Thomas Blades

Pursuant to a resolution of the Executive Board in accordance with Section 17, Part 2, Sentence 1 of the Articles of Association of Uniper SE and Section 118a Part 1, Sentence 1 of the German Stock Corporation Act, the Annual General Meeting is being held as a virtual meeting, meaning at the venue of the Annual General Meeting without the physical presence of shareholders and their proxies with the exception of the proxies appointed by the company.

I would now like to welcome my colleagues on the Supervisory Board who are present here. With the exception of Ms. Kulambi, who is unable to attend today for personal reasons, they are also here with us in the meeting room. We are showing them all together in the live stream. If necessary, they can all or individually communicate with me at any time.

I would also like to welcome the Uniper Executive Board members present here consisting of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Commercial Officer, Mr. Michael Lewis; our Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Christian Barr; our Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Holger Kreetz; and our Chief People and Transformation Officer, Ms. Fabienne Twelemann. Also present in person is the notary, Professor Dr. [indiscernible], who will be preparing the minutes of today's Annual General Meeting. In addition, the company's proxies are present here in the room.

I would also like to provide you with some information regarding proceedings of today's virtual AGM. We are offering simultaneous translation of the entire Annual General Meeting from German into English. To access this, you can change the language setting in the password-protected online