Voting on Resolutions

General Meeting of Shareholders

		Shares for which valid votes were cast	For	Against	Abstention
Item 2	Resolution on the appropriation of the retained earnings for fiscal year 2025	846,529,297	845,804,976	724,321	469,053
		(68.91% of capital stock)	(99.91%)	(0.09%)
Item 3	Resolution on the formal approval of the acts of the Executive Board in fiscal year 2025	831,546,265	827,411,583	4,134,682	15,452,085
		(67.69% of capital stock)	(99.50%)	(0.50%)
Item 4	Resolution on the formal approval of the acts of the Supervisory Board in fiscal year 2025	825,548,868	821,359,310	4,189,558	21,438,382
		(67.20% of capital stock)	(99.49%)	(0.51%)
Item 5.1	Appointment of the auditors of the financial statements and consolidated financial statements for fiscal year 2026	846,445,161	844,484,811	1,960,350	553,189
		(68.90% of capital stock)	(99.77%)	(0.23%)
Item 5.2	Appointment of the auditors of the sustainability reporting for fiscal year 2026	846,430,962	844,584,534	1,846,428	567,388
		(68.90% of capital stock)	(99.78%)	(0.22%)
Item 6	Resolution on the approval of the compensation report for fiscal year 2025	846,410,437	769,930,993	76,479,444	587,913
		(68.90% of capital stock)	(90.96%)	(9.04%)
Item 7	Resolution on the cancellation of the existing authorization and the granting of a new authorization of the Executive Board to issue convertible and/or warrant-linked bonds, profit sharing rights and/or income bonds (or combinations of these instruments), the option to exclude shareholders' subscription rights, the cancellation of Contingent Capital I and the creation of new contingent capital and the corresponding amendment to Article 4 (7) of the Articles of Incorporation	846,316,121	784,881,012	61,435,109	682,229
		(68.89% of capital stock)	(92.74%)	(7.26%)
Item 8.1	Elections of Supervisory Board members - Dr. h.c. mult. Pekka Ala-Pietilä	825,863,171	730,693,413	95,169,758	21,135,179
		(67.23% of capital stock)	(88.48%)	(11.52%)
Item 8.2	Elections of Supervisory Board members - Dr. Rouven Westphal	845,346,292	790,309,699	55,036,593	1,652,058
		(68.81% of capital stock)	(93.49%)	(6.51%)
Item 8.3	Elections of Supervisory Board members - René Obermann	845,336,331	837,217,105	8,119,226	1,662,019
		(68.81% of capital stock)	(99.04%)	(0.96%)
Item 8.4	Elections of Supervisory Board members - Michael Gregoire	845,292,937	805,294,862	39,998,075	1,705,413
		(68.81% of capital stock)	(95.27%)	(4.73%)
Item 9	Amendment to Article 4 (3) of the Articles of Incorporation to enable the issuance of electronic shares	846,402,735	845,936,103	466,632	595,615
		(68.90% of capital stock)	(99.94%)	(0.06%)

		Shares for which valid votes were cast	For	Against	Abstention
Item 2	Resolution on the appropriation of the retained earnings for fiscal year 2024	885,164,894	882,422,491	2,742,403	1,106,717
		(72.05% of capital stock)	(99.69%)	(0.31%)
Item 3.1	Resolution on the formal approval of the acts of the Executive Board in fiscal year 2024 Christian Klein	877,388,717	873,139,214	4,249,503	8,882,894
		(71.42% of capital stock)	(99.52%)	(0.48%)
Item 3.2	Resolution on the formal approval of the acts of the Executive Board in fiscal year 2024 Muhammad Alam	877,384,891	873,137,366	4,247,525	8,886,720
		(71.42% of capital stock)	(99.52%)	(0.48%)
Item 3.3	Resolution on the formal approval of the acts of the Executive Board in fiscal year 2024 Dominik Asam	877,388,818	873,143,696	4,245,122	8,882,793
