Supervisory Body

State Exchange Supervisory Authority, Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), Trading Surveillance Office (body of Exchange)

Name of Clearing & Settlement Organization

Eurex Clearing and Clearstream International SA

Settlement Cycle

T + 2

Name of Central Securities Depository

Clearstream International SA

Commissions on Transactions levied by Exchange

For detailed information on levied fees please see:

http://deutsche-boerse.com/dbag/dispatch/en/kir/gdb_navigation/trading/10_trading_platforms/200_xetra/900_fees

Taxes on Dividends, Interests

The German Government changed capital income tax regulation since 1 January 2009 according to which “income from capital assets is subject to a flat withholding tax rate of 25%”.

To find more detailed official information with regard to capital income taxation, please refer to the attached link:

2010 Share ownership thresholds (%)

Short selling (Yes / No)

Naked short selling was prohibited by the German government in 2010. For the press release of BaFin please see:

http://www.bafin.de/cln_152/nn_721228/SharedDocs/Mitteilungen/EN/2010/pm__100518__cds__leerverkauf__allgemeinverfuegungen__en.html?__nnn=true

Short selling conditions (if any)

http://www.steuerliches-info-center.de/cae/servlet/contentblob/91414/publicationFile/3680/infoblatt_Abgeltungsteuer_pdf.pdf