Auditor for financial year 2018

The Annual General Meeting of May 3, 2018 has engaged Deloitte GmbH Wirtschaftprüfungsgesellschaft, Munich as auditor for the financial year 2018.

The audits have been performed by Deloitte since the 2006 Annual Financial Statements. The key audit partners responsible for carrying out the audit are changed in accordance with statutory requirements. In the reporting year, the key audit partners are Dr. Reichmann and Mr. Bedenbecker. Dr. Reichmann has been responsible for the assignment since 2017 and Mr. Bedenbecker since 2011.