Number of Supervisory Board meetings and significant matters raised during Supervisory Board meetings and meetings of the committees during the business year

During the business year 2015/16, the Supervisory Board fulfilled its responsibilities under the law and the Articles of Incorporation, holding five plenary sessions, three meetings of the Audit Committee, and one meeting of the General Committee. In addition to ongoing reports on the Group’s current economic and financial situation, these meetings dealt in particular with matters involving Strategy 2020, regional strategy for China, health and safety, supply of raw materials, innovation, and IT. The Audit Committee dealt with the review and preparation of the approval of the Company’s consolidated financial statements and the individual financial statements, preparation of the recommendation for the appointment of an auditor as well as topics relative to the internal control system, the risk management system, and Internal Auditing. In its function as Compensation Committee, the Executive Committee dealt with questions concerning the compensation of the members of the Management Board.

In the last meeting of the business year, the Supervisory Board carried out the self-evaluation stipulated under Rule 36 of the Corporate Governance Code and, utilizing a list of questions, dealt with the general cooperation between Management Board and Supervisory Board, quality and scope of the documents made available to the Supervisory Board as well as organizational questions.