DWS Strategic – Invitation to the 2024 ordinary general meeting of shareholders

Société d’investissement à capital variable – 2, Boulevard Konrad Adenauer, 1115 Luxembourg – Commercial Register Luxembourg B 220.359

The ordinary general meeting of shareholders 2024 (the “meeting“) will be held on April 17, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. at the registered office of DWS Strategic (the “Partnership”). The following agenda is put to the vote:

1. Presentation of the reports of the Board of Directors and the auditor, as well as approval of the annual accounts for the financial year ending December 31, 2023.

2. Approval of the balance sheet and profit and loss account submitted by the Board of Directors for the financial year ending December 31, 2023.

3. Discharge of the members of the Board of Directors for the past financial year.

4. Use of the annual result.

5. Extension of the mandate of the company auditor.

Confirmation of the mandate of KPMG Luxembourg, with registered office at 39, Avenue JF Kennedy, 1855 Luxembourg, RCS Luxembourg B 149.133, as auditor of the Company and extension of the mandate until the ordinary general meeting to be held in 2025 and which will decide on the financial year ending on December 31, 2024.

6. Re-election/appointment of members of the Board of Directors.

6.1. Re-election of Mr. Niklas Seifert as member of the Board of Directors of the Company until the next annual general meeting of shareholders in 2025.

6.2. Re-election of Ms. Elena Wichmann as member of the Board of Directors of the Company until the next annual general meeting of shareholders in 2025.

6.3. Re-election of Mr. Thilo Wendenburg as member of the Board of Directors of the Company until the next annual general meeting of shareholders in 2025.

6.4. Re-election of Mr. Sven Sendmeyer as member of the Board of Directors of the Company until the next annual general meeting of shareholders in 2025.

6.5. Re-election of Mr. Stefan Kreuzkamp as member of the Board of Directors of the Company until the next annual general meeting of shareholders in 2025.

More information about the members of the Board of Directors is available from the Company upon request.

7. Approval of the remuneration for the independent member of the Board of Directors Thilo Wendenburg for the financial year ending December 31, 2023.

8. Approval of the remuneration for the external member of the Board of Directors Stefan Kreuzkamp for the financial year ending December 31, 2023.

Shareholders for whom the Company is in possession of a confirmation from the depositary institution for the five calendar days preceding the date of the meeting showing that the shares will remain blocked until the end of the meeting can exercise the voting right. Shareholders can also vote by proxy form by transferring their vote to the chairman of the meeting, who will vote on their behalf in accordance with the voting instructions in the proxy form.

The proxy form is available from the Company upon request.

The properly convened general meeting represents all shareholders. The presence of a quorum of shareholders is not required. Decisions are taken by a simple majority of the shares represented.

The sales prospectus and (where applicable) the key information document (“KID”), as well as the articles of association and the most recent annual and semi-annual reports of the Company are available free of charge at the registered office of the Company and will be sent to you free of charge upon request .

In Belgium, the prospectus, the KID (NL/FR), the articles of association and the semi-annual and annual reports are available free of charge in English, from the financial service in Belgium: Deutsche Bank AG Brussels branch, Marnixlaan 13-15, 1000 Brussels .