		(71.42% of capital stock)	(99.52%)	(0.48%)
Item 3.4	Resolution on the formal approval of the acts of the Executive Board in fiscal year 2024 Thomas Saueressig	877,388,720	873,141,637	4,247,083	8,882,891
		(71.42% of capital stock)	(99.52%)	(0.48%)
Item 3.5	Resolution on the formal approval of the acts of the Executive Board in fiscal year 2024 Gina Vargiu-Breuer	877,380,890	873,138,346	4,242,544	8,890,721
		(71.42% of capital stock)	(99.52%)	(0.48%)
Item 3.6	Resolution on the formal approval of the acts of the Executive Board in fiscal year 2024 Scott Russell	877,370,372	873,125,063	4,245,309	8,901,239
		(71.42% of capital stock)	(99.52%)	(0.48%)
Item 3.7	Resolution on the formal approval of the acts of the Executive Board in fiscal year 2024 Julia White	877,371,074	873,125,793	4,245,281	8,900,537
		(71.42% of capital stock)	(99.52%)	(0.48%)
Item 3.8	Resolution on the formal approval of the acts of the Executive Board in fiscal year 2024 Dr. Jürgen Müller	826,894,192	822,640,486	4,253,706	59,377,419
		(67.31% of capital stock)	(99.49%)	(0.51%)
Item 4.1	Resolution on the formal approval of the acts of the Supervisory Board in fiscal year 2024 Dr. h. c. mult. Pekka Ala-Pietilä	872,648,790	866,839,657	5,809,133	13,622,821
		(71.03% of capital stock)	(99.33%)	(0.67%)
Item 4.2	Resolution on the formal approval of the acts of the Supervisory Board in fiscal year 2024 Lars Lamadé	872,645,994	866,835,004	5,810,990	13,625,617
		(71.03% of capital stock)	(99.33%)	(0.67%)
Item 4.3	Resolution on the formal approval of the acts of the Supervisory Board in fiscal year 2024 Jakub Cerný	872,644,338	866,834,936	5,809,402	13,627,273
		(71.03% of capital stock)	(99.33%)	(0.67%)
Item 4.4	Resolution on the formal approval of the acts of the Supervisory Board in fiscal year 2024 Pascal Demat	872,644,513	866,835,263	5,809,250	13,627,098
		(71.03% of capital stock)	(99.33%)	(0.67%)
Item 4.5	Resolution on the formal approval of the acts of the Supervisory Board in fiscal year 2024 Aicha Evans	872,643,343	866,833,938	5,809,405	13,628,268
		(71.03% of capital stock)	(99.33%)	(0.67%)
Item 4.6	Resolution on the formal approval of the acts of the Supervisory Board in fiscal year 2024 Andreas Hahn	872,645,898	866,835,355	5,810,543	13,625,713
		(71.03% of capital stock)	(99.33%)	(0.67%)
Item 4.7	Resolution on the formal approval of the acts of the Supervisory Board in fiscal year 2024 Prof. Dr. Ralf Herbrich	872,644,522	866,835,134	5,809,388	13,627,089
		(71.03% of capital stock)	(99.33%)	(0.67%)
Item 4.8	Resolution on the formal approval of the acts of the Supervisory Board in fiscal year 2024 Margret KIein-Magar	872,643,872	866,832,151	5,811,721	13,627,739
		(71.03% of capital stock)	(99.33%)	(0.67%)
Item 4.9	Resolution on the formal approval of the acts of the Supervisory Board in fiscal year 2024 Jennifer Xin-Zhe Li	872,644,047	866,832,887	5,811,160	13,627,564
		(71.03% of capital stock)	(99.33%)	(0.67%)
Item 4.10	Resolution on the formal approval of the acts of the Supervisory Board in fiscal year 2024 Dr. Qi Lu	872,644,655	866,833,643	5,811,012	13,626,956
		(71.03% of capital stock)	(99.33%)	(0.67%)
Item 4.11	Resolution on the formal approval of the acts of the Supervisory Board in fiscal year 2024 César Martin	872,644,337	866,834,932	5,809,405	13,627,274
		(71.03% of capital stock)	(99.33%)	(0.67%)
Item 4.12	Resolution on the formal approval of the acts of the Supervisory Board in fiscal year 2024 Gerhard Oswald	872,645,249	866,835,935	5,809,314	13,616,730
