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

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PALFINGER AG
Bergheim, FN 33393 h
ISIN AT0000758305

Invitation to AGM

We hereby invite our shareholders to the Annual General Meeting of
PALFINGER AG to be held on Wednesday, 8 March 2017, at 11.00 a.m.,at
the PALFINGER Service- und Democenter, 5020 Salzburg,
F.-W.-Scherer-Strasse 24.

Agenda

1. Presentation of the financial statements, including the management report
and the corporate governance report, the consolidated financial statements,
including the consolidated management report, the proposal with respect to
the distribution of profits and the report of the Supervisory Board for the
2016 financial year
2. Resolution on the distribution of the net profit for the year
3. Resolution on the discharge of the members of the Management Board from
their responsibility for the 2016 financial year
4. Resolution on the discharge of the members of the Supervisory Board from
their responsibility for the 2016 financial year
5. Election of the auditor of the financial statements and the consolidated
financial statements for the 2017 financial year
6. Election of a Supervisory Board member

AGM DOCUMENTS
The following documents will be available at the Company's website
www.palfinger.ag no later than 15 February 2017:
- financial statements, including management report
- corporate governance report
- consolidated financial statements, including consolidated
management report
- proposal with respect to the distribution of profits
- report of the Supervisory Board,
each for the 2016 financial year;
- proposals for resolution on agenda items 2-6
- statement by the candidate for election to the Supervisory Board
pursuant to sec. 87 para. 2 of the Companies Act regarding agenda
item 6, including CV
- form for granting proxy
- form for granting proxy to a representative of IVA
- form for revoking a proxy
- complete text of this invitation

INFORMATION ON SHAREHOLDERS' RIGHTS PURSUANT TO SECS. 109, 110, 118
AND 119 OF THE COMPANIES ACT

Additions to the agenda made by shareholders

Shareholders who jointly hold at least 5 per cent of the share
capital and who have been the holders of these shares for at least
three months prior to making such request are entitled to request in
writing that additional items be put on the agenda of this AGM and be
published provided that such written request is delivered to the
Company no later than 15 February 2017 exclusively at the address
5101 Bergheim near Salzburg, Lamprechtshausener Bundesstrasse 8,
Corporate Communications, attn. Mr Hannes Roither. Shareholders must
also indicate proposals for resolutions regarding each item on the
agenda so requested, including a statement of grounds. A certificate
of deposit (Depotbestätigung) pursuant to sec. 10a of the Companies
Act stating that the shareholders making such requests have held
their shares for at least three months prior to making such requests
must be submitted to evidence shareholder status; this certificate
may not be older than seven days at the time of it being submitted to
the Company. As regards the other requirements of the certificate of
deposit, please refer to the information on the right to attend the
Annual General Meeting.

Resolution proposals by shareholders on items of the agenda
Shareholders holding jointly at least 1 per cent of the share capital
are entitled to submit proposals for resolution on any item of the
agenda, including a statement ofgrounds, in text form and demand that
such proposals, including the grounds therefor, be made available at
the website of the Company. Such request must be delivered to the
Company in text form no later than 27 February 2017 either by telefax
at +43 6622281-81070 or at the address 5101 Bergheim near Salzburg,
Lamprechtshausener Bundesstrasse 8, Corporate Communications, attn.
Mr Hannes Roither, or by e-mail to h.roither@palfinger.com, in which
case such request must be attached to the e-mail in text form, such
as a PDF file. In the case of a proposal for the election of a
Supervisory Board member such statement of grounds is to be replaced
by the statement of the nominated candidate pursuant to sec. 87 para.
2 of the Companies Act. A certificate of deposit pursuant to sec. 10a
of the Companies Act must be submitted to evidence that the
shareholders are entitled to exercise their shareholders' rights;
this certificate may not be older than seven days at the time of it
being submitted to the Company. As regards the other requirements of
the certificate of deposit, please refer to the information on the
right to attend the AGM.

Right to be informed At the AGM, each shareholder has the right to be
informed on any matters pertaining to the Company if so requested
provided that such information is necessary for a proper opinion
regarding a particular agenda item. The Company may refuse to supply
such information if, according to sound business judgement, it could
be seriously prejudicial to the Company or one of its associated
companies or if providing such information would constitute a
criminal offence. For the sake of an efficient meeting, questions
whose response needs longer preparation must be submitted in text
form to the Management Board in a timely manner before the AGM. They
may be delivered to the Company by post at the address 5101 Bergheim
near Salzburg, Lamprechtshausener Bundesstrasse 8, Corporate
Communications, attn. Mr Hannes Roither, or by e-mail
toh.roither@palfinger.com.

Requests filed at the Annual General Meeting Irrespective of their
shareholdings in the Company, every shareholder has the right to make
requests on each item on the agenda to the Annual General Meeting.
Shareholder motions requesting the election of a Supervisory Board
member require the timely submission of a proposal for resolution
pursuant to sec. 110 of the Companies Act: Candidates for Supervisory
Board elections (agenda item 6) may only be proposed by shareholders
holding jointly at least 1 per cent of the share capital. Candidate
proposals must be received by the Company no later than 27 February
2017 in the above-stated manner and must be accompanied by a
candidate statement pursuant to sec. 87 para. 2 of the Companies Act,
which includes a description of the candidate's professional
qualifications, professional or comparable functions and any
circumstances that could give reason for concern in respect to
potential bias or conflict of interest.

