Investor Relations
Annual General Meeting 2010
Annual general meeting to be held on Tuesday, July 20, 2010 at 10.00 a.m. at the Congress Center Rosengarten, 68161 Mannheim, Rosengartenplatz 2
Agenda
- Present the adopted annual financial statements and management report (including notes to the statements as per article 289, paragraph 4 of the German Commercial Code) for the 2009/10 financial year, the approved consolidated financial and management reports (including notes to the presented information as per article 315, paragraph 4 of the German Commercial Code) for the 2009/10 financial year and the report of the supervisory board.
- Appropriate retained earnings
- Ratify executive board actions for the 2009/10 financial year
- Ratify supervisory board actions for the 2009/10 financial year
- Select the auditors and group auditors for the 2010/11 financial year
- Amend the Articles of Incorporation regarding the procedure for calling and holding the annual general meeting, in particular to align with the German act to implement the shareholders' rights directive (ARUG)
- Grant authority to buy back shares including utilization with exclusion of shareholder subscription rights
- Cancel Conditional Capital I and cancel the authorization to issue participation certificates, convertible bonds and income bonds with warrants and amend the Articles of Incorporation accordingly
- Approve the executive board remuneration policies
- Opt out of reporting individual executive board members' compensation in the notes to the annual report and the consolidated financial statements
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Items on the agenda that require no resolution
TOP 1
Present the adopted annual financial statements and management report (including notes to the statements as per article 289, paragraph 4 of the German Commercial Code) for the 2009/10 financial year, the approved consolidated financial and management reports (including notes to the presented information as per article 315, paragraph 4 of the German Commercial Code) for the 2009/10 financial year and the report of the supervisory board.
In its meeting on May 26, 2010, the supervisory board endorsed the financial statements and consolidated financial statements prepared by the executive board. The financial statements are thus adopted. In accordance with applicable law, there is thus no resolution required regarding this item.
Total number of shares and voting rights at time the meeting is called
At the time the meeting was called, the company's share capital totaled EUR 189,353,608 consisting of 189,353,608 no-par value bearer shares. Each share is granted one vote at the annual general meeting. At the time the annual general meeting was called, the company held no treasury shares. The total number of shares entitling holders to participation and voting rights at the time of calling the annual general meeting is thus 189,353,608.
