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Disclosure Requirements in Accordance
with § 315 (4) HGB
The Company’s share capital amounts to €252 million and is composed of 252 million no-par value
bearer shares. Since the settlement of the share buyback program on February 3, 2004, and following
implementation of the share split in 2006, Beiersdorf AG has held 25,181,016 no-par value bearer
shares, corresponding to 9.99% of the Company’s share capital.
To the Executive Board’s knowledge, Tchibo Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH, Hamburg, Germany,
has directly held 50.46% of the voting rights of Beiersdorf AG since August 9, 2005. These voting
rights are attributable in full to maxingvest ag (formerly: Tchibo Holding AG), Hamburg, Germany,
in accordance with § 22 (1) sentence 1 no. 1, sentence 3, (3) Wertpapierhandelsgesetz (German
Securities Trading Act, WpHG).
These voting rights are also attributable in full to the following persons and companies in accordance
with § 22 (1) sentence 1 no. 1, sentence 3, (3) WpHG:
SPM Beteiligungs- und Verwaltungs GmbH, Norderstedt, Germany
Scintia Vermögensverwaltungs GmbH, Norderstedt, Germany
Trivium Vermögensverwaltungs GmbH, Norderstedt, Germany
Michael Herz, Germany
Wolfgang Herz, Germany
Ingeburg Herz GbR, Norderstedt, Germany
Max und Ingeburg Herz Stiftung, Norderstedt, Germany
Ingeburg Herz, Germany
The appointment and removal from office of members of the Executive Board are governed
by §§ 84 and 85 Aktiengesetz (German Stock Corporation Act, AktG), § 31 Mitbestimmungsgesetz
(German Co-Determination Act, MitbestG), and § 7 of the Articles of Association. In accordance
with § 7 of the Articles of Association, the Executive Board consists of at least three persons; apart
from this provision, the Supervisory Board determines the number of members of the Executive
Board. The Articles of Association may be amended in accordance with §§ 179 and 133 AktG and
with § 16 of the Articles of Association. Under § 16 of the Articles of Association, the Supervisory
Board is authorized to resolve amendments and additions to the Articles of Association that concern
the latter’s wording only. Under § 5 (6) of the Articles of Association, the Supervisory Board is
authorized in particular to amend and reformulate § 5 of the Articles of Association (Share Capital)
correspondingly following each utilization of authorized or contingent capital.
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