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Notice of Annual General Meeting 2021 1 continued Notice of Annual General Meeting Thursday 22 April 2021 at 11.00am THIS DOCUMENT IS IMPORTANT AND REQUIRES YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION If you are in any doubt as to any matter referred to in this document or as to the action you should take, you should seek your own personal financial advice from: (a) a stockbroker, bank manager, solicitor, accountant or other independent professional adviser authorised under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 if you are resident in the United Kingdom; or (b) another appropriately authorised independent financial adviser if you are not resident in the United Kingdom. If you have sold or otherwise transferred all of your shares in Aggreko plc, please pass this document, together with the accompanying documents Appendix (except the accompanying personalised form of proxy), as soon as possible to the purchaser or transferee or to the stockbroker, bank or other person who arranged the sale or transfer so they can pass these documents to the person who now holds the shares. Notice of Annual General Meeting 2021 of Annual General Notice Aggreko plc Aggreko 2 Letter from the Chairman The business to be conducted at the AGM will proceed as planned, notwithstanding the ongoing process relating to the recommended offer for the Company announced on 5 March 2021. For now, it is business as usual for Aggreko, our people and our shareholders. Ken Hanna Chairman 18 March 2021 AGM attendance The Company will continue to closely monitor the developing impact of To the holders of Ordinary Shares Our preference had been to welcome COVID-19 and the latest legislation and shareholders in person to our 2021 guidance issued by both the UK and AGM, particularly given the constraints Dear Shareholder Scottish governments. If circumstances we faced in 2020 due to the COVID-19 evolve such that the Board considers I am pleased to be writing to you with pandemic. However, in light of the that, within safety constraints and in details of our Annual General Meeting current COVID-19 legislation and public accordance with government guidance, (“AGM” or “Meeting”), which we are health guidance issued by the UK arrangements regarding attendance at holding at Conrad London St. James, and Scottish governments, restricting, the Annual General Meeting can change, 22-28 Broadway, London SW1H 0BH on amongst other things, public gatherings the Company will notify shareholders Thursday 22 April 2021 at 11.00am. The and travel, and in order to protect as soon as reasonably practicable of formal notice of Annual General Meeting the wellbeing of our people and our any such changes via a Regulatory (“Notice” or “Notice of Annual General shareholders, the Board has made the Information Service, on the ‘AGM Meeting”) is set out on pages 4 to 8 of decision that this year’s AGM will be held Information’ page of our website at this document and explains the business as a closed meeting. Accordingly, save www.plc.aggreko.com and, if applicable, to be conducted at the AGM. A detailed for the Chairman of the Meeting and in accordance with the Company’s explanation of the nature of this business such other persons as the Chairman articles of association. The Board can be found immediately following the of the Meeting may decide should be encourages shareholders to monitor the Notice of Annual General Meeting on admitted for the purposes of forming Company’s website and regulatory news pages 9 to 10 of this document. a quorum, shareholder attendance services for any updates in relation to the in person at the AGM will not be Both the AGM and the business to be 2021 AGM. However, given the constantly permitted. Shareholders can, however, conducted at the AGM will proceed as evolving nature of the situation, even be represented by the Chairman of planned and detailed in this Notice, if it subsequently becomes possible the Meeting acting as their proxy and notwithstanding the ongoing process to welcome a number of shareholders we remain committed to encouraging relating to the recommended offer for to the Meeting venue, attendance in shareholder engagement on the the Company announced on 5 March person is likely to be restricted in terms business of the AGM. We are therefore 2021 (the “Acquisition”). For now, it is of numbers and we would therefore still pleased to be able to provide a facility for business as usual for Aggreko, our people encourage shareholders not to attend shareholders to access the AGM remotely and our shareholders. the Meeting in person and instead and follow the business of the Meeting to follow the Meeting by webcast, by webcast, together with