The notes contain disclosures pursuant to § 160 (1) no. 2 AktG.
Report in accordance with § 315a (1) HGB in the version pursuant to Article 83 (1) sentence 2 EGHGB
The following information has been provided by the Company in response to the requirements of § 315a (1) sentence 1 nos. 1 to 9 HGB:
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- As at 30 June 2021, the share capital of Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA amounts to EUR 92,000,000.00 and is divided into 92,000,000 no-par value ordinary bearer shares. All of the shares have been admitted to trading on the Regulated Market (Prime Standard) of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and to the over-the-counter markets (Open Market) in Berlin, Bremen, Stuttgart, Munich, Hamburg and Düsseldorf. Each no-par value share entitles the holder to one vote at the Annual General Meeting. The Company has only one class of shares, and all shares carry the same rights and obligations. All other rights and responsibilities attaching to the Company’s shares are determined in accordance with the German Stock Corporation Act (Aktiengesetz, “AktG”).
- Restrictions affecting the voting rights or transfer of the shares, and
- Interests in the share capital of Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA exceeding 10% of the voting rights as at 30 June 2021:
- Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e.V. Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany: 14.88% of the voting rights (of which 5.53% held directly and 9.35% held indirectly by including the voting rights of Bernd Geske, Germany, pursuant to § 22 (2) and henceforth § 34 (2) WpHG)
- Bernd Geske, Meerbusch, Germany: 14.88% of the voting rights (of which 9.35% held directly and 5.53% held indirectly by including the voting rights of Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e.V. Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany, pursuant to § 34 (2) WpHG)
According to the information available, the inclusion of the voting rights in either case is based on a shareholders’ agreement concluded between Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e.V. Dortmund and Bernd Geske currently for a term until 30 June 2022 (after the original agreement ending on 30 June 2017 was extended). The material subject matter of said agreement is the stipulation binding the parties to exercise their voting rights in favour of Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e.V. Dortmund with regard to Bernd Geske’s shares in Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA, and that Bernd Geske and Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e.V. Dortmund mutually agree to inform one another and vote on any changes to their respective shareholdings in Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA, especially pertaining to the transfer of shares.
- There are no shares with special rights conferring powers of control.
- There is no control of voting rights in cases in which employees are shareholders.
- Because of its legal form as a partnership limited by shares, Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA does not have a management board. Instead, management and representation of the Company is the responsibility of the general partner. The provisions of Article 6 No. 1 of the Articles of Association stipulate that Borussia Dortmund Geschäftsführungs-GmbH, with registered offices in Dortmund, is to act as such an executive body on a permanent basis and not for a limited period of time by virtue of its status as a shareholder. The appointment and removal of managing directors of Borussia Dortmund Geschäftsführungs-GmbH is governed by § 8 no. 6 of its shareholders’ agreement and is the responsibility of the Executive Committee of its Advisory Board, and therefore not of the Supervisory Board of Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA.
In principle, changes may be made to the Articles of Association of Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA only by a resolution of its Annual General Meeting, which, in accordance with § 133 (1) of the AktG, must be passed by a simple majority of votes and also, in accordance with Article 15 No. 3 of the Articles of Association of the Company in conjunction with § 179 (1) and (2) of the AktG, by a simple majority of the capital represented on the date of the resolution, except to the extent that mandatory statutory provisions or the Articles of Association stipulate otherwise. A mandatory provision of statute requires that a resolution of the Annual General Meeting be passed by a majority of three-quarters of the share capital represented on the date of the resolution in the event of changes to the Articles of Association relating to the object of the Company (§ 179 (2) sentence 2 AktG), the issuance of non-voting preferred shares (§ 182 (1) sentence 2 AktG), capital increases involving the disapplication of pre-emptive subscription rights (§ 186 (3) AktG), the creation of conditional capital (§ 193 (1) AktG), the creation of authorised capital (§ 202 (2) AktG) – where appropriate with authorisation to disapply pre-emptive subscription rights (§ 203 (2) sentence 2 in conjunction with § 186 (4) AktG) –, the ordinary or simplified reduction of share capital (§ 222 (1) sentence 2 and § 229 (3) AktG) or a change of legal form (§ 233 (2) and § 240 (1) of the German Reorganisation and Transformation Act [Umwandlungsgesetz, “UmwG”]). In addition, capital increases, other changes to the Articles of Association and other decisions of a fundamental nature may only be resolved with the approval of the general partner in accordance with § 285 (2) sentence 1 of the AktG. The Supervisory Board is authorised in accordance with Article 12 No. 5 of the Articles of Association to resolve changes to the Articles of Association which relate only to the wording thereof, in particular in connection with the amount of capital increases from authorised and conditional capital. - By virtue of the resolution by the Annual General Meeting on 19 November 2020, the general partner is authorised until 18 November 2025, with the approval of the Supervisory Board, to increase the share capital by a maximum of EUR 18,400,000 in total by issuing new no-par value ordinary bearer shares against cash contributions on one or more occasions (Authorised Capital 2020). The previous Authorised Capital 2014 of EUR 23,000,000 had been subject to an authorisation valid until 23 November 2019. This was not utilised and as such the authorised capital expired on 23 November 2019.
- The Company is not a party to any material agreements which are conditional on a change of control following a takeover bid for the issued shares of Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA.
- The Company is not a party to any compensation agreements that would apply in the event of a takeover bid.