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

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The Management Board of ZUMTOBEL AG (the "Company") invites all shareholders of
the Company to attend the

34th Annual General Meeting

on Friday, 23 July 2010, at 10.00 am in the Kulturhaus Dornbirn, large
auditorium, Rathausplatz 1, A-6850 Dornbirn.

Agenda:

1. Presentation of the approved annual financial statements as of 30 April 2010
with the report of the Management Board, the corporate governance report and
the report of the Supervisory Board on the 2009/2010 financial year as well
as presentation of the consolidated financial statements and the group
management report on the 2009/2010 financial year.

2. Presentation of the proposal for the use of profit and resolution on the use
of profit for the 2009/2010 financial year.

3. Resolution on the release of the members of the Management Board and
Supervisory Board from liability for the 2009/2010 financial year.

4. Election of Supervisory Board members.

5. Resolution to determine the remuneration for the members of the Supervisory
Board for the 2010/2011 financial year.

6. Election of an auditor for the annual financial statements and management
report as well as the consolidated financial statements and group management
report for the 2010/11 financial year.

The entitlement to participate in the annual general meeting is subject to
holding shares in ZUMTOBEL AG on the record date, which is at the end of tenth
day prior to the annual general meeting and therefore 13 July 2010. The holding
of shares on the record date is to be evidenced by the provision of a written
safe custody receipt in German or English pursuant to § 10a Stock Corporation
Act (AktG) and issued by a custodian institution headquartered in a state which
must be either a member state of the European Economic Area or a full member of
the OECD. The safe custody receipt must be received by the Company no later
than the third business day prior to the annual general meeting, which is 20
July 2010, by one of the following methods:

by post: ZUMTOBEL AG
z.Hd. Harald Albrecht
Höchsterstraße 8
A-6850 Dornbirn
or

by fax: +43 5572 509 91125

or

by email: [email protected], in which case the safe custody
receipt must be attached to the email in text form, for example as a PDF file.

or

by SWIFT: GIBAATWGGMS

(Message type MT598; ISIN AT0000837307 must be stated in the text).

Shareholders who are registered in the stock record book and whose shares are
securitised in interim certificates may also attend the annual general meeting
without fulfilling the deposit requirement if they register in writing no later
than three business days prior to the annual general meeting.

Pursuant to § 83 (2) 1 Stock Exchange Act (BörseG), notification is also hereby
provided that the Company has issued 43,500,000 bearer shares and each share
carries the right to one vote. The Company currently holds 774,957 shares as
treasury stock, which are not entitled to vote pursuant to § 65 (5) Stock
Corporation Act (AktG); after the deduction of these treasury shares, a total
of 42,725,043 shares are entitled to vote. The numbers mentioned in this
paragraph were determined as of 23 June 2010 and are subject to change before
the annual general meeting.

The documents pursuant to § 108 (3 to 5) Stock Corporation Act (convocation
pursuant to § 106 Stock Corporation Act, proposed resolutions, statements
pursuant to § 87 (2) Stock Corporation Act, annual financial statements with
management report, corporate governance report, the consolidated annual
financial statements with the group management report, proposal on the use of
profits, report of the Supervisory Board pursuant to § 96 Stock Corporation Act
(AktG), forms for the granting or revocation of a proxy) will be available for
inspection by shareholders at the headquarters of the Company during normal
business hours from 2 July 2010. These documents will also be available for
download free of charge from www.zumtobelgroup.com from 2 July 2010.

Shareholders should note their entitlement to request the addition of items to
the agenda pursuant to § 109 Stock Corporation Act, to submit proposals for
resolutions pursuant to § 110 Stock Corporation Act and to request information
at the annual general meeting pursuant to § 118 Stock Corporation Act. A
request to add items to the agenda and to publish them must be taken into
account if it is received by the Company no later than the 21st day prior to
the annual general meeting, which is 2 July 2010, by email to
[email protected] along with evidence of capacity as shareholder.
A request to make proposals for resolutions available on the Company´s website
along with the names of the respective shareholders, to which the reasoning
and, where applicable, the statements of the Management Board or the
Supervisory Board is to be attached, must be taken into account if it is
received by the Company no later than the seventh business day prior to the
annual general meeting, which is 14 July 2010, by email to
[email protected] along with evidence of capacity as shareholder.
Further information about these rights is available on the Company´s website at
www.zumtobelgroup.com.

Every shareholder who is entitled to take part in the annual general meeting
may, pursuant to § 113 (1) Stock Corporation Act, appoint a natural or legal
person as proxy. Proxy must be granted to a specific person in writing and, as
in the case of a revocation of proxy, must be submitted in good time prior to
the annual general meeting, either by handing it over personally no later than
during registration for the annual general meeting at the meeting venue, or by
sending it to the person responsible for Investor Relations at the Company to
arrive no later than 8.00 am on 23 July 2010 by one of the following methods:

by post: ZUMTOBEL AG
z.Hd. Harald Albrecht
Höchsterstraße 8
A-6850 Dornbirn

or

by fax: +43 5572 509 91125

or

by email: [email protected], in which case the proxy or its
revocation must be attached to the email in text form, for example as a PDF
file).

Forms for the granting and for the revocation of proxy can be downloaded free
of charge from www.zumtobelgroup.com.

As a special service, Dr. Michael Knap of the interest group for investors (IVA
- "Interessenverband für Anleger"), Feldmühlgasse 22, A-1130 Vienna, is
available to serve as an independent representative for the non-discretionary
exercise of voting rights at the annual general meeting. Dr. Knap may be
contacted directly under tel: +43 (1) 8763343-30, fax: +43 (1) 8763343-39, cell
phone +43 (664) 2138740 or email [email protected]. Further information is
available on the internet at www.zumtobelgroup.com and can be ordered free of
charge from the Company. The voting representative will be present at the
annual general meeting.

Dornbirn, June 2010 The Management Board

Further inquiry note:
Pressekontakt Kontakt Investor Relations
Astrid Kühn-Ulrich Harald Albrecht
Head of Corp. Communications Head of Investor Relations
Tel. +43-(0)5572 509-1570 Tel. +43-(0)5572 509-1125
[email protected] [email protected]
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issuer: Zumtobel AG
Höchster Straße 8
A-6850 Dornbirn
phone: +43/5572/509-0
FAX: +43/5572/509-601
mail: [email protected]
WWW: http://www.zumtobelgroup.com
sector: Technology
ISIN: AT0000837307
indexes: WBI, ATX Prime, ATX
stockmarkets: official market: Wien
language: English

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