Annual General Meetings

High technical requirements, strict legal guidelines—as a service provider, we ensure that your annual shareholders’ meeting is interactive, efficient, and fully compliant with the law.

As an experienced service provider for annual shareholder meetings, we manage your event with the highest standards of technology, service, and legal compliance. We organize in-person, hybrid, or virtual annual shareholder meetings—with comprehensive support: from studio technology and live streaming to connecting shareholders and follow-up services.

We comply with data protection requirements under the GDPR and ensure that your annual general meeting is conducted reliably, with technical redundancy, and in full compliance with the law—securely, efficiently, and professionally.
Numerous DAX-listed companies already rely on our expertise—your annual general meeting is also in the best of hands with us.

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Annual General Meetings in 2025
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Events & Experiences

Hybrid, virtual
or on-site presence

The format of an annual shareholders’ meeting presents unique challenges in terms of organization and execution.

We’re happy to support you with professional solutions for in-person, hybrid, and virtual events.

Take advantage of our many years of experience in organizing annual shareholders’ meetings. We’ll tailor our services to meet your specific needs.

From a good feeling to clear guidance

We practise sustainability and keep you informed in a transparent manner.

Mobility, energy, material use: As an event technology service provider, we leave an environmental footprint—and we’re committed to addressing it. With clear goals, transparent data, and a roadmap that shows where we stand and where we’re headed.

Contingency planning for annual general meetings

Technical Stability Meets Legal Reliability

Only annual meetings conducted in full compliance with the law and without interruptions are valid—and only then are the resolutions passed legally binding.

Reliability is therefore crucial from a legal standpoint, as technical malfunctions can jeopardize the validity of resolutions and may necessitate costly repeat annual meetings.

Redundancies & reliability

Double safeguards for trouble-free gatherings

We rely on technical redundancies and high availability to ensure that your annual shareholders’ meeting runs smoothly—even in the event of disruptions or high traffic: Systems with multiple layers of protection prevent outages and ensure that the event continues to run reliably.

Key Aspects of Our Security as a Service Provider for Annual Shareholders’ Meetings

Redundancy

Redundant protection of all critical systems

Documentation

Documented technical processes for verifiability

Your full-service organizer for your annual general meeting

Annual Shareholders' Meeting of Siemens

Let us be your trusted partner in organizing your next annual shareholders’ meeting.
Place your trust in us and our expert staff for concept development and planning, event execution, and content production. As your full-service event organizer for virtual, hybrid, and in-person events, we are the perfect partner for every aspect of your event—without exception—even beyond the technical details.
Rely on the G+B all-inclusive package, which offers complete security and redundancy for your annual shareholders’ meeting. With us, you can ensure that your data, systems, and networks remain available even in the event of a failure. Upon request, we’ll handle all general contractor tasks behind the scenes and keep you informed.

• Whether it’s an annual shareholders’ meeting, a trade show booth, or a conference,
• whether in-person, hybrid, or virtual,
• whether there are 50 or 100,000 participants:

We’ll support your project.

Successfully implemented annual general meetings

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We can advise you on all matters related to annual shareholders’ meetings.

Use our chat feature or contact us by phone or email. We look forward to hearing from you.

Security

Reliability

For concept and technology

As one of the leading providers of event technology on the European market, you—our customers—are always in good hands when it comes to all technical matters. Whether it’s audio, video, IT, or networking—we’re fully equipped to handle any task and well-prepared to tackle even the most unusual challenges.

Discover an overview of all our digital tools, that provide ideal support for your event!

“We have been working with GAHRENS + BATTERMANN for 10 years on the preparation and running of our Annual General Meeting. I would particularly like to highlight the utterly reliable and efficient work of the G+B team, who are always on the lookout for ways to improve processes and actively draw our attention to potential cost savings.”

Lutz Bannies, Head of Communication Services, Wacker Chemie AG

Image: Copyright Wacker Chemie AG

Frequently asked questions about Annual General Meetings

Questions & Answers on the Annual General Meetings in Presence

From a purely legal standpoint, when holding a shareholders’ meeting, there is a right to clear audibility—that is, a guarantee of comprehensive sound coverage. This applies not only to the meeting venue but also to all relevant areas where people are present, such as hallways and restrooms. We are familiar with the legal requirements of the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG) and have the appropriate technical solutions in place to meet all of these requirements.

Voting via tablet is already possible at in-person annual shareholder meetings as well. The advantages are clear: quick and easy tabulation, along with 99 percent accuracy in the results. More and more corporations are taking advantage of this option at their annual shareholder meetings. Please contact us if you are interested in digital voting.

Under the German Stock Corporation Act, shareholders have the right to speak, ask questions, and vote during the annual shareholders’ meeting. Only through a comprehensive audio broadcast can the organizer ensure that shareholders can exercise their rights.

An independent acoustics firm will measure and document speech intelligibility throughout the entire audience area during the general meeting.

The Stock Corporation Act stipulates that a general meeting must be concluded within a single calendar day. This means that the chairperson must adjourn the meeting by 11:59 p.m. on the scheduled day; otherwise, the meeting is invalid and must be repeated. G+B helps you comply with this requirement through customized speaking-time-limit systems.

Questions & answers regarding the hybrid and virtual Annual General Meeting

We can organize this combination of an in-person and virtual annual meeting as a hybrid annual meeting for you. Your shareholders can either watch the meeting via livestream or attend in person.

Even during a virtual annual shareholders’ meeting, shareholders can submit questions within a specified time limit.

Shareholders may have the opportunity to speak live during the event. We provide the technical capabilities to make this possible. Just let us advise you.

Dynamic camera work also makes the virtual annual shareholders’ meeting feel more lively for viewers. For example, we use camera cranes, Steadycams, and other equipment. We’re also happy to support you with graphic elements such as on-screen captions, green screens, and other solutions.

This is one of the most important questions when planning and conducting a virtual annual shareholders’ meeting. The issue of redundancy is tailored to each individual corporation based on its specific security requirements. We would be happy to discuss this with you.

We would be happy to assist you in finding a suitable venue for your virtual or hybrid annual shareholders’ meeting. We have extensive knowledge of the venue market and would be happy to advise you.

Let us advise you

Contact us now

We can advise you on all matters related to annual shareholders’ meetings.

Use our chat feature or contact us by phone or email. We look forward to hearing from you.

Your contact persons

Wolfgang Heiß



Christian Lauscher