In 2009, the Supervisory Board decided to forego determining a variable component of Supervisory Board remuneration for the fiscal year 2008.
Supervisory Board remuneration for the fiscal year 2008 therefore amounts to EUR 224,267.50 instead of EUR 310,360.00 as stated in the annual report 2008.
At the annual shareholders’ meeting of Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA on May 7, 2010, a proposal awarding the Supervisory Board total remuneration of EUR 450,000.00 (2008: EUR 224,267.50) will be put to vote.
However, a total per diem of EUR 1,680.00 in attendance fees for the fiscal year 2008 (already paid out in 2008: EUR 2,640.00) was paid in fiscal year 2009.
In the opinion of the German tax authorities, the premium for a D & O liability insurance policy and a legal expense insurance policy for economic loss claims is not part of the Supervisory Board’s remuneration.
In the fiscal year 2009, no Supervisory Board members of Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA received remuneration as members of the supervisory boards of other companies. Additional remuneration received by individual Supervisory Board members totaling EUR 179,800.00 was stated in the financial statements 2008. This amount was set to zero at the respective annual shareholders’ meetings in 2009.