Annual General Meeting

For duly registered shareholders and their proxies, the entire Annual General Meeting, including any speeches, the answering of questions and the voting, will be broadcast live in picture and sound on the password-protected internet service. 

Via the password-protected internet service, duly registered shareholders (or their proxies) can, among other things, follow the virtual Annual General Meeting live in picture and sound and, in accordance with the procedures provided for this purpose, can

• exercise their voting rights by means of electronic postal voting,
• grant a power of attorney to a third party or a power of attorney with instructions to the proxies of the Company,
• submit comments on the items on the agenda in text form by means of electronic communication by midnight (CEST) on May 17, 2025,
• from roughly one hour prior to the start of the Annual General Meeting, register to speak via the virtual speaking table and subsequently exercise the right to speak; the right to speak includes, in particular, the right to submit motions and nominations pursuant to section 118a (1) Sentence 2 No. 3 of the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG), the right to request information pursuant to section 131 (1) of the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG) and the right to raise an objection to a resolution adopted by the Annual General Meeting; and
• declare an objection to a resolution of the Annual General Meeting for the record during the Annual General Meeting.

Unless, in exceptional cases, disclosure pursuant to section 130a (3) Sentence 4 of the German Stock Corporation Act may be waived, submitted comments on the items on the agenda will be made available in the password-protected internet service no later than four days prior to the Annual General Meeting, i.e. no later than midnight (CEST) on May 18, 2025.

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The personal access data required for this purpose will be sent to the shareholders or their proxies after registration for the Annual General Meeting. Persons other than the registered shareholders or their proxies cannot follow the Annual General Meeting on the internet.

In case of later (sub)authorisation, the following applies: The use of the password-protected internet service by the proxy requires that the proxy receives the corresponding access data.