The Company's authorised share capital is currently set at €300,000,000 divided into 300,000,000 ordinary shares having a nominal value of €1 per share. To ensure that the Company maintains a sufficient amount of authorised share capital to allow it to raise the capital required to fund the further growth of its business (including through acquisitions), the Board proposes that the Company's authorised share capital be increased by €20,000,000 to €320,000,000. ----In order to make the Company more attractive to international investors, the Board proposes that the Company be converted into a Societas Europaea ("SE") (the "Conversion"). In the Board's view, the Conversion will consolidate the Company's European nature and will strengthen its international dimension. In addition, the Conversion will also allow the Company to benefit from a homogeneous legal framework which is generally recognised across the European Union. www.boerse.de/nachrichten/...rdinary-General-Meeting/31682383