General Meeting of Shareholders, June 08, 2006
Around 1,500 shareholders and shareholder representatives attended the Annual Shareholders' Meeting which took place on June 8, 2006 in the Stadthalle of Braunschweig. All together, the shareholders present made up 25,567,876 units, which corresponds to a capital of 40.5 %.
The following points were on the Agenda:
- Presentation of the adopted annual financial statements for the financial year 2005, with the Management Report as well as the consolidated financial statements, the Group Management Report and the Report of the Supervisory Board.
- Resolution on the appropriation of the balance sheet profit (€ 0.50 plus € 0.50 special bonus per share) and the discharging of the Executive Board and the Supervisory Board.
- Choice of Hanover-based PwC Deutsche Revision Aktiengesellschaft Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft as the external auditor for the financial year 2006.
- Authorization for the acquisition, sale and withdrawal from circulation of own shares.
The applications for resolution were approved with a majority of more than 99.7 %. Dr. Wilfried Lochte, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Salzgitter AG, closed the Shareholders' Meeting at 2.30 p.m.