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MANAGEMENT SHARE STRATEGY SPECIAL SECTION MANAGEMENT REPORT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FURTHER INFORMATION<br />
Consolidated Balance Sheets • Statements of Income • Statements of Cash Flows • Statements of Changes in shareholders’ Equity • Fixed Assets Schedule • Notes • Independent Auditors’ Report<br />
With the authorized capital I, the Executive Board is authorized, with Supervisory Board approval,<br />
to increase the share capital by issuing new no par value shares against cash contributions on one or<br />
more occasions and, in doing so, to determine a starting date for profit participation other than that<br />
stipulated by law pursuant to section 5 (4) of the articles of incorporation.<br />
The authorized capital III allows the capital stock to be increased through the issue, on one or more<br />
occasions, of new no par value shares against non-cash contributions, and the Executive Board may,<br />
pursuant to section 5 (4) of the articles of incorporation, determine a starting date for profit participation<br />
other than that stipulated by law. Furthermore, the Executive Board is authorized, with Supervisory<br />
Board approval, to decide on the exclusion of subscription rights and to determine the further<br />
details of the capital increase and the conditions governing the issuance of shares.<br />
Conditional Capital<br />
12/31/20<strong>03</strong> 12/31/2002<br />
u ’000 t ’000<br />
Stock option program<br />
GEA shareholders’ right to compensation pursuant to<br />
25,510,908 28,121,053<br />
section 305 of the German Joint Stock Corporation Act (AktG) 3,210,619 3,243,871<br />
Convertible participatory capital 1,278 1,278<br />
28,722,805 31,366,202<br />
By resolution of the Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting of August 20, 1999, the conditional capital<br />
was increased by a total of a101,8<strong>04</strong>,881, divided into up to 39,822,608 bearer shares. The increase<br />
in conditional capital is utilized for compensation payments in the form of shares of <strong>mg</strong> technologies<br />
ag to external shareholders of GEA Aktiengesellschaft, Bochum. The exchange ratio is five <strong>mg</strong> technologies<br />
ag shares for three common shares of GEA Aktiengesellschaft or three <strong>mg</strong> technologies ag<br />
shares for two preferred shares of GEA Aktiengesellschaft. The conditional capital increase will only<br />
be carried out to the extent that external shareholders of GEA Aktiengesellschaft utilize their right<br />
to compensation. For further details, please refer to the comments on capital stock.<br />
For further information on the conditional capital relating to the stock option program, please refer to<br />
the sections below.<br />
Stock Option Program<br />
As part of a stock option program based on a conditional capital of a28,121,053, the Annual Shareholders’<br />
Meeting of <strong>mg</strong> technologies ag of March 31, 2000 decided to authorize the Executive Board,<br />
with Supervisory Board approval, to issue on one or more occasions up to 11 million option rights<br />
with a maximum maturity of five years to Group executives on or before September 30, 2005. Shareholders’<br />
statutory subscription rights are excluded.<br />
The stock option program has been offered annually to executives of the <strong>mg</strong> Group in tranches, each<br />
of which runs for a period of three years.<br />
The option rights were offered to eligible participants for subscription for a period of four weeks,<br />
starting from the respective Annual Shareholders’ Meeting.<br />
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