Information at the Company's website Additional information on
shareholders' rights pursuant to secs. 109, 110, 118 and 119 of the
Companies Act is available as of now at the Company's
websitehttp://www.palfinger.ag.

QUALIFYING DATE AND RIGHT TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The
shareholders' rights to attend the Annual General Meeting and to
exercise the voting right and the other shareholder rights to be
asserted in the course of the Annual General Meeting are governed by
their shareholdings as of the close of 26 February 2017 (Qualifying
Date). The Annual General Meeting may only be attended by persons who
are shareholders at such Qualifying Date and who provide evidence
thereof to the Company. A certificate of deposit pursuant to sec. 10a
of the Companies Act must be submitted to evidence a shareholder's
shareholding as at the Qualifying Date, which is to be delivered to
the Company no later than 3 March 2017 exclusively at one of the
addresses indicated below.

By post or PALFINGER AG
courier Corporate Communications
attn. Mr Hannes Roither
5101 Bergheim near Salzburg,
Lamprechtshausener Bundesstrasse 8
By telefax +43 1 8900 500 78
By e-mail anmeldung.palfinger@hauptversammlung.at,
the certificate of deposit must be attached to the e-mail
in text form such as a PDF file
By SWIFT GIBAATWGGMS (message type to be used is MT598, always
state ISIN AT0000758305)

Certificates of deposit pursuant to sec. 10a of the Companies Act The
certificate of deposit is to be issued by the relevant custodian bank
with its headquarters in a member state of the European Economic Area
or in a full member state of the OECD and must include the following
information:

o information on the issuer: (corporate) name and address or any code that is
customarily used among credit institutions (BIC)
o information on the shareholder: (corporate) name, address, date of birth for
natural persons, and register and register number, if applicable, for legal
entities
o information on the shares: number of the shares held by the shareholder,
ISIN AT0000758305
o deposit number and/or other designation
o date to which the certificate of deposit refers
The certificate of deposit as evidence of the shareholding entitling the
shareholder to attend the AGM must refer to the above-mentioned Qualifying
Date 26 February 2017. The certificate of deposit may be delivered in German
or English.

REPRESENTATION BY AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES Shareholders entitled to
attend the Annual General Meeting may appoint representatives who
will take part in the meeting on behalf of such shareholders and have
the same rights as the shareholders whom they represent. Proxy must
be given to a specific person (natural person or legal entity) in
text form; also several persons may be authorized. Such proxy must be
delivered to the Company exclusively at one of the addresses
indicated below:

By post or PALFINGER AG
courier Corporate Communications
attn. Herrn Hannes Roither
5101 Bergheim near Salzburg,
Lamprechtshausener Bundesstrasse 8
By telefax +43 1 8900 500 78
By e-mail anmeldung.palfinger@hauptversammlung.at, the proxy must be
attached to the e-mail in text form such as a PDF file
In person when registering for the AGM
at the venue

A proxy form and a form for revoking the proxy will be sent to
shareholders upon request and may be downloaded from the Company's
website atwww.palfinger.ag. If such proxy is not personally delivered
at the date of the AGM upon registration, it must be delivered to the
Company no later than 7 March 2017 at 4 p.m. The rules indicated
above regarding the granting of proxy apply mutatis mutandis to its
revocation.

INDEPENDENT PROXY As a special service a representative of the
"Interessenverband für Anleger" (IVA, Austrian Association of
Investors), 1130 Vienna, Feldmühlgasse 22, is available to
shareholders as an independent proxy bound by the shareholders'
instructions for exercising their voting rights at the Annual General
Meeting. A special proxy form may be downloaded from the Company's
website atwww.palfinger.ag/en/investor-relations/shareholder-meeting.
Shareholders may also contact Michael Knap of the IVAdirectly by
calling +43 1 8763343-0, by fax at +43 1 8763343-49 or by e-mail
tomichael.knap@iva.or.at.

TOTAL NUMBER OF SHARES AND VOTING RIGHTS At the date of convening the
AGM the Company's share capital of EUR 37,593,258 is divided into
37,593,258 no-par-value shares. Each share grants one vote.

In order to avoid delays at the entrance checks, shareholders are
asked to present themselves in due time before the start of the
Annual General Meeting and produce a valid ID card upon registration.
Voting cards may be collected from 10.15 a.m. onwards.

Bergheim near Salzburg, February 2017

The Management Board

Further inquiry note:
Hannes Roither, PALFINGER AG
Unternehmenssprecher
Tel.: +43 662 2281-81100
mailto: h.roither@palfinger.com
www.palfinger.ag

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issuer: Palfinger AG
Lamprechtshausener Bundesstraße 8
A-5020 Salzburg
phone: 0662/2281-81101
FAX: 0662/2281-81070
mail: ir@palfinger.com
WWW: www.palfinger.ag
sector: Machine Manufacturing
ISIN: AT0000758305
indexes: Prime Market
stockmarkets: official market: Wien
language: English

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