gategroup Holding AG Invitation to the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders

Invitation to

the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders

gategroup Holding AG

to be held on Wednesday, April 18, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. CET

Radisson Blu Hotel, Zurich-Airport (see site plan attached) Dear Shareholders,

It gives me great pleasure to invite you to gategroup Holding AG’s Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on April 18, 2012. Set out below are the agenda and proposals of the Board of Directors to be considered and voted on:

1 Presentation of the Business Report consisting of the Annual Report, the Consolidated Financial

Statements and the Annual Financial Statements as at December 31, 2011

2 Presentation of the Reports of the Auditors as at December 31, 2011

3 Approval of the Annual Report, the Consolidated Financial Statements and the Annual Financial

Statements and Consultative Vote on the Compensation Report 2011

3.1 Approval of the Annual Report and the Consolidated Financial Statements as at December 31, 2011

The Board of Directors proposes that the Annual Report for the financial year 2011 and the Consolidated Financial Statements as at December 31, 2011 be approved.

3.2 Approval of the Annual Financial Statements as at December 31, 2011

The Board of Directors proposes that the Annual Financial Statements as at December 31, 2011 be approved. 3.3 Consultative Vote on the Compensation Report 2011 (non-binding)

The Board of Directors proposes that the report on compensations as shown in the Annual Report 2011 (pages 83, 84 and 109 to 113) be approved on a non-binding consultative basis.

4 Withdrawal from Reserve from Capital Contribution, Distribution of a Dividend and Appropriation of

Available Earnings

The Board of Directors proposes an amended proposal as follows: 4.1 Withdrawal from Reserve from Capital Contribution

The Board of Directors proposes a withdrawal from reserve from capital contribution in the amount of CHF 21,022,860.80.* 4.2 Distribution of a Dividend

The Board of Directors proposes for the financial year 2011 the distribution of a dividend to the shareholders of CHF 0.80 per share for 26,278,576* dividend paying shares being funded by the withdrawal from reserve from capital contribution (cf. agenda item 4.1).

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4.3 Appropriation of Available Earnings

The Board of Directors proposes to appropriate the available earnings as follows:

in CHF 1,000

Carried forward from previous year 39,286

Withdrawal from reserve from capital contribution (cf. agenda item 4.1) 21,023*

Dividend for the financial year 2011 of CHF 0.80 per share being funded by the withdrawal from reserve from capital contribution (cf. agenda item 4.2)

(21,023)*

Net loss for the year (3,294)

Balance to be carried forward 35,992

As a result of the Swiss tax reform II effective as of January 1, 2011, Swiss tax legislation allows the payment of a dividend without the deduction of 35% of Swiss withholding tax if originating from the reserve from capital contribution. The Board of Directors proposes in an amended proposal regarding the appropriation of the available earnings to withdraw from the reserve from capital contribution an amount of CHF 21,022,860.80* (agenda item 4.1), to pay out a dividend of CHF 0.80 per registered share out of this withdrawn reserve from capital contribution (agenda item 4.2) and to carry forward available earnings as of December 31, 2011 in the amount of CHF 35,992 thousand (agenda item 4.3). If the above proposal is approved, a dividend of CHF 0.80 per dividend paying share will be paid out free of Swiss withholding tax with the value date of April 25, 2012. The last trading day with entitlement to receive a dividend is April 19, 2012. The shares will be traded ex-dividend as of April 20, 2012.

* Depending on the number of dividend paying shares on April 24, 2012. No dividends will be distributed on treasury shares held by gategroup Holding AG and its subsidiaries. The reported aggregate amount of the dividend is based on holdings of treasury shares held by gategroup Holding AG and its subsidiaries as at December 31, 2011. The Board of Directors will adjust the reported amounts accordingly, if required.

5 Granting of Discharge to the Members of the Board of Directors and of the Executive Management

Board

The Board of Directors proposes to grant discharge to the non-executive members of the Board of Directors and to those members of the Executive Management Board who did not act as members of the Board of Directors for the financial year 2011.

