Annual General Meeting

To ensure that shareholders receive detailed information about the Annual General Meeting (and any other General Meetings), enabling them to make informed decisions when casting their votes, the following applies:

• Notice of the Annual General Meeting is published at least three weeks prior to the meeting and is sent to all shareholders who have provided an e-mail address.

• All shareholders who own shares one week before the Annual General Meeting are entitled to participate in and vote at the Annual General Meeting, provided they have requested an admission card no later than three days before the meeting.

• Any shareholder is also entitled to put forward proposals for consideration at the Annual General Meeting to the Supervisory Board no later than six weeks before the date of the meeting.

• Any shareholder who has the right to attend the Annual General Meeting may give a proxy to the Supervisory Board or to somebody else attending the Annual General Meeting for each individual item on the agenda or vote by letter as set out in the notice of the Annual General Meeting.

Minutes of the Annual General Meeting are made available on the Company’s website no later than two weeks after the meeting.