Avantium releases agenda for 2020 Annual General Meeting

AMSTERDAM, 2 April 2020, 20:45 CET – Avantium published the agenda and other meeting documents for its Annual General Meeting (AGM). The AGM will be held at Avantium's head office, Zekeringstraat 29, 1014 BV Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on Thursday 14 May 2020, 14:00 CEST.

The meeting documents are available on the Avantium website (https://www.avantium.com/corporate governance/#shareholders-meeting) and consist of:

Convocation for the AGM including the agenda, an explanation of the agenda items, instructions for attending the meeting and voting instructions (including power of attorney);
2019 Annual Accounts;
2019 Remuneration Report.

COVID-19 measures

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Avantium will take appropriate measures with respect to the AGM to protect the health and wellbeing of our employees and shareholders. In line with Dutch government advice and measures announced on 23 March 2020 and 31 March 2020, Avantium urges shareholders not to attend this AGM in person and to vote in advance of the meeting.

Live webcast of the AGM

Shareholders can virtually attend the Avantium AGM via a live webcast of the AGM on our website. It will be possible to ask questions via this webcast. Shareholders may also submit their questions regarding the various agenda items prior to the meeting, by sending an email to [email protected] or a letter to Avantium N.V., att. of Investor Relations, Zekeringstraat 29, 1014 BV Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Voting via proxy

Avantium encourages its shareholders to exercise their voting rights via proxy, by using the physical form of power of attorney which can be found on Avantium's website or by giving voting instructions electronically via the ING EVO platform: https://ing.evo-platform.com/avantium. This platform is available from 16 April 2020, after 18.00 CEST, until Thursday 7 May 2019, 17.30 CEST, or via their intermediary where their shares are administered. Both ways of voting are further described in the convocation notice of the AGM, as published on the website of Avantium https://www.avantium.com/corporate-governance/#shareholders-meeting.

Attendance in person

If a shareholder nevertheless insists on attending the meeting in-person, he or she is requested to register by sending an email to [email protected] before 7 May 2020, together with the motivation why attendance in-person is necessary. To ensure a safe and orderly meeting as much as possible, Avantium will assess each such request and it cannot admit shareholders who have not

submitted a request to attend in-person. In connection with the condition imposed by the Dutch government that no more than 100 persons may attend, shareholders are informed that only the first 70 registering shareholders will be able to attend the physical AGM. To mitigate potential health risks, Avantium will not organise gatherings surrounding the AGM, which means that no pre- or post-meeting reception will take place.

Shareholders who do attend the meeting in-person will do so at their own health risk and are responsible for maintaining the mandatory social distance of 1.5 metres at all times. Those who show symptoms of COVID-19 as referred to on the Dutch RIVM website, such as cough, shortness of breath or fever, or who have been in contact with any person suffering from COVID-19 during the previous 14 days, may not attend the meeting in-person. Those who do not act in accordance with the mandatory social distance will be asked to leave the meeting. Visitors will not be admitted.

Check the website for further updates

We will continue to closely monitor developments. We reserve the right to make changes to the organisation of the AGM, if the Dutch government announces new measures that require a different approach. Therefore, we advise you to regularly check our website for any further updates. For any questions please contact [email protected].

About Avantium

Avantium is a leading technology development company and a forerunner in renewable chemistry. Avantium develops novel technologies based on renewable carbon sources as an alternative to fossilbased chemicals and plastics. The company currently has three technologies at pilot and demonstration phase. The most advanced technology is the YXY® plant-to-plastics–technology that catalytically converts plant-based sugars into a wide range of chemicals and plastics, such as PEF (polyethylene furanoate). Avantium has successfully demonstrated the YXY Technology at its pilot plant in Geleen, the Netherlands. The second technology is the Dawn Technology™ that converts non-food biomass into industrial sugars and lignin in order to transition the chemicals and materials industries to non-fossil resources. In 2018, Avantium opened the DAWN pilot biorefinery in Delfzijl, the Netherlands. The third technology is called Ray Technology™ and catalytically converts industrial sugars to plant-based MEG (mono-ethylene glycol). Avantium is scaling up its Ray Technology™ and the demonstration plant in Delfzijl, the Netherlands opened on November 7, 2019. Next to developing and commercializing renewable chemistry technologies, the company also provides advanced catalysis R&D services and systems to customers in the refinery and chemical industries. Avantium works in partnership with likeminded companies around the globe to create revolutionary renewable chemistry solutions from invention to commercial scale.

Avantium's shares are listed on Euronext Amsterdam and Euronext Brussels (symbol: AVTX). Avantium is included in the Euronext Amsterdam SmallCap Index (AScX). Its offices and headquarters are in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

For more information: Caroline van Reedt Dortland, Director Communications, Avantium +31-20-5860110 / +31-613400179, [email protected]

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