The Executive Management and the Supervisory Board of
Management of Hamburg Messe und Congress GmbH (HMC)
hereby declare:
„Hamburg Messe und Congress GmbH (HMC) complied with
all the regulations of the Hamburg Corporate Governance
Code for which the Executive Management and the Super-
visory Board were responsible during the 2014 financial year.
The following items were not observed:
SECTION 5.1.5.:
The six-week period for distributing the minutes regarding
resolutions made by the Supervisory Board could not be ad-
hered to at all times as the draft minutes had to be approved
prior to their publication and the approval processes were not
completed in time.
SECTION 7.2.3.:
RBS RoeverBroennerSusat GmbH & Co. KG Wirtschaftsprü-
fungsgesellschaft Steuerberatungsgesellschaft, Domstrasse
15, 20095 Hamburg, was already appointed to audit the
company’s annual financial statements and to ensure due
and proper conduct of business for the years 2008 to 2013
and is to retain this appointment until 2014. The purpose of
this continuing appointment is to ensure auditing continuity
and to reintegrate HMC into the next auditing cycle (begin-
ning with the 2015 financial year).
The subsidiaries BNM Baugesellschaft Neue Messe mbH and
HMC International GmbH do not have a supervisory board.
With one exception, they complied with all the regulations
of the Hamburg Corporate Governance Code for which the
management boards were responsible during the 2014 finan-
cial year:
SECTION 7.2.3.:
RBS RoeverBroennerSusat GmbH & Co. KG Wirtschaftsprü-
fungsgesellschaft Steuerberatungsgesellschaft was already
appointed to audit the company’s annual financial state-
ments and to ensure due and proper conduct of business
for the years 2008 to 2013 and is to retain this appointment
until 2014. The purpose of this continuing appointment is to
ensure auditing continuity and to reintegrate the subsidiaries
of HMC into the next auditing cycle (beginning with the 2015
financial year).”
In the 2014 financial year, Mr. Aufderheide received total
gross compensation in the amount of EUR 256,801.02.
Dr. Kopp received total gross compensation in the amount of
EUR 240,145.68. The distribution of the total compensation
can be viewed online at .
Hamburg, June 2015
JOHANN C. LINDENBERG
Chairman of the Supervisory Board
BERND AUFDERHEIDE
President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
DR. ULLA KOPP
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
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