		(71.03% of capital stock)	(99.33%)	(0.67%)
Item 4.13	Resolution on the formal approval of the acts of the Supervisory Board in fiscal year 2024 Dr. Friederike Rotsch	872,646,386	866,840,182	5,806,204	13,625,225
		(71.03% of capital stock)	(99.33%)	(0.67%)
Item 4.14	Resolution on the formal approval of the acts of the Supervisory Board in fiscal year 2024 Nicolas Sabatier	872,643,984	866,834,596	5,809,388	13,627,627
		(71.03% of capital stock)	(99.33%)	(0.67%)
Item 4.15	Resolution on the formal approval of the acts of the Supervisory Board in fiscal year 2024 Dr. Eberhard Schick	872,643,542	866,829,349	5,814,193	13,628,069
		(71.03% of capital stock)	(99.33%)	(0.67%)
Item 4.16	Resolution on the formal approval of the acts of the Supervisory Board in fiscal year 2024 Nina Straßner	872,645,108	866,833,980	5,811,128	13,626,503
		(71.03% of capital stock)	(99.33%)	(0.67%)
Item 4.17	Resolution on the formal approval of the acts of the Supervisory Board in fiscal year 2024 Dr. Rouven Westphal	798,641,316	792,830,501	5,810,815	87,625,295
		(65.01% of capital stock)	(99.27%)	(0.73%)
Item 4.18	Resolution on the formal approval of the acts of the Supervisory Board in fiscal year 2024 Dr. Gunnar Wiedenfels	872,645,303	866,834,173	5,811,130	13,626,308
		(71.03% of capital stock)	(99.33%)	(0.67%)
Item 4.19	Resolution on the formal approval of the acts of the Supervisory Board in fiscal year 2024 Prof. Dr. h. c. mult. Hasso Plattner	794,896,449	789,088,064	5,808,385	13,191,199
		(64.70% of capital stock)	(99.27%)	(0.73%)
Item 4.20	Resolution on the formal approval of the acts of the Supervisory Board in fiscal year 2024 Manuela Asche-Holstein	872,643,536	866,833,695	5,809,841	13,628,075
		(71.03% of capital stock)	(99.33%)	(0.67%)
Item 4.21	Resolution on the formal approval of the acts of the Supervisory Board in fiscal year 2024 Monika Kovachka-Dimitrova	872,642,623	866,832,798	5,809,825	13,628,083
		(71.03% of capital stock)	(99.33%)	(0.67%)
Item 4.22	Resolution on the formal approval of the acts of the Supervisory Board in fiscal year 2024 Peter Lengler	872,643,985	866,834,174	5,809,811	13,627,626
		(71.03% of capital stock)	(99.33%)	(0.67%)
Item 4.23	Resolution on the formal approval of the acts of the Supervisory Board in fiscal year 2024 Christine Regitz	872,642,775	866,831,786	5,810,989	13,628,836
		(71.03% of capital stock)	(99.33%)	(0.67%)
Item 4.24	Resolution on the formal approval of the acts of the Supervisory Board in fiscal year 2024 Dr. h.c. Punit Renjen	872,640,558	866,828,529	5,812,029	13,631,053
		(71.03% of capital stock)	(99.33%)	(0.67%)
Item 4.25	Resolution on the formal approval of the acts of the Supervisory Board in fiscal year 2024 Heike Steck	872,643,804	866,834,402	5,809,402	13,625,972
		(71.03% of capital stock)	(99.33%)	(0.67%)
Item 4.26	Resolution on the formal approval of the acts of the Supervisory Board in fiscal year 2024 Helmut Stengele	872,645,035	866,834,328	5,810,707	13,626,576
		(71.03% of capital stock)	(99.33%)	(0.67%)
Item 4.27	Resolution on the formal approval of the acts of the Supervisory Board in fiscal year 2024 James Wright	872,642,866	866,833,041	5,809,825	13,628,745
		(71.03% of capital stock)	(99.33%)	(0.67%)
Item 5.1	Appointment of the BDO AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Frankfurt/Main, be appointed auditors of the annual financial statements and Group annual financial statements for fiscal year 2025	885,535,670	883,686,844	1,848,826	735,941
