1. Approvals or shareholders' resolutions required under the Articles of Association for the sale or purchase of shares or impersonal entities

2. Approvals or shareholders' resolution required by law for the sale or purchase of shares or impersonal entities (e.g. approval by the annual general meeting of a public limited company in accordance with =A7 361 I of the German Joint Stock Corporation Act (AktG), etc.)

3. Contracts and agreements which include duties to inform or approval requirements in the event of a transfer of shares

For further information please contact Dr Erich Michel, Wessing Berenberg-Gossler Zimmermann Lange, Freiherr-Vom-Stein-Strasse 24-26, Frankfurt am Maim 60323, Frankfurt, Germany- Tel: +496 997 1300, Fax: +496 997 130100.

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