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12 DEUTSCHE BAHN GROUPcapital market and also approved a share capital increase of DB ML AG, and also delegatedresponsibility for all equity participation rights and approval conditions to the ExecutiveCommittee in accordance with the articles of association.In the Supervisory Board meeting on December 10, 2008, the Supervisory Board notedthe corporate planning scenarios which had been prepared for the year 2009 and themedium-term horizon until 2013. As a result of the uncertainty relating to overall eco nomicconditions, the Supervisory Board agreed that the final corporate planning for the year2009 will be submitted for adoption after the results for the first quarter of 2009 are avail -able and that the medium-term horizon until 2013 is noted. After the negotiations with thefederal government regarding the service and financing agreement were completed inNovember, the Supervisory Board pronounced its approval in this meeting and thus placedthe current system for financing the existing track infrastructure capital expenditures ona long-term and plannable entrepreneurial basis. In addition, the Supervisory Board alsoapproved the signing of the joint declaration regarding the implementation of the projects“Stuttgart 21” and the “new build line Wendlingen–Ulm.” In order to be able to survive inthe increasingly fierce competitive environment of international transport, the Super -visory Board approved the procurement of 15 high-speed trains with multi-system capability.In view of the increasing internationalization of business in rail freight transport,the form of this operating segment DB Schenker Rail was adjusted accordingly. In addition,the Supervisory Board approved the setting up of a joint venture for creating a joint productioncompany between DB Schenker Rail Deutschland AG and the Belgian SNCB aswell as the sale of 20 % of shares in ECR France to SNCB and the disposal of non-essentialland of DB Netz AG and DB Station & Service AG in Aachen to the Federal State of North -rhine-Westphalia.The subject of the written resolutions which were adopted were the acquisition of 100 %of the shares in Laing Rail Limited, London/UK, the election of State Secretary Matthiasvon Randow in January 2008 and the Parliamentary State Secretary Achim Großmann inNovember 2008 as members of the Executive Committee, the Mediation Committee, theAudit Committee and the Personnel Committee, and the approval of the SupervisoryBoard in accordance with Section 32 of the law on codetermination (Mit bestimmungs -gesetz) with regard to changes in the Supervisory Board of DB Netz AG, DB ProjektbauGmbH and also in the Supervisory Board of DB ML AG.Meetings of the Supervisory Board committeesThe Supervisory Board has created four committees in order to enable it to carry out itsduties efficiently. In 2008, the Executive Committee of the Supervisory Board met in atotal of six meetings, and maintained constant contact with the Management Board withregard to all major issues of business policy. In particular, the various key issues of the meet -ings of the Supervisory Board were prepared in this way. The Executive Committee alsoarranged to be regularly informed of the status of the partial privatization of DB ML AG.The Audit Committee, which held four meetings and two telephone conferences in theyear under review, dealt in particular with the quarterly financial statements, the six-monthfinancial statements and the review results. Further key audit issues were the forecast for