		(72.08% of capital stock)	(99.79%)	(0.21%)
Item 5.2	Appointment of the BDO AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Frankfurt/Main, be appointed auditors of the sustainability reporting for fiscal year 2025	885,544,854	884,866,930	677,924	726,757
		(72.08% of capital stock)	(99.92%)	(0.08%)
Item 6	Resolution on the approval of the compensation report for fiscal year 2024	875,964,085	771,290,161	104,673,924	10,307,526
		(71.30% of capital stock)	(88.05%)	(11.95%)
Item 7.1	Resolution on the revocation of the existing Authorized Capital I and the creation of new Authorized Capital I for the issuance of shares against contributions in cash, with the option to exclude the shareholders’ subscription rights (in respect of fractional shares only), and on the corresponding amendment of Section 4 (5) of the Articles of Incorporation	885,394,481	822,291,761	63,102,720	877,130
		(72.07% of capital stock)	(92.87%)	(7.13%)
Item 7.2	Resolution on the revocation of the existing Authorized Capital II and the creation of new Authorized Capital II for the issuance of shares against contributions in cash or in kind, with the option to exclude the shareholders’ subscription rights, and on the corresponding amendment of Section 4 (6) of the Articles of Incorporation	885,395,977	815,819,832	69,576,145	875,634
		(72.07% of capital stock)	(92.14%)	(7.86%)
Item 8	Resolution on a new authorization to enable virtual General Meetings of Shareholders and on the corresponding amendment of Article 20a (1) of the Articles of Incorporation	885,569,423	790,303,779	95,265,644	702,188
		(72.09% of capital stock)	(89.24%)	(10.76%)

		Shares for which valid votes were cast	For	Against	Abstention
Item 2	Resolution on the appropriation of the retained earnings of fiscal year 2023	899,675,961	899,294,693	381,268	2,122,540
		(73.23% of capital stock)	(99.96%)	(0.04%)
Item 3	Resolution on the formal approval of the acts of the Executive Board in fiscal year 2023	883,395,219	879,037,028	4,358,191	18,403,282
		(71.91% of capital stock)	(99.51%)	(0.49%)
Item 4	Resolution on the formal approval of the acts of the Supervisory Board in fiscal year 2023	780,499,827	776,109,977	4,389,850	121,298,674
		(63.53% of capital stock)	(99.44%)	(0.56%)
Item 5	Appointment of the auditors of the annual financial statements and group annual financial statements and of the auditors of the sustainability reporting for fiscal year 2024	899,705,719	898,809,292	896,427	2,092,782
		(73.24% of capital stock)	(99.90%)	(0.10%)
Item 6	Resolution on the approval of the compensation report for fiscal year 2023	886,264,353	801,015,039	85,249,314	15,534,148
		(72.14% of capital stock)	(90.38%)	(9.62%)
Item 7a	Election of Supervisory Board members - Aicha Evans	896,998,737	837,742,859	59,255,878	4,799,764
		(73.02% of capital stock)	(93.39%)	(6.61%)
Item 7b	Election of Supervisory Board members - Gerhard Oswald	899,533,822	807,939,877	91,593,945	2,264,679
		(73.22% of capital stock)	(89.82%)	(10.18%)
Item 7c	Election of Supervisory Board members - Dr. Friederike Rotsch	899,111,127	831,234,905	67,876,222	2,687,374
		(73.19% of capital stock)	(92.45%)	(7.55%)
Item 7d	Election of Supervisory Board members - Prof. Dr. Ralf Herbrich	897,530,369	891,187,781	6,342,588	4,268,132
		(73.06% of capital stock)	(99.29%)	(0.71%)
Item 7e	Election of Supervisory Board members - Dr. h. c. mult. Pekka Ala-Pietilä	899,688,432	859,183,968	40,504,464	2,110,069
