge on the Company´s website at http://ww
w.bwt-group.com/EN/Investor-Relations/Service/General-Meeting/.

Such information shall be permanently available on the website one
month after the Annual General Meeting.

Right to participate - record date and safe custody receipt

Due to the changes to the Stock Corporation Act on the basis of
the amending law to stock corporation law 2009, the
provisions of the articles of association of our Company
regarding the convention of the Annual General Meeting,
depositing shares for the Annual General Meeting and the right
to participate in the Annual General Meeting shall not be applicable.

The right to participate in the Annual General Meeting and to
exercise the shareholders´ rights to be asserted in connection with
the Annual General Meeting is in accordance with the shareholding on
the record date, i.e. at the end of the 10th day before the date of
the Annual General Meeting, in this case midnight CET 16 May 2010.
Only persons who are shareholders on the record date and provide
evidence therefor shall be entitled to participate in the Annual
General Meeting. In case of deposited bearer shares, a safe custody
receipt in accordance with section 10a of the Stock Corporation Act
shall suffice as evidence for the capacity as a shareholder, to be
received by the Company (Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG, Abteilung
KMS/ HV Operation Center 2, Strauchgasse 1 - 3, 1. Stock, 1010 Wien)
no later than 20 May 2010. In case of interim certificates, the
shareholder has no obligation to send a confirmation. The Company
shall check whether the shareholder is entered in the register of
shareholders as of the record date.

The safe custody receipt must be issued by the depositary bank
headquartered in a state which must be either a member state of the
European Economic Area or a full member of the OECD and must
include at least the data stipulated by section 10a of the
Stock Corporation Act. Information concerning the entity issuing
the receipt: Name/corporate name and address. Information
concerning the shareholder: Name/corporate name, address, date
of birth for natural persons, and where applicable commercial
register and commercial registration number. Information
concerning the shares: Number of shares held by
shareholder, safe custody number, inter alia any other relevant
description, and date in relation to which the safe custody receipt
has been issued. The safe custody receipt shall be accepted in
German and in English and must be in writing (signature).

The transmission of the safe custody receipts via an
internationally used specifically secured communication network of
the banks shall be excluded in accordance with section 262,
paragraph 20 of the Stock Corporation Act.

Therefore, the safe custody receipts shall be sent exclusively via mail to
Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG, Abteilung KMS/ HV Operation Center 2,
Strauchgasse 1 - 3, 1. Stock, 1010 Vienna, Austria, via fax at +43 (0) 1 - 928
90 61 or via e-mail to hv.anmeldung-2@oekb.at. An electronic transmission (e-
mail) shall only be admissible if a qualified electronic signature in
accordance with section 4 of the Signature Act is used.

We would like to point out that the shareholders will not be barred
once they register for the Annual General Meeting or sent a safe
custody receipt, i.e. the shareholders may continue to freely
dispose of their shares, even after they register for the Annual
General Meeting or sent a safe custody receipt.

Instructions on the rights of the shareholders in accordance with
section 106, no. 5 of the Stock Corporation Act

In accordance with section 109 of the Stock Corporation Act
shareholders, whose shares together account for 5 % of the
registered capital, may request in writing that items are added
to the agenda and announced. A proposed resolution and reasons
therefor must accompany each item on the agenda applied for. The
applicants must hold the shares for at least three months before
filing their application. Such application in writing must be
received by the Company no later than on the 21st day before the
Annual General Meeting, i.e. 5 May 2010, exclusively at the
address: BWT Aktiengesellschaft, Walter-Simmer-Str. 4, A- 5310
Mondsee, Austria, via fax +43 (0) 6232 5011 1191. An
electronic transmission (e-mail) shall only be admissible if a
qualified electronic signature in accordance with section 4 of the
Signature Act is used; for this purpose, the exclusive e-mail
address to be used is: Hauptversammlung@bwt- group.com.

In accordance with section 110 of the Stock Corporation Act,
shareholders whose shares together account for 1 % of the
registered capital may propose resolutions in writing regarding
each item on the agenda to the Company and request that such
proposals are made available on the website of the Company
together with the names of the relevant shareholders, the
accompanying reasons and a statement of the Management Board or the
Supervisory Board, if any. In case of a proposal for the
election of a Supervisory Board member, the statement of the
proposed person in accordance with section 87, paragraph 2 of the
Stock Corporation Act shall replace the reasons. Such
application in writing must be received by the Company no later than
on the 7th working day before the Annual General Meeting, i.e.
14 May 2010, exclusively at the address: BWT Aktiengesellschaft,
Walter-Simmer-Str. 4, A-5310 Mondsee, Austria, via fax +43 (0) 6232
5011 1191 or via e-mail: Hauptversammlung@bwt-group.com.