6 Elections to the Board of Directors

6.1 Re-elections to the Board of Directors

The Board of Directors proposes the re-election of the following members of the Board of Directors, each for a term of one year and each to be re-elected separately:

- Neil Brown - Brian Larcombe - Andreas Schmid - David Siegel - Anthonie Stal

6.2 Elections of new members to the Board of Directors

Further, the Board of Directors proposes the election of the following new members to the Board of Directors, each for a term of one year and each to be elected separately:

- Remo Brunschwiler - Andrew Gibson

Mr. Remo Brunschwiler, born in 1958, is a Swiss citizen, and has served as Chief Executive Officer of Swisslog Holding AG since March 2003. Between 1996 and 2003 he headed the Eurocargo division of Danzas and from 1989 to 1996 he

was a consultant at McKinsey & Company in Switzerland and Germany for logistics and pharmaceutical companies. He began his career as a strategic planner with Ciba-Geigy AG in Basel and as product manager for pharmaceuticals with Ciba-Geigy in Italy. Mr. Brunschwiler has been a member of the Board of Directors of Holcim (Schweiz) AG since 2011. Remo Brunschwiler studied economics at the University of Basel and holds an MBA from INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France. Mr. Andrew Gibson, born in 1961, is a New Zealand citizen, and has served as Chief Executive Officer of gategroup since July 2011, serving in this role in an interim capacity since April 2011. In his previous position, he was Group Senior Vice President and President North American region since January 2007. Prior to assuming this role, Mr. Gibson was Senior Vice President Operations Europe. Before joining gategroup in September 2004, Mr. Gibson worked as an Associate Principal at McKinsey & Company, where he provided extensive operational and strategic consulting to multiple companies across a range of industries. Mr. Gibson holds a Master of Science and a PhD from the California Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

7 Election of the Auditors

The Board of Directors proposes that PricewaterhouseCoopers AG (CH-020.3.020.876-5), in Zurich, be re-elected as Auditors of gategroup Holding AG for the financial year 2012.

8 Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation concerning share transfer restrictions and limitations of

voting rights (Article 5 para. 4 and 5)

The Board of Directors proposes to reduce share transfer restrictions and to repeal limitations of voting rights. The present Articles of Incorporation provide for a limitation of registration in the share register for a person or entity holding more than 10% of the registered share capital as set forth in the commercial register. By removing this limitation, the Board of Directors is following the principle of “one share, one vote”, which is part of a good corporate governance. The Board of Directors proposes therefore to delete Article 5 para. 4 of the Articles of Incorporation and to amend Article 5 para. 5 accordingly and as set forth below:

Current version of Article 5 para. 4 and 5 (Informal English translation; only the German ver-sion is binding)

Artikel 5: Aktienbuch, Nominees Article 5: Share Register, Nominees 4 _{Unter Vorbehalt von Absatz 8 dieses Artikels wird}

keine Person für mehr als 10% des im Handelsregister eingetragenen Namenaktienkapitals mit Stimmrecht im Aktienbuch eingetragen. Juristische Personen und Rechtsgemeinschaften, die untereinander kapital- oder stimmenmässig, durch einheitliche Leitung oder auf andere Weise miteinander verbunden sind, sowie alle natürlichen oder juristischen Personen und Rechtsgemeinschaften, welche im Hinblick auf eine Umgehung der Eintragungsbeschränkung koordiniert vorgehen, gelten in Anwendung dieser Bestimmungen als ein Erwerber. Die Eintragungsbeschränkung gilt mit Vorbehalt von Art. 652b Abs. 3 OR auch im Falle des Erwerbs von Namenaktien in Ausübung von Bezugs-, Options- und Wandelrechten. Die Eintragungsbeschränkung findet keine Anwendung bei Übernahmen von Unternehmen, Unternehmensteilen oder Beteiligungen sowie bei Erwerb durch Erbgang, Erbteilung oder eheliches Güterrecht. Die in diesem Absatz statuierte Eintragungsbeschränkung gilt nicht für die am Tag vor der Kotierung der Gesellschaft an der SIX Swiss Exchange im Aktienbuch eingetragenen Aktionäre im Umfang der von ihnen an diesem Stichtag gehaltenen Aktien.

