EANS-General Meeting: RHI AG / Invitation to the General Meeting

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Convening notice

We hereby invite our shareholders to the
32nd Annual General Meeting of RHI AG
on Friday, 6 May 2011, at 10.00 a.m.,
at Haus der Industrie, 1030 Vienna, Schwarzenbergplatz 4.

ISIN AT0000676903

Agenda

1. Presentation of the approved annual financial statements and
consolidated financial statements 2010 and notes, as well as the
management report, the Corporate Governance report and the report of
the Supervisory Board on the financial year 2010. 2. Resolution on
the allocation of accumulated profit. 3. Resolution on the acceptance
of the report of the members of the Management Board for the
financial year 2010. 4. Resolution on the acceptance of the report of
the members of the Supervisory Board for the financial year 2010. 5.
Appointment of the auditor of the financial statements and the
consolidated financial statements for the financial year 2011. 6.
Resolution on the remuneration of the members of the Supervisory
Board for the financial year 2010. 7. Election of a member to the
Supervisory Board. . 8. Resolution on the authorisation of the
company to acquire treasury shares in accordance with § 65 para.1 (4)
AktG (continuation of the employee stock ownership plan 4+1). 9.
Resolution on amendments to the articles of association.

DOCUMENTS FOR THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The following documents will
be available for inspection as of 15 April 2011, during office hours,
Monday - Friday, 09:00 -16:00, at the headquarters of the company at
1100 Vienna, Wienerbergstraße 9, Investor Relations Department, Ms
Barbara Potisk-Eibensteiner: • Annual financial statements and
management report • Corporate Governance report, Consolidated
financial statements including the management report • Proposal for
the allocation of the accumulated profit, • Report of the Supervisory
Board, Each of the above for the financial year 2010; • Draft
resolutions on agenda items 2 - 9, • Statement of the candidate for
the election to the Supervisory Board regarding agenda item 7 in
accordance with § 87 para. 2 AktG, • Articles of association
including indication of the proposed amendments

This information as well as the complete text of this convening
notice and the forms for granting and revoking a power of attorney in
accordance with § 114 AktG will also be available on die Internet at
www.rhi-ag.com as of 15 April 2011 and at the Annual General Meeting.

RIGHTS OF SHAREHOLDERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH §§ 109, 110, 118 AND 119
AKTG Shareholders whose combined shareholdings equal 5% of the share
capital and who have held these shares for a minimum of three months
prior to filing this request may request in writing that additional
items be put on the agenda of the Annual General Meeting and
published, if the Company receives this request is in writing by 15
April 2011, exclusively at the address 1100 Vienna, Wienerbergstraße
9, Attn. Ms. G. Célia Konrad, Esq., General Counsel/Head of Legal
Dept. Each agenda item thus requested has to be accompanied by a
draft resolution and a justification. In case of bearer shares held
in deposits, a deposit confirmation in accordance with § 10a AktG,
which confirms that the shareholders filing the request have held the
shares for at least three months prior to filing the request and
which must not be older than seven days when presented to the
Company, shall suffice to prove the shareholder status. Regarding
further requirements for the deposit confirmation refer to the
details on eligibility. Shareholders whose combined shareholdings
equal 1% of the share capital may submit draft resolutions in text
form including a justification for each agenda item and demand that
these proposals, together with a justification and, if applicable, a
statement by the Management Board or Supervisory Board, be published
on the website of the Company, provided that this request in text
form arrives at the Company on 27 April 2011 at the latest, either
per fax +43 (1) 50213 6281 or at 1100 Vienna, Wienerbergstraße 9,
Attn. Ms. G. Célia Konrad, Esq., General Counsel/Head of Legal Dept.,
or per e-mail at hauptversammlung@rhi-ag.com. The request in text
form, for example in PDF format, must be attached to the e-mail. In
the case of a proposal regarding the election of a Supervisory Board
member the justification shall be replaced with a statement of the
person proposed in accordance with § 87 para. 2 AktG. In the case of
bearer shares held in a deposit, a deposit confirmation in accordance
with§ 10a AktG is sufficient as evidence of the shareholder status
required to exercise this shareholder right. This deposit
confirmation shall not be older than seven days when presented to the
Company. Regarding further requirements for the deposit confirmation
refer to the details on eligibility. For bearer shares not deposited
in a securities account, a written confirmation by a notary public,
to which the above requirements for a deposit confirmation are
applicable mutatis mutandis, shall be sufficient. Each shareholder
shall, upon request, be informed about the Company´s activities as
far as this is necessary for a proper assessment of an agenda item.
Information may be refused if, based on reasonable commercial
judgement, it could cause a substantial disadvantage for the Company
or an affiliated company, or if providing such information
constituted an offence. Questions, which require longer preparation,
should be submitted to the Management Board in time before the Annual
General Meeting in order to ensure an efficient session. Every
shareholder - regardless of a specific number of shares - is entitled
to make motions regarding each agenda item at the annual general
meeting. Persons standing for election to the Supervisory Board
(Agenda item 7: "Election of a member to the Supervisory Board") may
only be proposed by shareholders whose combined shareholdings amount
to at least 1% of the share capital. Such proposals must be submitted
to the Company by 27 April 2010 in the manner described above.
Further information regarding the rights of shareholders in
accordance with §§ 109, 110, 118 and 119 AktG, is now available on
the Company´s website www.rhi-ag.com.

