Corp Landesbank Berlin Holding

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Report of the Supervisory Board of Landesbank Berlin Holding AG
Other topics of the Supervisory Board meetings included the resolution on the focus of the audit for the
annual financial statements for the 2008 financial year, and discussing the interim reports and the risk strategy.
There was also consultation on medium-term planning for the period 2009 to 2013, information on the
earnings outlook for the Group, and the impact of the financial market crisis on the Holding.
Outside the Supervisory Board meetings, one resolution was passed by way of circulation procedures during
the 2008 financial year. One member of the Supervisory Board attended fewer than half of the meetings of
the Supervisory Board due to other urgent commitments during the course of the year.
Committees of the Supervisory Board
In the 2008 financial year, the work of the Supervisory Board was supported by the Accounting, Personnel
and Strategy Committee (APS Committee) formed by members of the Supervisory Board. During the past
financial year, the APS Committee dealt principally with questions of accounting, risk management and
compliance as well as personnel matters relating to the Board of Management. The APS Committee met
six times during the reporting year to prepare the content of individual agenda items for the respective
plenary session and intensively examine strategic issues and transactions of particular significance. One
resolution was passed by way of circulation. The focus of the two telephone conferences of the APS
Committee included a discussion of the interim report dated 30 September 2008 with the Board of Management
before publication.
The Mediation Committee formed in accordance with Article 27 (3) of the Mitbestimmungsgesetz (MitbestG –
German Codetermination Act) of 1976 did not meet in the 2008 financial year.
The Supervisory Board received regular and comprehensive reports on the work of the APS Committee in
its plenary sessions. All members of the APS Committee took part in at least half the meetings.
Corporate governance
The implementation of the provisions of the German Corporate Governance Code (GCGC) was discussed
by the Supervisory Board in several meetings. In early 2008, the Supervisory Board subjected its work to
another efficiency review. In cooperation with the Board of Management, the findings of this efficiency review
form the basis for the further optimisation of the work of the Supervisory Board. In December 2008, the
Board of Management and the Supervisory Board issued the annual German Corporate Governance Code
(GCGC) declaration of conformity on the version of the Code dated 6 June 2008. Details of this can be found
in the Company’s Corporate Governance Report. As the Supervisory Boards of Holding and LBB are largely
made up of the same people, a joint report is issued. There were no conflicts of interest in the Board of
Management or the Supervisory Board in the year under review.
The declaration of conformity of Landesbank Berlin Holding AG can be accessed on the Company’s
homepage at www.lbb-holding.de.
Further information on corporate governance in the Company and a detailed report on the amount and
structure of the remuneration of the Supervisory Board and the Board of Management can be found on
pages 9 ff. and 52 ff. of this Annual Report.