Right of information

In accordance with Section 131, Paragraph 1 of the AktG, each stockholder is entitled to request and receive information from the Board of Management during the Annual Stockholders’ Meeting on issues relating to the Company, provided that the information is required for the due and proper assessment of an item on the agenda and the Board of Management does not have a right to refuse disclosure. The duty of disclosure also extends to the legal and business relationships of the Company with an affiliated company and the position of the Group and the companies included in the consolidated financial statements.

In line with Section 131, Paragraph 1f of the AktG, the Chair plans to establish that the right to information and to ask follow-up questions may be exercised at the Meeting exclusively by means of video communication via the Stockholders’ Portal.

Pursuant to Section 131, Paragraphs 4 and 5 of the AktG, stockholders that have joined the Meeting may submit requests by means of electronic communication, or likewise via the Stockholders’ Portal.

The Stockholders’ Portal is operated on behalf of Bayer AG by Computershare Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG according to the instructions of Bayer AG agreed by way of a contractually regulated cooperation.