At the annual shareholders' meeting on May 17, 2018, the PricewaterhouseCoopers GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main was elected as the independent auditor and Group auditor for the 2017 financial year. PricewaterhouseCoopers GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main, was, in addition, appointed as independent auditor to review the condensed financial statements and the interim management report in the 2017 financial year.
PricewaterhouseCoopers GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main, has declared to the Supervisory Board that there are no business, financial, personal or other relationships existing between them, their executive bodies, and audit managers on the one hand, and the company and the members of its executive bodies on the other, which may cast doubt on their impartiality.
PricewaterhouseCoopers GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft Frankfurt am Main, is member of the german chamber of auditors in Berlin. Mr. Thomas Tandetzki is the responsible Auditor of PwC. The auditor’s opinion effective December 31, 2017 was signed right side by Thomas Tandetzki.
