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Rules of Procedure for the Supervisory Board of Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA

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Remuneration system for members of the Supervisory Board

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Stefan Lauer—Chairman

Former member of the Executive Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Frankfurt

Member of the Supervisory Board of Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA since 2013

Member of Supervisory Board committees

Joint Committee (Chairman)
Audit Committee
Nomination Committee (Chairman)

Other Supervisory Board memberships

Drägerwerk Verwaltungs AG, Lübeck
Dräger Safety AG & Co. KGaA
People at Work Systems AG, Munich
Valeta GmbH, Bad Säckingen, Chairman of the Advisory Board (since 1 January 2020)

Personal information

Name	Stefan Lauer
Date and place of birth	24 March 1955, Melsungen

Career history

1984–1986	Personal Aide of the Head of the Department of Personnel, Organisation and Legal Affairs, Frankfurt City Council
1986–1988	Private Secretary to the Mayor of the City of Frankfurt
1989	Special Envoy for Economic Development Frankfurt GmbH
1990	Head of the Executive Liaison Department, Deutsche Lufthansa AGH
1991–1994	Head of the Central Office of the Chairman of the Executive Board and CEO, Deutsche Lufthansa AG
1994–1997	Head of Strategic Group and Organisational Development, Deutsche Lufthansa AG
1997–1999	Board Member for Sales and Marketing, Lufthansa Cargo AG
01/2000	Chairman of the Executive Board and CEO, Lufthansa Cargo AG
05/2000-2013	Member of the Executive Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG

Daniel Friedrich—Vice-Chairman

Regional Director of the metalworkers’ union IG Metall, coastal region, Hamburg

Member of the Supervisory Board of Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA since 2006

Member of Supervisory Board committees

Audit Committee

Other Supervisory Board memberships

Airbus Operation GmbH
Mercedes-Benz AG, Stuttgart

Personal information

Name	Daniel Friedrich
Date and place of birth	13 November 1975, Cologne

Career history

09/1992–08/1998	Linde AG, Cologne Industrial Mechanic and Member of the Works Council
09/1998–03/2002	IG Metall Bergedorf Union Secretary
04/2002-09/2015	IG Metall Küste District Secretary, collective bargaining policy in Northern Germany etc.
10/2015-10/2019	IG Metall Lübeck-Wismar 1st Authorised Representative and Executive Director
Since 12/2019	IG Metall Küste Regional director IG Metall Küste

Christian Fischer

Group Works Council Chairman of Dräger, Lübeck

Member of Supervisory Board committees

Audit Committee
Joint Committee

Personal information

Name	Christian Fischer
Date and place of birth	2. Januar 1963, Kiel

Career history at Dräger

	Graduate engineer, medical technology
1988-2014	Development engineer medical technology at Dräger
since 2002	Member Works Council
since 2014	Full-time member of the Works Council
since 2020	Member of the European Works Council
since 2021	Chairman of the Works Council Dräger Lübeck
since 2022	Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA

Bettina van Almsick

Chairwoman of the Works Council Dräger Sales and Service Germany, Essen

Member of the Works Council of Dräger Sales and Service Germany, Lübeck,

Member of the Group Works Council of Dräger, Lübeck

Member of the Supervisory Board of Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA since 2016

Other Supervisory Board memberships

Dräger Medical Deutschland GmbH, Lübeck (Vice-Chairwoman)

Bettina van Almsick

Name

Bettina van Almsick

Date and place of birth

12 February 1959

Professional function

Member of the Works Council for the region Germany Sales and Service, 2nd Vice-Chairperson, Lübeck

Member of the Group Works Council of Dräger, Lübeck

Chairperson of the Works Council Sales and Service, Essen

Career history at Dräger

since 1983	Various positions at the company at the Krefeld and Essen sites. Most recently Assistant to Area Manager for Sales West
since 1990	Member of the Works Council / Chairwoman of the Works Council, Essen
since 2014	Full-time member of the Works Council for the region Germany

Nike Benten

Member of the Works Council Dräger Lübeck, Lübeck

Member of the Group Works Council of Dräger, Lübeck

Member of the Supervisory Board of Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA since 2016

Other Supervisory Board memberships

Dräger Safety AG & Co. KGaA, Lübeck (Vice-Chairman)

Prof. Dr. Thorsten Grenz

Managing Partner of KIMBRIA Gesellschaft für Beteiligung und Beratung mbH, Berlin

Honorary Professor of Economics and Social Sciences at Christian-Albrechts University, Kiel

