Report of the Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Michael Diekmann
Annual General
Meeting of
on
Supervisory Board Report
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of
Speech manuscript published in advance on
The report delivered at the Annual General Meeting may differ from this preliminary version, especially to reflect developments occurring in the intervening period. The valid version is the one delivered to the Annual General Meeting.
Dear Shareholders,
On behalf of the entire Supervisory Board and the
In consultation with the Supervisory Board, the
I would like to add to this. There was very positive feedback on last year's virtual General Meeting of
1. Changes in the
Since
The Supervisory Board has already extended its heartfelt thanks to
Due to careful succession planning it was possible to replace
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Coste-Lepoutre as the new Chief Financial Officer as of
Ms Coste-Lepoutre will personally introduce herself to the shareholders at the General Meeting.
To complete this update, I would also like to add that the Supervisory Board has renewed the
Let me tunow to the Supervisory Board. There was one change to the composition of the Supervisory Board since our last General Meeting in
The competent
I will go into more detail later regarding the elections to the Supervisory Board pending under Item 7 today.
2. Presentation of the Financial Statements
The Annual Financial Statements of
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3. Supervisory Board Report
The full Supervisory Board held a total of six regular meetings during the past financial year. In addition, it adopted one written resolution. The committees of the Supervisory Board convened for an additional 28 regular meetings. A detailed account of the work of the Supervisory Board and its committees can be found in the Group Annual Report as usual, starting on page 4. I would now like to highlight some key areas of our work:
After having dealt with the Structured-Alpha matter of
In addition, the
Other focal areas over the previous year included strategic issues, including the risk strategy, the
And finally, we again took a close look at
Dear Shareholders,
the duties of the Supervisory Board also include monitoring compliance with the standards of good corporate governance. As usual, our Corporate Governance Statement contains extensive information regarding corporate governance within the
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Conformity with the German Corporate Governance Code. This declaration is available at the Company's website at all times.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
despite a multitude of geopolitical challenges, the ever-shifting rates of inflation and interest, the volatile developments on the capital markets, and numerous negative impacts caused by natural catastrophes,
I would like to take this opportunity, on behalf of the full Supervisory Board, to extend our sincere thanks, especially to all employees throughout the
This brings me to the presentation of the remuneration paid to members of the
Prepared in accordance with statutory requirements, the Remuneration Report for financial year 2023 will be presented for approval under Item 6 of today's agenda. The report firstly describes in detail the remuneration systems approved by the General Meeting for the
As in previous years, the auditor was commissioned with conducting a full substantive audit of the Remuneration Report. In its Auditor's Report, the auditor confirms that the Remuneration Report for the previous financial year, including its related disclosures, complies in all material respects with the guidelines of the German Stock Corporation Act.
The description of the remuneration of the
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In terms of the financial performance, the once again very good operating profit has had a positive impact. In this context, the slight decline registered in the Asset Management segment was more than compensated by the strong results achieved in the other business segments.
As regards the net income attributable to shareholders, the plateau already explained in the previous year was again applied to the measurement of the target achievement rate. For this purpose, a 100 percent target achievement was defined as a plateau with an upward or downward fluctuation range of
Turning to the performance of the
As a result,
Due to the very good overall team performance of the
On this topic, it only remains for me to note that no adjustments have been made to the remuneration of the
This brings me to the remuneration of the members of the Supervisory Board.
The remuneration of the Supervisory Board was newly set by last year's General Meeting.
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It continues to consist of a fixed remuneration only, with memberships in committees being remunerated separately. A detailed breakdown of the Supervisory Board's remuneration and the individual remuneration of the members of the Supervisory Board can be found in the Remuneration Report. There are no special features to be reported for the 2023 financial year.
Dear Shareholders,
I would now like to tuto the new Supervisory Board appointments scheduled for today under Item 7. The terms of office of
The Supervisory Board has already duly expressed its appreciation and thanks towards them. However, I would not want to miss the opportunity to dearly thank
As already disclosed in
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identified two suitable succession candidates in
After many years as an auditor, Ms
Both candidates are being proposed for the regular term of office of four years, i.e. until the General Meeting in 2028. This way, we make sure to maintain the "staggered board" arrangement introduced in 2022, whereby members' terms of office overlap with one another.
With the candidates proposed here today, the Supervisory Board of
I can also tell you that no personal or business relationships within the meaning of the German Corporate Governance Code exist between
The new elections will be held in the form of individual elections.
Detailed CVs for
And with this, I have reached the end of my report; thank you for your attention.
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I would now like to ask
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