Mandates and Conflicts of Interests

Conflicts of Interest

In accordance with the recommendation E1 of the German Corporate Governance Codex, each member of the Supervisory Board shall inform the Chair of the Supervisory Board of any conflicts of interest without undue delay.
In the reporting year 2024, there were no conflicts of interest of Supervisory Board members. Furthermore, as was also the case in the previous years, there were no advisory or other service agreements and contracts for work between a member of the Supervisory Board and the company or the other consolidated subsidiaries.

Mandates

The members of the Supervisory Board hold the following mandates on statutory supervisory boards and comparable supervisory bodies of business enterprises (as of July 28, 2025).
NameElectedTerm of MandateMembership of statutory supervisory boards and comparable German and foreign supervisory bodies of business enterprises as defined by Section 125 Stock Corporation Act (AktG)
Richard Ridinger
Chair		June 10, 2020Until the end of the General Shareholders’ Meeting adopting a resolution on the ratification for the 2026 financial year
  • DSM-Firmenich AG, Kaiseraugst, Switzerland (listed) (Non-executive member of the Board of Directors)
  • Roar HoldCo AB, Stockholm, Sweden (not listed) (Non-executive member and Chair of the Board of Directors) and Recipharm AB, Stockholm, Sweden (not listed) (Group company of HoldCo AB) (Non-executive member and Chair of the Board of Directors)
Stefanie Berlinger
Deputy Chair		June 9, 2015Until the end of the General Shareholders’ Meeting adopting a resolution on the ratification for the 2026 financial year 
Sujatha ChandrasekaranJune 15, 2023Until the end of the General Shareholders’ Meeting adopting a resolution on the ratification for the 2025 financial year
  • American Eagle Outfitters Inc., Pittsburgh, PA, USA (listed) (Non-executive member of the Board of Directors)
  • Agendia Inc., Irvine, CA, USA (not listed) (Non-executive member of the Board of Directors)
  • Atos SE, Bezons, France (listed) (Non-executive member of the Board of Directors)
  • Pando.AI, Chicago, Illinois, USA (not listed) (Non-executive member of the Board of Directors)
Wijnand P. DonkersJune 8, 2017Until the end of the General Shareholders’ Meeting adopting a resolution on the ratification for the 2025 financial year 
Ulrich M. HarnackeJune 8, 2017Until the end of the General Shareholders’ Meeting adopting a resolution on the ratification for the 2025 financial year
  • Zentis GmbH & Co. KG
Dominik de Daniel May 22, 2025Until the end of the General Shareholders’ Meeting adopting a resolution on the ratification for the 2027 financial year
  • Flix SE, Munich, Germany (not listed) (Member of the Supervisory Board)
  • Aenova Holding GmbH, Starnberg Germany, (not listed) (Group company of Kühne Holding AG) (Chair of the Supervisory Board)
  • Kuehne + Nagel International AG, Schindellegi, Switzerland (listed) (Group company of Kühne Holding AG) (Non-executive Member of the Board of Directors)
Karl von Rohr May 22, 2025Until the end of the General Shareholders’ Meeting adopting a resolution on the ratification for the 2027 financial year
  • DWS Group GmbH Co. KGaA, Frankfurt/Main, Germany (listed) (Member of the Supervisory Board)
Susanne Wiegand May 22, 2025Until the end of the General Shareholders’ Meeting adopting a resolution on the ratification for the 2027 financial year
  • BWI GmbH, Meckenheim, Germany (not listed) (Member of the Supervisory Board)
  • Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg, Germany (listed) (Member of the Supervisory Board)

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