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Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG: HHLA shares successful 2021 business development with shareholders

DGAP-News: Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG / Key word(s): AGM/EGM Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG: HHLA shares successful 2021 business development with shareholders 16.06.2022 / 16:45 The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. Hamburg, 16 June 2022

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HHLA shares successful 2021 business development with shareholders

• Dividend distribution of € 0.75 per Class A share approved
• Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Grube re-elected as Chairman of the Supervisory Boar
• Chairwoman of the Executive Board, Angela Titzrath: “HHLA can be relied on in difficult times.”

The shareholders of Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) are benefiting from the successful business development of 2021. With a large majority, the Annual General Meeting agreed on a dividend of € 0.75 per listed Class A share. In the previous year, it was € 0.45. This represents a distribution ratio of 53 percent. At its first meeting, the Supervisory Board again appointed Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Grube as Chairman of the Board. The Annual General Meeting took place virtually again this year. Shareholders were able to follow the entire event live via the company’s shareholder portal.

At the beginning of the Annual General Meeting, Chairwoman of the Executive Board Angela Titzrath looked back on a successful 2021 financial year. Despite the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, HHLA was able to increase its Group EBIT by 84.7 percent year-on-year to € 228.2 million (previous year: € 123.6 million).

Chairwoman of the Executive Board, Angela Titzrath: “HHLA can be relied on in difficult times. This was also the case during the coronavirus pandemic. Even in the second year of this natural disaster, HHLA reliably fulfilled its supply mandate. This is the result of concerted joint effort by employees and management. While important ports in Asia, the Americas and Europe had to temporarily cease operations due to coronavirus infections, meaning that hundreds of ships could not be handled and global supply chains were massively disrupted, operational stability at HHLA facilities was ensured – whether in the Port of Hamburg, in Odessa, Tallinn, Trieste and at our railway subsidiary, Metrans.“