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Hans-Martin Buhlmann
CEO - Assoc. of Institutional Shareholders The European Proxy Agent

Date of birth: October 9, 1956 Married, 2 children Studies:POLITICAL ECONOMICS: University of Cologne - Economic and Social Sciences Faculty ECONOMICS: Hagen Distance-Learning University - Economics Faculty (Banking and Stock Exchange System) 1. Professional points of focus 1.1 Shareholder representation Since 1975 Active attendance at more than 1200 shareholders\' meetings in Europe - mainly Germany - with public participation in the discussion with the management 1975 - 1999 SDK, SCHUTZGEMEINSCHAFT DER KLEINAKTIONÄRE e.V., FRANKFURT, 16 years member of the Board (1981-1997), also responsible for contacts with the legislature (1983-1990). Active representation of the association founded on December 01, 1959 in the name and with the vote of its members at approximately 50 shareholders\' meetings per year. The association has become a recognised, competent and independent voice on the stock exchange and in industry and politics - without being able to achieve an appropriate role on the stockholders\' side, even in cooperation with the association of DSW, Deutsche Schutzvereinigung für Wertpapierbesitz e.V., Düsseldorf, as competing colleagues 1999 Founding of the V I P VEREINIGUNG INSTITUTIONELLER PRIVATANLEGER e.V. (Association of Institutional Shareholders * Association des Actionaires Institutionels): a professional association engaged in the interests of corporate governance for institutional investors that are established as service providers of individual investors in the European network. According to the principle: \"Proxy voting is a fiduciary DUTY\", VIP draws the attention of institutional shareholders to their fiduciary responsibility to exploit their possibilities of codetermination under corporate law to augment assets and increase their control over management in the sense of corporate governance by exercising their voting rights. 1.2 Involvement in economic policy 1990 Founding of an association for industry and politics in the INITIATIVE für Thüringen e.V., Erfurt; manager of THÜPE Projekt- und Entwicklungs-gesellschaft mbH Thüringen, Erfurt, associated and planning company for communal cooperation (public-private partnership) XIIth legislative period Scientific assistant to Norbert Otto, member (CDU) of the German Parliament with his Erfurt constituency (Thüringen) 1.3 Economic and financial consultation Since 1980, consultant for companies regarding strategy, reorganisation and financing questions, mainly rescue operation and start-up of M & A; cooperation and policy consultation in Indonesia