Member of the Supervisory Board of Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA since 2008

Member of Supervisory Board committees

Audit Committee (Chairman)
Joint Committee

Other Supervisory Board memberships:

Drägerwerk Verwaltungs AG, Lübeck
Dräger Safety AG & Co. KGaA
Dräger Safety Verwaltungs AG, Lübeck
Credion AG, Hamburg

Personal information

Name	Prof. Dr. Thorsten Grenz
Date and place of birth	28 July 1958, Kiel

Career history

1984–1986	Research Assistant at the Institute of Business, Christian-Albrechts University, Kiel
1986–1992	Consultant at McKinsey & Company, Inc. in Frankfurt, Paris and Vienna
1992–1997	Director of Group Controlling at Hapag Lloyd AG
1997–2000	Finance Director at Hapag-Lloyd Container-Linie GmbH
2000–2002	Chief Financial Officer, mobilcom AG
2002–2005	Chief Executive Officer, mobilcom AG
2006	Chief Financial Officer at Hero AG
2007–2008	Operating Partner at 3i plc.
2008–2012	Chief Executive Officer at Veolia Umweltservice GmbH
Since 2012	Honorary Professor at the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences, Institute of Business, Christian-Albrechts University, Kiel
Since 2013	Managing Partner of KIMBRIA Gesellschaft für Beteiligung und Beratung mbH, Berlin

Uwe Lüders

Former Chairman of the Executive Board of Possehl & Co. mbH, Lübeck

Member of the Supervisory Board of Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA since 2008

Member of Supervisory Board committees

Nomination Committee
Joint Committee
Audit Committee

Other Supervisory Board memberships

Drägerwerk Verwaltungs AG, Lübeck
- Dräger Safety AG & Co. KGaA, Lübeck
- Dräger Safety Verwaltungs AG, Lübeck
L. Possehl & Co. mbH, Lübeck, Chairman (since 1 January 2021)

Personal information

Name	Uwe Lüders
Date and place of birth	28 July 1952, Hamelin

Career history

1979–1983	Consultant, McKinsey & Company, Munich
1983–2000	GEA-AG in Bochum, mechanical and plant engineering company
1983–1989	Sales and Export Manager GEA-Klimatechnik
1989–1992	Sole Managing Director of GEA-Pollrich, large-scale fan construction, Mönchen-Gladbach
1992–1995	Chairman of the Executive Board of GEA-Grasso in the Netherlands, compressor and refrigeration equipment manufacturer
1995–2000	Member of the Executive Board of GEA-AG
2000–2003	Chairman of the Executive Board Buderus AG
04/2004-2017	Chairman of the Executive Board of L. Possehl & Co. mbH, Lübeck

Thomas Rickers

Secretary for metalworkers’ union IG Metall coastal region, Hamburg

Member of the Supervisory Board of Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA since 2000

Member of Supervisory Board Committees

Joint Committee

Personal information

Name	Thomas Rickers
Date and place of birth	17 February 1960, Bargfeld-Stegen

Career history

1976–1978	Apprentice machine fitter Ortmann & Herbst, Hamburg
1983–1990	Works Council Getriebebau-Nord, Bargteheide
1990–2000	IG Metall Neubrandenburg Union Secretary and 1st Authorised Representative
2000–2015	1st Authorised Representative and General Manager of IG Metall Lübeck-Wismar
Since 2015	Secretary for metalworkers’ union IG Metall coastal region

Dr Reinhard Zinkann

Managing Partner of Miele & Cie. KG, Gütersloh
Member of the Supervisory Board of Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA since 2008

Member of Supervisory Board committees

Nomination Committee
Joint Committee

Other Supervisory Board memberships

Drägerwerk Verwaltungs AG, Lübeck
Dräger Safety AG & Co. KGaA, Lübeck
Falke KGaA, Schmallenberg (Chairman)

Memberships on comparable boards of German or foreign companies:

Hipp & Co., Pfaffenhofen (President of the Administrative Board)
Nobilia-Werke J. Stickling GmbH & Co. KG, Verl (Chairman of the Advisory Board)

Personal information

Name	Dr. Reinhard Zinkann
Date and place of birth	1 September 1959, Gütersloh

Career history

1988	Trainee at BMW AG, Munich, early termination of the program and transfer to the Sales Germany Division
1990	Power of attorney
1992	Transfer to the Miele Group
1994	General Manager of Imperial-Werke oHG, Bünde
Since 11/1999	Managing Partner of the Miele Group
Since 06/2002	ZVEI (German Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers’ Association), Frankfurt Member and Chairman of the Home Appliance Trade Associations
Since 06/2002	Applia, Brussels Chair of the Steering Committee

