Annual General Meeting of Shareholders

The General Meeting of Shareholders is a meeting to which all of the Company's shareholders are invited. The Executive Board calls an Annual General Meeting of Shareholders at least once a year. The Annual General Meeting of Shareholders makes certain fundamental decisions concerning, for example, the appropriation of retained earnings, whether to formally accept the acts of the Executive Board and the Executive Board in the past year, and whom to appoint as the auditor. It elects shareholder members to the Supervisory Board, it can amend the Company's Articles of Incorporation, and it decides significant corporate actions.