(1) Term of authorization, upper limit of shares to be issued, total nominal amount
The Management Board of Allianz SE is authorized, with the approval of the Supervisory Board, to issue either once or several times until May 6, 2031, bearer or registered convertible bonds, bonds with warrants or convertible profit participation rights with or without definite maturity, each including subordinated bonds or subordinated convertible profit participation rights (hereinafter also collectively referred to as “convertible bonds and bonds with warrants”) and to grant the holders of convertible bonds and bonds with warrants conversion or warrant rights or conversion obligations to shares of the Company with a proportionate amount of the share capital of up to EUR 116,992,000 – this corresponds to 10% of the share capital of EUR 1,169,920,000 at the time of authorization – in accordance with the detailed provisions of the terms and conditions of the convertible bonds and bonds with warrants.
The sum of (i) the shares to be issued to service conversion or warrant rights or conversion obligations arising from convertible bonds and bonds with warrants issued under this authorization, and (ii) the shares issued from the Authorized Capital 2026 during the term of this authorization may not exceed a proportionate amount of the share capital of EUR 467,968,000 – this corresponds to 40% of the share capital of EUR 1,169,920,000 at the time of this authorization.
The Management Board is also authorized to issue, either once or several times until May 6, 2031, bearer or registered or uncertificated profit participation rights without conversion or warrant rights or conversion obligations, with or without definite maturity, including subordinated profit participation rights, which are issued for the purpose of creating own-fund items in accordance with insurance regulatory requirements (hereinafter also referred to as “profit participation rights”).
The Management Board is further authorized to issue, either once or several times until May 6, 2031, subordinated bearer or registered bonds without conversion or warrant rights or conversion obligations, with or without definite maturity, which are issued to create own-fund items in accordance with insurance regulatory requirements, which are not legally classified as profit participation rights, but whose issuance, for example due to profit-related interest payments, the structure of loss participation, or for other reasons, requires the approval of the General Meeting in accordance with § 221 AktG (these instruments are also referred to below as “hybrid instruments” and, together with convertible bonds and bonds with warrants as well as profit participation rights, as “financial instruments”).
The total nominal amount of the financial instruments to be issued under this authorization may not exceed EUR 15,000,000,000. Financial instruments may be issued against cash and/or a contribution in kind determined by the Company, in particular in order to be able to offer them in the context of business combinations or the (direct or indirect) acquisition of companies, businesses, parts of companies, investments, or other assets, or claims to the acquisition of assets, including claims against the Company or its Group companies, or against contributions in kind in the form of existing financial instruments that are to be replaced by new financial instruments.
In addition to euros, the financial instruments may also be issued in the official currency of an OECD country, limited to the corresponding euro equivalent. They may also be issued by Group companies; in this case, the Management Board is authorized to assume the guarantee for the financial instruments on behalf of the Company and to grant or impose conversion or warrant rights or conversion obligations to shares of the Company on the holders of convertible bonds and bonds with warrants.
(2) Granting of subscription rights, exclusion of subscription rights
Shareholders are generally entitled to subscription rights to acquire the financial instruments. The financial instruments may also be acquired by credit institutions or companies that meet the requirements of § 186 (5) sentence 1 AktG, with the obligation to offer them to shareholders for subscription. However, the Management Board is authorized, with the approval of the Supervisory Board, to exclude shareholders’ subscription rights to the financial instruments, in particular
- for fractional amounts;
- to the extent necessary to grant the holders of convertible bonds and bonds with warrants already issued by the Company or its Group companies subscription rights to the extent to which they would be entitled after exercising the conversion or warrant rights or after fulfilling the conversion obligations;
- if they are issued against cash and the issue price is not significantly lower than the market value of the financial instruments determined using recognized methods, in particular financial mathematical methods. However, this authorization to exclude shareholders’ subscription rights shall only apply to bonds with conversion or warrant rights or conversion obligations to shares of the Company to which a proportionate amount of the share capital not exceeding 10% of the share capital is attributable, neither at the time this authorization takes effect nor – if this value is lower – at the time this authorization is exercised. Shares in the Company shall be counted toward this limit (i) that are sold during the term of this authorization with the exclusion of shareholders’ subscription rights in corresponding application of §186 (3) sentence 4 AktG, and (ii) that are issued during the term of this authorization from authorized capital with the exclusion of shareholders’ subscription rights in corresponding application of § 186 (3) sentence 4 AktG;
- insofar as they are issued against contributions in kind, in particular in order to be able to offer them in the context of business combinations or in connection with the (also indirect) acquisition of companies, businesses, parts of companies, investments, or other assets, or of claims to the acquisition of assets, including receivables against the Company or its Group companies, or against contributions in kind in the form of existing financial instruments that are to be replaced by new financial instruments, provided that the value of the contribution in kind is proportionate to the market value of the new financial instruments to be determined in accordance with the preceding indent.
The sum of (i) the shares to be issued under convertible bonds and bonds with warrants which are issued under this authorization with the exclusion of shareholders’ subscription rights, and (ii) the shares issued during the term of this authorization from the Authorized Capital 2026 with the exclusion of shareholders’ subscription rights, may not exceed a proportionate amount of the share capital of EUR 116,992,000 – this corresponds to 10% of the share capital of EUR 1,169,920,000 at the time of this authorization.
Insofar as financial instruments without conversion or warrant rights or conversion obligations are issued against cash and thus do not confer any voting rights or other membership rights in Allianz SE, the Management Board is authorized, with the approval of the Supervisory Board, to exclude shareholders’ subscription rights in their entirety. In doing so, it must be ensured that the issue price is not significantly lower than the market value determined using recognized methods, in particular financial mathematical methods.
