Compensation system for the Board of Executive Directors and resolution of the Annual Shareholders‘ Meeting on the compensation of the Supervisory Board

Compensation system for the Board of Executive Directors (section 120a (1) and (2) of the German Stock Corporation Act)

The compensation system for the members of the Board of Executive Directors applicable as of January 1, 2024, was submitted to the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting on April 25, 2024, under Agenda Item 8, and approved with a majority of 77.27%.

The compensation system for the members of the Board of Executive Directors is rendered in the Information about Agenda Item 8: Compensation system for members of the Board of Executive Directors as of 2024

Resolution of the Annual Shareholders‘ Meeting on the compensation of the Supervisory Board (Section 113 (3) of the German Stock Corporation Act)

The compensation of the Supervisory Board is set out in the Statutes and is defined as a purely fixed compensation with an additional obligation of Supervisory Board members to use part of the fixed compensation to acquire shares in the Company and to hold these shares until they leave the Supervisory Board. The Board of Executive Directors and Supervisory Board proposed to the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting on April 25, 2024, under Agenda Item 9, to confirm this compensation provision for the Supervisory Board, and to raise the further compensation for the members of the Audit Committee from €50,000 to €75.000 as of the financial year 2024.

The Annual Shareholders’ Meeting on April 25, 2024 confirmed the compensation provision for the Supervisory Board under Agenda Item 9, including the increase of the further compensation for the members of the Audit Committee, with a majority of 97.20%.

Accordingly, the compensation provision for the Supervisory Board (Article 14 of the Statutes) reads as follows: Download Article 14 of the Statutes