The Human Resources Committee shall prepare the personnel decisions for the Supervisory Board. Except for compensation regulations, the Human Resources Committee shall decide on behalf of the Supervisory Board on the conclusion, amendment and termination of employment contracts with the members of the Executive Board, on other legal transactions involving the members of the Executive Board pursuant to Section 112 of the German Stock Corporations Act (AktG), on the approval of key transactions pursuant to Point 4.3.4 Sentence 3 of the German Corporate Governance Code, on the consenting to other activities on the part of a member of the Executive Board pursuant to Section 88 of the German Stock Corporations Act (AktG) and on the consenting to other subsidiary activities, and in particular to the taking up of positions in supervisory boards or comparable supervisory bodies at companies external to the Group, on the granting of loans to the circle of individuals set out in Sections 89 and 115 of the German Stock Corporations Act (AktG) and on the consenting to contracts with members of the Supervisory Board pursuant to Section 114 of the German Stock Corporations Act (AktG). The Human Resources Committee shall regularly discuss the long-term succession planning for the Executive Board. It shall take due account of the management planning of the company in this respect.

The Human Resources Committee shall consist of the Chairman of the Supervisory Board and of two Supervisory Board shareholder representatives and two Supervisory Board employee representatives respectively. The Chairman of the Supervisory Board shall be the Chairman of the Human Resources Committee.