4 _{Subject to the restrictions set forth in paragraph 8 of} this article, no person or entity shall be registered with the right to vote for more than 10% of the registered share capital as set forth in the commercial register. Legal entities and partnerships, which are consolidated among themselves through unified management or similar organization, as well as natural persons or legal entities and partnerships which act in concert in view of a circumvention of registration limitations, are regarded under these provisions as a single buyer. Subject to Article 652 b para. 3 CO, this limitation of registration also applies to the acquisition of registered shares by means of exercising subscription rights, options or conversion rights. The limitation of registration shall not apply with respect to the acquisition of enterprises, parts of an enterprise, or participations, with respect to acquisitions of shares by succession, as well as division of an estate or marital property law. The limitation of registration set out in this paragraph does not apply to shareholders who are registered in the share register on the day prior to the listing of the Company at the SIX Swiss Exchange for shares held by them on this record date.

5 _{Personen, die im Eintragungsgesuch nicht ausdrücklich} erklären, die Namenaktien auf eigene Rechnung zu halten und die einer anerkannten Bank- oder Finanzaufsicht unterstehen (Nominees), werden mit Stimmrecht im Aktienbuch eintragen, wenn der Nominee im Eintragungsgesuch die Namen und Vornamen, Adressen, Staatsangehörigkeit und die Aktienbestände derjenigen Personen offenlegt, für deren Rechnung er 0,5 Prozent oder mehr des im Handelsregister eingetragenen Aktienkapitals hält. Juristische Personen und Rechtsgemeinschaften, die untereinander kapital- oder stimmenmässig, durch einheitliche Leitung oder auf andere Weise miteinander verbunden sind, sowie alle natürlichen oder juristischen Personen und Rechtsgemeinschaften, welche im Hinblick auf eine Umgehung der Bestimmungen über die Nominees (insbesondere als Syndikat) koordiniert vorgehen, gelten als ein einziger Nominee im Sinne von Absatz 4 dieses Artikels.

5 _{Persons who do not explicitly declare holding the} registered shares on their own account and who are subject to the control of a recognized bank or financial supervision authority (Nominees) are registered as shareholders with voting right, if the Nominee discloses in the registration application the names, addresses and the number of shares of the persons for whose account it holds 0.5 percent or more of the share capital registered in the commercial register. Legal entities and partnerships which are consolidated among themselves through unified management or similar organization as well as natural persons or legal entities and partnerships which act in concert to circumvent the regulations concerning the nominees (especially as syndicates), shall be treated as one single nominee within the meaning of paragraph 4 of this article.

Proposed new version of Article 5 para. 4 and 5 (Informal English translation; only the German ver-sion is binding)

Artikel 5: Aktienbuch, Nominees Article 5: Share Register, Nominees

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5 _{Personen, die im Eintragungsgesuch nicht ausdrücklich} erklären, die Namenaktien auf eigene Rechnung zu halten und die einer anerkannten Bank- oder

Finanzaufsicht unterstehen (Nominees), werden mit

Stimmrecht im Aktienbuch eintragen, wenn der Nominee im Eintragungsgesuch die Namen und Vornamen, Adressen, Staatsangehörigkeit und die Aktienbestände derjenigen Personen offenlegt, für deren Rechnung er 0,5 Prozent oder mehr des im Handelsregister eingetragenen Aktienkapitals hält. Juristische Personen und Rechtsgemeinschaften, die untereinander kapital- oder stimmenmässig, durch einheitliche Leitung oder auf andere Weise miteinander verbunden sind, sowie alle natürlichen oder juristischen Personen und Rechtsgemeinschaften, welche im Hinblick auf eine Umgehung der Bestimmungen über die Nominees (insbesondere als Syndikat) koordiniert vorgehen, gelten als ein einziger Nominee im Sinne von Absatz 5 dieses Artikels.

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5 _{Persons who do not explicitly declare holding the} registered shares on their own account and who are subject to the control of a recognized bank or financial

supervision authority (Nominees) are registered as

shareholders with voting right, if the Nominee discloses in the registration application the names, addresses and the number of shares of the persons for whose account it holds 0.5 percent or more of the share capital registered in the commercial register. Legal entities and partnerships which are consolidated among themselves through unified management or similar organization as well as natural persons or legal entities and partnerships which act in concert to circumvent the regulations concerning the nominees (especially as syndicates), shall be treated as one single nominee within the meaning of paragraph 5 of this article.