		(73.23% of capital stock)	(95.50%)	(4.50%)
Item 8	Resolution on the compensation of the Supervisory Board members under amendment of Article 16 of the Articles of Incorporation	899,520,301	883,739,975	15,780,326	2,278,200
		(73.22% of capital stock)	(98.25%)	(1.75%)
Item 9	Resolution on the amendment of Article 18 (3) of the Articles of Incorporation	899,507,966	899,329,789	178,177	2,290,535
		(73.22% of capital stock)	(99.98%)	(0.02%)

Item		Shares for which valid votes were cast	For	Against	Abstention
2	Resolution on the appropriation of the retained earnings for fiscal year 2022	895,005,806 (72.85% of capital stock)	891,533,073 (99.61%)	3,472,733 (0.39%)	4,464,372
3	Resolution on the formal approval of the acts of the Executive Board in fiscal year 2022	888,853,864 (72.35% of capital stock)	886,889,911 (99.78%)	1,963,953 (0.22%)	10,616,314
4	Resolution on the formal approval of the acts of the Supervisory Board in fiscal year 2022	799,056,593 (65.04% of capital stock)	797,076,254 (99.75%)	1,980,339 (0.25%)	19,279,587
5	Resolution on the approval of the compensation report for fiscal year 2022	885,543,419 (72.08% of capital stock)	754,953,250 (85.25%)	130,590,169 (14.75%)	13,926,759
6	Resolution on the authorization to acquire and use treasury shares pursuant to Section 71 (1) no. 8 of the German Stock Corporation Act (Aktiengesetz; “AktG”), with possible exclusion of the shareholders’ subscription rights and potential rights to offer shares and the possibility to redeem treasury shares	894,322,073 (72.80% of capital stock)	839,400,308 (93.86%)	54,921,765 (6.14%)	5,148,105
7	Resolution on the authorization to use derivatives to acquire treasury shares in accordance with Section 71 (1) no. 8 AktG, with possible exclusion of the shareholders’ subscription rights and potential rights to offer shares	894,304,659 (72.80% of capital stock)	852,831,502 (95.36%)	41,473,157 (4.64%)	5,165,519
8	Election of Supervisory Board members
a)	Jennifer Xin-Zhe Li	893,039,771 (72.69% of capital stock)	818,431,586 (91.65%)	74,608,185 (8.35%)	6,430,407
b)	Dr. Qi Lu	892,040,975 (72.61% of capital stock)	817,093,844 (91.60%)	74,947,131 (8.40%)	7,429,203
c)	Dr. h. c. Punit Renjen	893,027,518 (72.69% of capital stock)	885,951,951 (99.21%)	7,075,567 (0.79%)	6,442,660
9	Resolution on the approval of the compensation system for Executive Board members	886,086,876 (72.13% of capital stock)	822,254,065 (92.80%)	63,832,811 (7.20%)	13,383,302
10	Resolution on the compensation of the Supervisory Board members concerning the granting of additional compensation for the Lead Independent Director under amendment of Article 16 of the Articles of Incorporation	894,859,789 (72.84% of capital stock)	880,171,180 (98.36%)	14,688,609 (1.64%)	4,610,389
11	Addition of a new Article 20a to the Articles of Incorporation to enable virtual General Meetings of Shareholders
a)	Authorization of the Executive Board	895,001,712 (72.85% of capital stock)	763,410,604 (85.30%)	131,591,108 (14.70%)	4,468,466
b)	Participation of Supervisory Board members in virtual general meetings	865.106.539 (70.42% of capital stock)	833.538.085 (96.35%)	31.568.454 (3.65%)	34.363.639

Item		Shares for which valid votes were cast	For	Against
2	Resolution on the appropriation of the retained earnings of fiscal year 2021	874,018,278 (71.14% of capital stock)	873,583,276 (99.95%)	435,002 (0.05%)