RECORD DATE AND PARTICIPATION IN THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The
eligibility to participate in the Annual General Meeting and to
exercise the voting rights and other shareholder rights to be
exercised at the Annual General Meeting, are conditional on the
shareholdings at the end of 26 April 2011 (record date). Only persons
who are shareholders on this record date and provide evidence of it
are eligible to participate in the Annual General Meeting. Bearer
shares held in a deposit In the case of bearer shares held in a
deposit, a deposit confirmation in accordance with § 10a AktG is
sufficient as evidence of shareholding on the record date. This
deposit confirmation must be received by the Company at the latest on
03 May2011 at one of the following addresses only.

By post RHI AG
(in written form) Investor Relations

Attn. Ms. Barbara Potisk-Eibensteiner
Wienerbergstraße 9
1100 Vienna

By SWIFT GIBAATWGGMS (Message Type MT598; indicate
ISIN AT0000676903 in the text) By fax: +43 (1) 8900 500 - 52 By
e-mail: anmeldung.rhi@hauptversammlung.at; the deposit
confirmation in text form, for example as a PDF, must be attached to
the e-mail.

Bearer shares not held in a deposit For bearer shares not held in a
deposit, a written confirmation by an Austrian notary public, which
the Company must receive at one of the aforementioned addresses only,
is sufficient. For the content of the confirmation by the notary
public, the following shall be applicable mutatis mutandis (except
the deposit number). Deposit confirmation in accordance with § 10a
AktG The deposit confirmation must be issued by a depositary bank
domiciled in a member state of the European Economic Area or a full
member state of the OECD and must contain the following details: •
Details of the issuer: name/company and address or a code commonly
used in dealings between banks (SWIFT-Code), • Details of the
shareholder: name/company, address, date of birth for natural
persons; for legal entities, if applicable, register and register
number, • Information regarding shares: number of shares held by the
shareholder; ISIN AT0000676903, • Deposit number or other
description, • Point of time which the deposit confirmation refers
to.

The deposit confirmation as evidence of shareholdings must refer to
the above-mentioned record date 26 April 2011. The deposit
confirmation will be accepted in German or English. Shareholders will
not be blocked by a registration for the Annual General Meeting or by
submitting a deposit confirmation; therefore, shareholders may
dispose freely of their shares after having registered for the Annual
General Meeting or having submitted a deposit confirmation.

REPRESENTATION BY PROXY All shareholders eligible to participate in
the Annual General Meeting have the right to appoint a representative
(proxy) who attends the Annual General Meeting on behalf of the
shareholder and has the same rights as the shareholder he/she
represents. The power of attorney must be granted to a specific
person (natural person or legal person) in text form. It is also
possible to grant power of attorney to several persons. The power
must be received by the Company at one of the following addresses
only:

By post RHI AG
(in written form) Investor Relations
Attn. Ms Barbara Potisk-Eibensteiner
Wienerbergstraße 9
1100 Vienna
By fax: +43 (1) 8900 500 - 52

By e-mail: anmeldung.rhi@hauptversammlung.at; the power of attorney
in text form, for example as a PDF, must be attached to the e-mail
Personally: at the registration at the venue of the Annual General
Meeting.

An authorisation form for a granting power of attorney and a form for
revoking power of attorney will be sent to shareholders upon request
and will be available on the website of the Company at
www.rhi-ag.com. Unless the power of attorney is handed over
personally at the registration on the day of the Annual General
Meeting, it must arrive at the Company by 05 May 2011 by 16.00 at the
latest. The aforementioned provisions for granting power of attorney
apply mutatis mutandis for a revocation of the power of attorney. As
a special service, a representative of the interest group
Interessenverband für Anleger, IVA, 1130 Vienna, Feldmühlgasse 22, is
available to shareholders as an independent representative to
exercise voting rights bound by instructions at the Annual General
Meeting; a special form to grant this power of attorney is available
for this purpose on the website of the Company at www.rhi-ag.com. In
addition, Dr. Wilhelm G. Rasinger of IVA can be contacted directly by
phone +43 1 8763343-0, fax +43 1 8763343-49 or e-mail at
wilhelm.rasinger@iva.or.at.

TOTAL NUMBER OF SHARES AND INTERIM CERTIFICATES At the time the
Annual General Meeting is convened the share capital of the Company
amounts to EUR 289,376,212.84 divided into 39,819,039 no-par bearer
shares (shares). Each share grants one vote. At the time of convening
the Annual General Meeting, the Company holds no treasury shares,
neither directly nor indirectly. The total of shares eligible to
participate and vote therefore amounts to 39,819,039 no-par shares at
the time of convening the Annual General Meeting. There are no other
types of shares. In order to ensure smooth registration procedures
shareholders are requested to arrive at the location of the Annual
General Meeting in time before its beginning. Shareholders will be
admitted to collect voting cards starting at 9:00 a.m. Shareholders
who neither received admission cards nor copies of the deposit
confirmation are kindly requested to bring a valid official identity
document to the Annual General Meeting.

Vienna, April 2011
The Management Board

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Further inquiry note:

RHI AG
Investor Relations
Mag. Barbara Potisk-Eibensteiner
Tel: +43-1-50213-6123
Email: barbara.potisk@rhi-ag.com

Branche: Refractories
ISIN: AT0000676903
WKN: 874182
Index: ATX Prime, ATX
Börsen: Wien / official market