Astrid Hamker

Professional function

Advisory Board member and partner of Piepenbrock Unternehmensgruppe GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin
Advising family-run businesses through KOMPASS-Beratung, Georgsmarienhütte, as a freelance consultant
Member of the Supervisory Board of Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA since 2018

Member of Supervisory Board committees

Joint Committee

Other Supervisory Board memberships

Drägerwerk Verwaltungs AG, Lübeck
Dräger Safety AG & Co. KGaA, Lübeck
Schmitz Cargobull AG, Horstmar
L.Possehl & Co.mbH, Lübeck

Memberships on comparable boards of German or foreign companies:

Piepenbrock Unternehmensgruppe GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin (Member of the Advisory Board)
Felix Schoeller Gruppe GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück
Tengelmann Verwaltungs- und Beteiligungs GmbH, Mühlheim

Personal information

Name	Astrid Hamker
Date and place of birth	24 August 1966, Osnabrück

Career history

	Studies in Business Administration at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland Degree: licentiata oeconomiae HSG
1993–1995	Assistant to the CEO of the Felix Schoeller Group, Osnabrück
1995–1997	Head of Marketing, Corporate Development, Piepenbrock Service GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück
1998–2011	Managing Partner, Piepenbrock Group (Marketing, Corporate Communications, Human Resources)
Since 2011	KOMPASS-Beratung, advising family-run businesses as a freelance consultant, Osnabrück
2011–2019	Member of the Supervisory Board, dorma Holding GmbH & Co. KGaA, Ennepetal
2012–2016	Mentor at Bernotat & Cie. GmbH, Essen

Stephan Kruse

Professional function

President Business Unit Therapy; Medical Division

Member of the Supervisory Board of Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA since: 2018

Personal information

Name	Stephan Kruse
Date and place of birth	26 April 1970, Lübeck

Career history at Dräger

1986–1990	Training as a precision electronics technician
1990–1992	Repair workshop
1992–1995	Studies in electrical engineering, specialisation in computer science
1995–1999	Project Manager for Anaesthesia Development
1999–2003	Series Management, Anaesthesia
2003–2008	Production/line management in the medical division
2008–2012	Head of Operations, including strategic purchasing WPI
2012–2017	Head of Masterplant Operations Lübeck / General Manager IS
2017-2019	Head of Global Operations
Since 2020	President Business Unit Therapy; Medical Division

Maria Dietz

Professional activity

Member of the Administrative Board and shareholder of GFT Technologies SE, Stuttgart
Member of the Supervisory Board of Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA since 2018

Member of Supervisory Board committees

Joint Committee

Membership of other statutory Supervisory Boards:

GFT Technologies SE, Stuttgart (member of the Administrative Board)
Drägerwerk Verwaltungs AG, Lübeck
Dräger Safety AG & Co. KGaA, Lübeck
Ernst Klett Aktiengesellschaft, Stuttgart

Other significant activities in addition to the Supervisory Board membership:

Member of the University Council of HFT Stuttgart
Member of the jury for the “Jugend gründet” young people’s business plan competition
Member of the Advisory Board of the Head Office of the Deutsche Bundesbank in Baden-Württemberg
Lay judge at the Regional Court of Stuttgart

Persönliche Daten

Name	Maria Dietz
Date and place of birth	2 March 1962, Villingen-Schwenningen

Career history

1982–1985	Studied General Business Administration in the field of industry at the DHBW (Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University, then: University of Cooperative Education) Villingen-Schwenningen, focus on finance and accounting, as well as international marketing
1985–1988	Marketing and Export Specialist, GAS Gesellschaft für Antriebs- und Steuerungstechnik, St. Georgen
1988–1989	Marketing Consultant, Atlantic Consultants GmbH, Munich
1989–1990	Marketing Manager, Wesser Informatik GmbH, Stuttgart
1990–1998	Entry as shareholder and Commercial Manager, GFT GmbH, St. Georgen
1998–2004	Head of Human Resources and Marketing, GFT Technologies AG, St. Georgen
2004–2010	Head of Legal and Group Audit, GFT Technologies AG, Stuttgart
2010–2015	Head of Global Purchasing of GFT Technologies AG, Stuttgart
Since 2015	Member of the Administrative Board of GFT Technologies SE