EANS-News: UNIQA Insurance Group AG / Announcement according to § 82 sec 9 BörseG

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Buybacks/Annual General Meeting

Announcement according to § 82 sec 9 BörseG

The 16th ordinary Annual General Meeting from UNIQA Insurance Group
AG, 1029 Vienna, Untere Donaustraße 21, has pased the following
resolution on item 6 of the agenda on 26th May 2015:

"The Management Board is authorized, with the consent of the
Supervisory Board, to purchase treasury shares pursuant to Section 65
(1) (8) and (1a) and (1b) AktG, whereas the Company may purchase
treasury shares equal to not more than a maximum of up to 10% of the
share capital (even subject to the repeated use of the 10%
threshold), counted as a total together with other treasury shares
already purchased and held by the Company, both via the stock
exchange as well as over the counter, to the exclusion of the
shareholders' proportionate subscription rights, to grant that
authorization from 28 November 2015 inclusive until 27 May 2018
inclusive, hence for 30 months, and to allow the Company to purchase
treasury shares by virtue of this authorization at an equivalent of
at least EUR 7.00 and not more than EUR 20.00 per share unit. That
authorization to purchase treasury shares includes also the purchase
of the Company's shares by the Company's subsidiaries (Section 66
AktG). The treasury shares purchased pursuant to Section 65 (1) (8)
and (1a) and (1b) can also be sold other than on the stock exchange
or by public offer within a period of five years from the grant of
that authorization and subject to the consent of the Supervisory
Board, namely (i) for the purpose of implementing an employee
participation program, including a plan for members of the Management
Board and/or executives or exclusively for members of the Management
Board and/or executives, or a stock option plan for employees,
including members of the Management Board and/or executives or
exclusively for members of the Management Board and/or executives of
the Company and of its affiliated companies, if any, or (ii) as
consideration for the purchase of undertakings, businesses, parts of
businesses or shares in one or several entities in Austria and abroad
(iii) or to implement a greenshoe option or (iv) to offset fractional
amounts. The Management Board is authorized, with the consent of the
Supervisory Board, to redeem purchased treasury shares without
referring that matter to the Annual General Meeting, and the
Supervisory Board is authorized to adopt amendments of the articles
of association resulting from that redemption of shares."

Further inquiry note:
UNIQA Insurance Group AG
Norbert Heller
Tel.: +43 (01) 211 75-3414
mailto:norbert.heller@uniqa.at

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company: UNIQA Insurance Group AG
Untere Donaustraße 21
A-1029 Wien
phone: 01/211 75-0
mail: investor.relations@uniqa.at
WWW: http://www.uniqagroup.com
sector: Insurance
ISIN: AT0000821103
indexes: WBI, ATX Prime, ATX
stockmarkets: official market: Wien
language: English