Voting results

At the time of voting on agenda items 2 to 6, 9,356,277 no-par value shares with a matching number of voting rights were present. 9,356,277 voting rights for class A shares and 0 voting rights for class S shares. In addition, there were 51,120,397 postal votes. This corresponds to a total of approx. 83.1 % of the stock capital.

Appropriation of distributable profit for the 2019 financial year

Resolution on agenda item 2

YES votes60,331,743votes
NO votes22,587votes
Abstentions*122,344votes

The number of shares, for which valid votes were casted, amounts to 60,354,330, corresponding to 82.7 % of the statutory stock capital.

The Annual General Meeting adopted the management's proposal with 99.9 %.

Discharge of the members of the Executive Board for the 2019 financial year

Resolution on agenda item 3

YES votes60,082,638votes
NO votes236,004votes
Abstentions*158,032votes

The number of shares, for which valid votes were casted, amounts to 60,318,642, corresponding to 82.9 % of the statutory stock capital.

The exclusion of voting rights pursuant to Section 136 AktG was observed.

The Annual General Meeting adopted the management's proposal with 99.6 %.

Discharge of the members of the Supervisory Board for the 2019 financial year

Resolution on agenda item 4

YES votes59,939,466votes
NO votes365,464votes
Abstentions*171,625votes

The number of shares, for which valid votes were casted, amounts to 60,304,930, corresponding to 82.9 % of the statutory stock capital.

The exclusion of voting rights pursuant to Section 136 AktG was observed.

The Annual General Meeting adopted the management's proposal with 99.4 %.

Election of the auditor for the Annual Financial Statements and the Consolidated Financial Statements

Resolution on agenda item 5

YES votes59,944,098votes
NO votes470,312votes
Abstentions*62,264votes

The number of shares, for which valid votes were casted, amounts to 60,414,410, corresponding to 83.0 % of the statutory stock capital.

The Annual General Meeting adopted the management's proposal with 99.2 %.

Election of Andreas Rieckhof to the Supervisory Board

Resolution on agenda item 6

YES votes56,822,629votes
NO votes3,572,381votes
Abstentions*81,664votes

The number of shares, for which valid votes were casted, amounts to 60,395,010, corresponding to 83.0 % of the statutory stock capital.

The Annual General Meeting adopted the management's proposal with 94.1 %.

* The abstentions are not counted in the number of valid votes