Executive Board proposal for the use of net profit

The Executive Board proposes that the EUR 77,000,000.00 unappropriated net profit for the 2006 fiscal year should be used to pay a dividend of EUR 1.10 on each of the 70,000,000 no-par-value shares in the nominal capital stock of EUR 179,200,000.00.

The amount of the dividend that would have been payable on own stock held by the Company on the date of the General Shareholders' Meeting will be carried forward to the new fiscal year. This stock is barred from receiving a dividend under Section 71b of the German Stock Corporations Act (AktG).