3	Resolution on the formal approval of the acts of the Executive Board in fiscal year 2021	868,880,875 (70.73% of capital stock)	861,048,815 (99.10%)	7,832,060 (0.90%)
4	Resolution on the formal approval of the acts of the Supervisory Board in fiscal year 2021	781,396,764 (63.61% of capital stock)	766,477,940 (98.09%)	14,918,824 (1.91%)
5	Appointment of the auditors of the annual financial statements and group annual financial statements for fiscal year 2022	874,009,300 (71.14% of capital stock)	830,326,801 (95.00%)	43,682,499 (5.00%)
6	Appointment of the auditors of the annual financial statements and group annual financial statements for fiscal year 2023	817,412,699 (66.54% of capital stock)	815,896,745 (99.81%)	1,515,954 (0.19%)
7	Resolution on the approval of the compensation report for fiscal year 2021	847,511,632 (68.99% of capital stock)	723,060,953 (85.32%)	124,450,679 (14.68%)
8	Election of Supervisory Board members
a)	Prof. Dr. h. c. mult. Hasso Plattner	858,814,936 (69.91% of capital stock)	777,037,301 (90.48%)	81,777,635 (9.52%)
b)	Dr. Rouven Westphal	868,909,817 (70.73% of capital stock)	845,866,051 (97.35%)	23,043,766 (2.65%)
c)	Dr. Gunnar Wiedenfels	868,891,578 (70.73% of capital stock)	858,225,882 (98.77%)	10,665,696 (1.23%)
d)	Jennifer Xin-Zhe Li	872,431,427 (71.02% of capital stock)	660,941,413 (75.76%)	211,490,014 (24.24%)
9	Resolution on the compensation of the Supervisory Board members by amending Article 16 of the Articles of Incorporation	873,516,819 (71.10% of capital stock)	857,047,691 (98.11%)	16,469,128 (1.89%)

Item		Shares for which valid votes were cast	For	Against
2	Resolution on the appropriation of the retained earnings of fiscal year 2020	859,368,295 (69.95% of capital stock)	855,799,539 (99.58%)	3,568,756 (0.42%)
3	Resolution on the formal approval of the acts of the Executive Board in fiscal year 2020	852,187,173 (69.37% of capital stock)	846,379,757 (99.32%)	5,807,416 (0.68%)
4	Resolution on the formal approval of the acts of the Supervisory Board in fiscal year 2020	760,393,836 (61.90% of capital stock)	645,346,183 (84.87%)	115,047,653 (15.13%)
5	Appointment of the auditors of the annual financial statements and group annual financial statements for fiscal year 2021	859,273,613 (69.94% of capital stock)	825,251,594 (96.04%)	34,022,019 (3.96%)
6	By-Election of Supervisory Board members
a)	Dr, Qi Lu	856,960,408 (69.76% of capital stock)	833,284,373 (97.24%)	23,676,035 (2.76%)
b)	Dr, Rouven Westphal	856,975,120 (69.76% of capital stock)	822,385,911 (95.96%)	34,589,209 (4.04%)
7	Resolution on the granting of a new authorization of the Executive Board to issue convertible and/or warrant-linked bonds, profit sharing rights and/or income bonds (or combinations of these instruments), the option to exclude shareholders’ subscription rights, the cancellation of Contingent Capital I and the creation of new contingent capital and the corresponding amendment to Article 4 (7) of the Articles of Incorporation	836,386,138 (68.08% of capital stock)	780,185,414 (93.28%)	56,200,724 (6.72%)
8	Amendment of Article 2 (1) of the Articles of Incorporation (Corporate Purpose)	859,058,286 (69.93% of capital stock)	858,915,317 (99.98%)	142,969 (0.02%)
9	Amendment of Article 18 (3) of the Articles of Incorporation (Right to Attend the General Meeting of Shareholders – Proof of Shareholding)	859,119,234 (69.93% of capital stock)	858,971,112 (99.98%)	148,122 (0.02%)

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