the management board of the Company and employees of the Company, as well as members of the management and employees of companies affiliated with the Company within the meaning of section 15 of the German Stock Corporation Act, respectively their investment vehicles, in the context of participation programs ever since the resolution of the Conditional Capital 2021/III was adopted.
Since the virtual annual general meeting of the Company dated 9 June 2021, the Company issued new shares from Authorized Capital 2021/II under the exclusion of shareholders’ subscription rights as follows:
On 6 October 2021, the management board resolved to increase the Company’s share capital from EUR 197,659,526.00 by an amount of EUR 2,094,596.00 to EUR 199,754,122.00 through the issuance of 2,094,596 new no-par value bearer shares with a pro-rata amount of the Company’s share capital of EUR 1.00. The new shares were issued to Juwel 179. V V UG (haftungsbeschränkt), acting as subscription and execution trustee for participants of the VRSUP 2019 and the VRSUP 2020 of the Company. The new shares were issued against contribution in kind of the payment claims of the participants against the Company from vested VRSUs in an amount of EUR 16,674,905.95, which these participants had transferred to Juwel 179. V V UG (haftungsbeschränkt). The supervisory board approved this resolution on 15 October 2021, and the capital increase was registered in the commercial register on 23 November 2021.
The new shares were issued to settle claims from vested VRSUs granted under the VRSUP 2019 and the VRSUP 2020 against contribution in kind in the form of the claims for payments originated under the VRSUs. For this purpose, shareholders’ subscription rights had been excluded by the annual general shareholders’ meeting adopting the Authorized Capital 2021/II.
Based on the above considerations, the exclusion of subscription rights in connection with the settlement of payment claims under the VRSUP 2019 and the VRSUP 2020 described above was in line with the authorization under the Authorized Capital 2021/II and overall justified.
III. | Further information on the convocation |
1. | Total number of shares and voting rights at the time of the convocation of the Virtual Annual General Meeting |
At the time of the convocation of the Virtual Annual General Meeting, the share capital of the Company amounts to EUR 199,754,122.00 and is divided into 199,754,122 no-par value shares. Each no-par value share carries one vote at the general meeting. Therefore, the total number of shares that carry participation and voting rights amounts to 199,754,122 at the time of the convocation. The Company does not hold any treasury shares at the time of the convocation.