Documentation, Admission Cards and Representation

The Business Report, consisting of the Annual Report, the Consolidated Financial Statements and the Annual Financial Statements, the Reports of the Auditors, the amended proposal of the Board of Directors regarding the appropriation of the available earnings and the corresponding amending Report of the Auditors, the Articles of Incorporation of gategroup Holding AG, this agenda and the proposals of the Board of Directors, will be available for inspection at gategroup Holding AG’s registered office at Balz-Zimmermannstrasse 7, CH-8302 Kloten, Switzerland, from March 23, 2012. The abovementioned documents will be sent to shareholders and investors upon request. In addition, the Business Report, the Reports of the Auditors, the amended proposal of the Board of Directors regarding the appropriation of the available earnings and the corresponding amending Report of the Auditors are also accessible on the gategroup website (www.gategroup.com).

Shareholders registered in the shareholders’ register on March 21, 2012 will receive their invitation to the General Meeting of Shareholders directly, together with the registration/representation form. Shareholders newly entered in the shareholders’ register between March 22, 2012 and April 11, 2012, 5:00 p.m. CET will also receive an invitation, together with the registration/ representation form by means of a supplementary mailing. From April 11, 2012, after 5:00 p.m. CET through April 18, 2012 no entries will be made in the shareholders’ register.

Admission cards, including voting material, may be ordered by sending the enclosed registration/representation form to gategroup Holding AG, Shareholders’ Register, c/o Devigus Shareholder Services, Birkenstrasse 47, CH-6343 Rotkreuz, Switzerland, by April 12, 2012 at the latest. The admission cards will be mailed from April 12, 2012 onwards.

Shareholders not wishing to participate at the General Meeting of Shareholders in person may be represented:

- by another shareholder with voting rights, by returning the registration/representation form with the name and address of the representative. Any instructions shall be issued to such representative directly. The admission card will then be sent to the representative only;

- by the independent proxy, Dr. Markus Meili, Attorney-at-law, Höhenweg 5, CH-8302 Kloten, Switzerland, or a person authorized by him. The registration/representation form is sufficient for providing the proxy (it is not necessary to order an admission card). The instruction form on the reverse side of the registration/representation form may be used to instruct the independent proxy. If no instructions to the contrary are given in writing, the independent proxy will vote pursuant to the proposals of the Board of Directors;

- by gategroup Holding AG. The registration/representation form is sufficient for providing the proxy (it is not necessary to order an admission card). gategroup Holding AG will vote pursuant to the proposals of the Board of Directors. Proxies with instructions other than to vote pursuant to the proposals of the Board of Directors will be passed on to the independent proxy;

- by the respective depositary bank by contacting such bank directly.

Shareholders who sell their shares prior to the General Meeting of Shareholders no longer have a voting right regarding these shares. In the case of a partial sale, the admission card with voting material must be exchanged for a new one prior to the General Meeting of Shareholders at the admittance point. If all shares are sold, the admission card with voting material must be returned immediately to gategroup Holding AG, Shareholders’ Register, c/o Devigus Shareholder Services, Birkenstrasse 47, CH-6343 Rotkreuz, Switzerland. If additional shares are acquired by shareholders, the admission card with voting material may also be exchanged for a new one prior to the General Meeting of Shareholders at the admittance point, provided that the acquiring shareholders have been registered as owners of the additional shares in the shareholders’ register not later than April 11, 2012, 5:00 p.m. CET.

Depositary bank representatives within the meaning of Art. 689d of the Swiss Code of Obligations are kindly requested to indicate to gategroup Holding AG the number of shares represented by them as early as possible, but at the latest by 9:30 a.m. CET on the day of the General Meeting of Shareholders at the admittance point. Establishments subject to the Swiss Federal Law on Banks and Savings Institutions as well as professional trustees are considered as depositary bank representatives.

Kloten, March 22, 2012 Yours sincerely,

Andreas Schmid

Venue Radisson Blu Hotel, Zurich-Airport Entrance via “Conference Centre” Doors open at 9:00 a.m. CET

Start of Annual General Meeting 10:00 a.m. CET Directions:

By public transport (recommended):

Railway station, tram and bus stop “ZURICH AIRPORT”. By car:

A limited number of parking spaces are available in the “1” parking garage. Charges apply.

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