1 Where past years' figures have been adjusted as a consequence of changes to accounting regulations or their application, these restatements are considered retroactively. Therefore the figures may differ from the figures originally published in the Annual Reports and Interim Reports.
2 3,835,255 shares have been canceled (effective on November 23, 2021) in the context of the share buy-back program VI that was executed in 2021. The number of issued shares was thereby reduced from 412,293,128 to 408,457,873 shares.
3 4,879,731 shares have been canceled (effective on November 16, 2020) in the context of the share buy-back program V that was executed in 2020. The number of issued shares was thereby reduced from 417,172,859 to 412,293,128 shares.
4 7,286,802 shares have been canceled (effective on November 11, 2019) in the context of the share buy-back program IV that was executed in 2019. The number of issued shares was thereby reduced from 424,459,661 to 417,172,859 shares.
5 5,416,122 shares have been canceled (effective on September 18, 2018) in the context of the share buy-back program III that was executed in the second half of 2018. The number of issued shares was thereby reduced from 429,875,783 to 424,459,661.
6 10,373,863 shares have been canceled (effective on June 13, 2018) in the context of the share buy-back program II that was executed in the first half of 2018. The number of issued shares was thereby reduced from 440,249,646 (as of December 31, 2017) to 429,875,783.
7 16,750,354 shares have been canceled in the context of the share buy-back program I that was executed in 2017. Thereof 7,472,978 shares were canceled in the first tranche (effective on June 27, 2017), 3,425,722 in the second tranche (effective on September 19, 2017) and 5,851,654 in the third tranche (effective on December 20, 2017). The number of issued shares was thereby reduced from 457,000,000 (as of December 31, 2016) to 440,249,646.