The Supervisory Board has adopted the guidelines for the independence of its members pursuant to Appendix 1 of the ACCG.
Accordingly, all members of the Supervisory Board have declared themselves to be independent of the company and its subsidiaries.
In accordance with C-Rule 54 of the ACCG, the Supervisory Board members Helmut Bernkopf, Christian Bruch, Franz Gasselsberger and Melody Harris-Jensbach declared that they were neither shareholders with an interest of more than 10 percent in the company nor did they represent the interests of such shareholders during the 2022 financial year.