1. The following acts, actions and measures of the Company require the prior written approval of the Supervisory Board, unless approved in the business plan or annual budget of the Company for the relevant year or if it is part of the ordinary course of business of the Company: a) entering into new lines of business or discontinuing existing lines of business; b) all transactions between the Company and any natural or legal persons who directly or indirectly hold at least 10% of the shares or American Depositary Receipts in the Company that are of material significance to the Company and/or such persons; c) all transactions in which there are conflicts of interest with managing directors that are of material significance to the Company and/or the relevant managing directors; d) all transactions in which there are conflicts of interest with supervisory directors that are of material significance to the Company and/or the relevant supervisory directors; e) the purchase or sale of real estate; f) the offer and issuance of shares and other securities of the company, including without limitation the filing of any registration statement or prospectus for the offer and sale of shares and other securities of the company with any securities regulatory agency of any governmental authority and the limitation or suspension of pre-emptive rights on a share issue; g) the purchase, sale or incorporation of participations, permanent establishments or joint ventures; h) the incurrence or guarantee of any indebtedness; i) the hiring, dismissal or modification of an employment agreement of any executive employee; j) the approval of the budget of the company and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, including the investment and personnel budget as well as the related financing plan; k) any related party transaction; l) acquiring shares in share capital of the company in return for valuable consideration; m) the commissioning of external management, corporate, strategy or other consultants; |