The Annual General Meeting of Deutsche Börse Aktiengesellschaft took place on 19 May 2020. Against the background of the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic, we decided, after careful consideration of all aspects, to hold a virtual Annual General Meeting without personal participation of our shareholders. The protection of the health of all participants was particularly important to us in this aspect. With the virtual Annual General Meeting, we made use of an option that the legislator had introduced recently in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. Thus, we could ensure that all resolutions, including on the appropriation of surplus, could be taken as scheduled. The dividend was paid as scheduled on the third business day following the resolution of the Annual General Meeting.
Shareholders could watch the Annual General Meeting entirely live on the Internet and they could exercise their voting rights (optionally by a proxy) by postal ballot or by nominating the proxies appointed by Deutsche Börse Aktiengesellschaft.
Moreover, registered shareholders had the option to submit questions to the Executive Board via the Online-Service until 16 May 2020, midnight CEST, at the latest to be answered in the virtual Annual General Meeting.