facilities as described below. for shareholders to submit questions by email in advance or live during the webcast. Notice of Annual General Meeting 2021 of Annual General Notice Aggreko plc Aggreko 3 How to join the webcast Voting at the AGM Re-election of Chairman Meeting General of Annual Notice Shareholders will need to visit the Whilst the AGM is expected to be held Although the Company previously ‘AGM Information’ page of our website as a closed meeting, shareholders will announced my intention to step down at www.plc.aggreko.com using their nevertheless be able to vote on the as Chairman and as a Non-executive smartphone, tablet or computer and resolutions under consideration, by proxy Director of the Company at the follow the link to the webcast for the 2021 in advance of the AGM. We therefore conclusion of the 2021 AGM, the Board AGM. You will then be prompted to enter strongly encourage all shareholders is now recommending my re-election your unique ‘Login Code’ and ‘PIN’. to exercise their vote by appointing to continue serving as Chairman and as the Chairman of the Meeting (rather a Non-executive Director for an interim – Your Login Code is your 11 digit Investor than a named individual) as their proxy period, to be determined by the Board Code (IVC), including any leading zeros. and providing voting instructions in (but in any event, to expire no later – Your PIN is the last 4 digits of your advance of the AGM, in accordance than 31 December 2021), so that the IVC. This will authenticate you as a with the instructions explained in the Company and Board will benefit from shareholder. Notes attached to the Notice of Annual continuity of leadership during the Meeting General of Annual the Notice Noes to General Meeting which appears on period to complete the Acquisition. I – Your IVC can be found on your share page 6 to 8 of this document. and the Board intend that, on or as soon certificate, or users ofhttps://shares. as reasonably practicable following the aggreko.com will find this under As shareholders will currently be earlier of the completion or termination ‘Manage your account’ when logged unable to attend the AGM in person, of the Acquisition (or any subsequent in to the portal. You can also obtain all Resolutions will be decided on a poll offer that may be made), I will step down this by contacting Link Group, our to be called by the Chairman of the as Chairman and as a Non-executive Registrar (“Registrar”), by calling Meeting. This reflects current best Director of the Company. +44 (0) 371 277 1020*. practice and ensures that shareholders who have appointed the Chairman Access to the webcast of the Meeting will of the Meeting as their proxy have be available from 10.30am on Thursday 2020 Annual Report their votes fully taken into account. 22 April 2021, although you will not be The results will be published on the and Accounts able to submit live questions until the ‘AGM Information’ page of our website On page 93 of the 2020 Annual Report AGM is formally declared open. at www.plc.aggreko.com and will and Accounts the Company stated that Resolutions the to notes Explanatory If you wish to appoint a proxy or corporate be released to the London Stock it intended to hold the 2021 AGM at 21 representative and for them to attend Exchange as soon as practicable Palmer Street, London, SW1H 0AD. Due the webcast on your behalf, please following the conclusion of the AGM. to a change of circumstances since the contact Link Group on telephone printing of the 2020 Annual Report and number +44 (0) 371 277 1020* as soon as Accounts, the Company confirms that its possible and in any event by 11.00am on Questions 2021 AGM will be held at Conrad London Tuesday 20 April 2021. The AGM is an important opportunity St. James, 22-28 Broadway, London SW1H for all shareholders to express their 0BH, as set out in this Notice of 2021 AGM. If your shares are held within a nominee views by asking questions and voting. and you wish to attend the webcast, Your participation in this annual event you will need to contact your nominee continues to be very important to Board recommendation immediately. Your nominee must us. Shareholders wishing to raise any The Board considers that all the complete a letter of representation and questions relating to the business of the Resolutions to be considered at the AGM present this to Link Group, our Registrar, are in the best interests of the Company AGM may do so by submitting them Appendix no later than 72 hours before the start of to Aggreko’s Investor Relations team and its shareholders as a whole. Your the Meeting in order that they can obtain ahead of the Meeting at investors@ Board will be voting in favour of them for you from Link Group, your unique aggreko.biz.