Shareholders' rights in accordance with sections 109 and 110 of
the Stock Corporation Act may only be exercised if the
capacity as shareholder is evidenced. For deposited bearer shares,
the presentation of a safe custody receipt shall suffice as
evidence in accordance with section 10a of the Stock Corporation
Act, which may not be older than seven days at the time it is
presented to the Company. As to the other requirements for the
safe custody receipt reference is made to the statements
above. In case of interim certificates, the Company shall check
whether the shareholder is entered in the register of shareholders
as of the record date.

In accordance with section 118 of the Stock Corporation Act and
upon request, each shareholder is entitled to receive information
on the matters of the Company during the Annual General Meeting,
to the extent such information is necessary for the proper
evaluation of an item on the agenda. The duty to furnish
information covers the legal and business relationships of the
Company with an affiliated company. The information may be withheld
to the extent it may cause a material negative impact to the
Company or affiliated company according to reasonable
entrepreneurial evaluation or in case disclosure of such
information is illegal. Information may also be withheld if
such information was continuously available on the Company´s website
in a question and answer format for at least seven days before the
beginning of the Annual General Meeting. The reason for
withholding the information must be stated.

In accordance with section 119 of the Stock Corporation Act, each
shareholder, the Management Board and the Supervisory Board shall
be entitled to file applications for each item on the agenda in
the Annual General Meeting. No resolution may be passed on a
negotiation topic that was not properly announced as an item on the
agenda. No announcement is required for resolutions on an
application for the convention of a General Meeting made in the
meeting and for negotiations without resolution. A proposed
resolution announced on the website of the Company in accordance
with section 110 of the Stock Corporation Act shall only be put
to the vote if such proposal is reiterated in the Meeting as a
application. Please visit our Company´s website at
http://www.bwt-group.com/EN/Investor-
Relations/Service/General-Meeting/ for further information on
shareholders´ rights in accordance with sections 109, 110, 118
and 119 of the Stock Corporation Act.

Representation by proxy

Each shareholder entitled to participate in the Annual General
Meeting has the right to appoint an individual or a legal entity as
proxy, who participates in the Annual General Meeting in the name
of the shareholder and who has the same rights as the shareholder.
The Company or a member of the Management Board and the Supervisory
Board may only exercise the voting right in the capacity of
proxy to the extent the shareholders gave explicit instructions
concerning the individual items on the agenda.

The proxy must be granted in writing; a revocation must also be in
writing. The form for the granting of the proxy and/or its
revocation is available free of charge on the website of the
Company at http://www.bwt-group.com/EN/Investor-
Relations/Service/General-Meeting/ or may be sent to you upon
request. The proxy and/or its revocation may either be delivered
during the General Meeting before the beginning of the vote or
sent to the Company (Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG, KMS / HV
dept., Operation Center 2, Strauchgasse 1 - 3, A - 1010 Vienna),
via fax +43 (0) 1 928 90 61 or e-mail to hv.anmeldung-2@oekb.at,
whereas when using such forms of communication, the proxy and/or its
revocation must be received by the Company no later than 25
May 2010, 1 p.m. CET (Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG, KMS /
HV dept., Operation Center 2, Strauchgasse 1 - 3, A - 1010
Vienna), via fax +43 (0) 1 928 90 61 or e-mail to
hv.anmeldung-2@oekb.at.

In case a shareholder granted proxy to his/her depositary bank,
it shall suffice if such bank declares that it has proxy,
in addition to the presentation of the safe custody receipt. The
transmission of such statement via an internationally used
specifically secured communication network of the banks shall be
excluded in accordance with section 262, paragraph 20 of the
Stock Corporation Act; the transmission shall be effected via the
means of communication stipulated above in connection with the safe
custody receipt.

The shareholders and/or their proxies will be asked to present
an official photo identification (driver´s licence, passport,
identification card) for an identity check at the entrance to the
General Meeting.

In accordance with section 106 no. 9 of the Stock Corporation Act
and section 83, paragraph 2, no. 1 of the Stock Exchange Act, we
would like to announce that the Company´s registered capital is
divided into 17,833,500 no-par shares made out to the bearer.

Each no-par share holds one vote. At the time the General Meeting is
convened, BWT Aktiengesellschaft holds 643,113 own shares. The
Company derives no rights therefrom. Therefore, at the time the
Annual General Meeting is convened, the total number of
participating and voting shares is 17,190,387.

Mondsee, April 2010

The Management Board

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Further inquiry note:

BWT Aktiengesellschaft

Mag. Ralf Burchert

ralf.burchert@bwt-group.com

Tel.: 06232/5011-1113

Branche: Water Supply
ISIN: AT0000737705
WKN: 884042
Index: ATX Prime
Börsen: Wien / official market