(3) Conversion right, conversion obligation
In the event of the issue of convertible bonds and bonds with warrants with conversion rights, holders may convert their convertible bonds and bonds with warrants into shares of the Company in accordance with the terms and conditions of the convertible bonds and bonds with warrants. The proportionate amount of the share capital of the shares to be issued upon conversion may not exceed the nominal amount or a lower issue price of the respective convertible bond or bond with warrants. The conversion ratio is calculated by dividing the nominal amount or an issue price below the nominal amount of a convertible bond or a convertible profit participation right by the respective conversion price set for one share of the Company. The conversion ratio may be rounded up or down to a whole number; furthermore, an additional payment to be made in cash may be specified. In addition, it may be stipulated that fractional amounts be combined and/or settled in cash. The terms and conditions of the convertible bonds and bonds with warrants may provide for a fixed or variable conversion ratio.
The terms and conditions of the convertible bonds and bonds with warrants may provide for an unconditional or conditional conversion obligation at the end of the term or at another point in time, which may also be determined by a future event that is still uncertain at the time of issue, and may set the conversion price upon the occurrence of the conversion obligation differently from the conversion price upon exercise of the conversion right. The terms and conditions may also provide for the Company’s right to grant the holders of convertible bonds and bonds with warrants shares in the Company in whole or in part in lieu of payment of the amount due at maturity or at an earlier date (Ersetzungsbefugnis der Gesellschaft).
The Company may be entitled in the terms and conditions to settle any difference between the nominal amount or issue price of the convertible bond and the product of the conversion ratio and a share price to be specified in more detail in the terms and conditions in full or in part in cash during a period prior to or at the time of conversion. The lower limit for the conversion price pursuant to (5) applies accordingly to the price to be determined.
(4) Warrant right
In the event of the issue of bonds with warrants, each bond with warrants shall be accompanied by one or more warrants entitling the holder to subscribe for shares in the Company in accordance with the terms and conditions of the warrants to be determined by the Management Board. The proportionate amount of the share capital of the shares to be subscribed for per bond with warrants may not exceed the nominal amount of the bond with warrants. The terms and conditions of the bonds with warrants may also provide that the number of shares to be subscribed upon exercise of the warrant rights is variable. The bond or warrant terms and conditions may provide that the exercise price of the warrant (“warrant price”) may also be paid by transferring bonds with warrants (Inzahlungnahme) and, if necessary, making an additional cash payment.
(5) Conversion/warrant price
The conversion or warrant price to be determined in each case for one share must be at least 50% of the average closing price of the Allianz SE share in the Xetra-trading system (or a comparable successor system of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange) on the ten trading days prior to the date of the Management Board’s resolution on the issue of the convertible bonds and bonds with warrants or, in the event of the granting of subscription rights, at least 50% of the average closing price of Allianz SE shares in the Xetra-trading system (or a comparable successor system of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange) during the subscription period, with the exception of the days of the subscription period required to ensure that the conversion or warrant price can be announced in a timely manner in accordance with §186 (2) AktG.
Even in the case of convertible bonds and bonds with warrants with mandatory conversion or a substitution right for the Company, the conversion or warrant price to be set for one share must at least correspond to the above-mentioned minimum prices.
§§ 9 (1) and 199 (2) AktG remain unaffected.
The terms and conditions of the convertible bonds and bonds with warrants may provide that the conversion or warrant price, taking into account the above-mentioned minimum prices, may be determined within a range to be determined by the Management Board (including an uncapped conversion or warrant price) depending on the performance of the share price during the term or – in particular in the case of convertible bonds and bonds with warrants without definite maturity – depending on the average share price over a period to be specified in the terms and conditions, which may also be determined by a future event that is still uncertain at the time of issue.
Notwithstanding § 9 (1) AktG, the terms and conditions of the convertible bonds and bonds with warrants may provide for value-preserving adjustments to the conversion or warrant price or the warrant ratio, or the granting of cash components (“dilution protection clauses”) in the event that the Company increases its share capital during the conversion or option period by granting subscription rights to its shareholders or issues further convertible bonds and bonds with warrants with conversion or warrant rights or conversion obligations, or grants or guarantees other warrant rights, and the holders of conversion or warrant rights or conversion obligations are not granted subscription rights to the extent to which they would be entitled after exercising the conversion or warrant rights or fulfilling a conversion obligation. The terms and conditions may also provide for dilution protection clauses in respect of other measures taken by the Company or events that economically dilute the value of the conversion or warrant rights or conversion obligations (e.g., dividends). In any case, the proportionate amount of the share capital of the shares to be acquired per convertible bond and bond with warrants may not exceed the nominal amount or the lower issue price of the convertible bond and bond with warrants.
(6) Further structuring options
The terms and conditions of the convertible bonds and bonds with warrants may stipulate that, in the event of conversion or exercise of the warrant, treasury shares of the Company or shares from authorized capital may also be granted. Furthermore, it may be stipulated that the Company shall not grant shares in the Company to the persons entitled to conversion or warrant rights or to the persons obliged to convert, but shall pay the equivalent value of the shares in cash. The terms and conditions of the convertible bonds and bonds with warrants may also stipulate that, in the event of conversion or exercise of warrants, at the Company’s discretion, instead of delivering shares to the persons entitled to conversion or warrants or the persons obliged to convert, the shares to be granted may be sold by one or more third parties and the persons entitled to conversion or warrants or the persons obliged to convert may be satisfied from the proceeds of the sale.
(7) Authorization to determine further terms and conditions
The Management Board is authorized to determine the further details of the issue and features of the financial instruments, in particular the interest rate, issue price, term and denomination, conversion or warrant price, and the conversion or warrant period, or to determine these in agreement with the administrative bodies of the Group companies issuing the financial instruments.