Legal Disclosures

As a listed corporation headquartered in Germany, Fraport AG is subject to a number of statutory disclosure requirements. Important reporting obligations that apply to this combined management report as a result of these requirements are shown in the following.

Takeover-related disclosures

The capital stock of Fraport AG is €924,687,040. It is divided into 92,468,704 no-par-value bearer shares. The company holds treasury shares (77,365 shares), which are offset from capital stock on the balance sheet. The issued capital stated in the commercial balance sheet as at December 31, 2022 and reduced by treasury shares is €923,913,390 (92,391,339 no-par-value shares). There are no differing classes of shares. Additional information regarding treasury shares in accordance with Section 160 (1) no. 2 of the AktG can be found in the Group notes, note 31, and Fraport AG’s Notes, note 27.

On the basis of the consortium agreement concluded between the State of Hesse and Stadtwerke Frankfurt am Main Holding GmbH dated April 18/23, 2001 with a supplement as at December 2, 2014, the total voting rights in Fraport AG held by both shareholders, calculated in accordance with Section 34 (2) of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG), amounted to 52.23% as at December 31, 2022. They were attributed as follows: State of Hesse 31.31% and Stadtwerke Frankfurt am Main Holding GmbH 20.92%. The voting rights in Fraport AG owned by the City of Frankfurt am Main are held indirectly via the Stadtwerke Frankfurt am Main Holding GmbH subsidiary. According to the last official reports in accordance with the WpHG or disclosures by individual shareholders, a further 8.44% of voting rights in Fraport AG were attributable to Deutsche Lufthansa AG (as at December 31, 2022). The relative ownership interests were adjusted to the current total number of shares as at the balance sheet date, and therefore may differ from the figures given at the time of reporting or from the respective shareholders’ own disclosures.

The appointment and dismissal of Executive Board members is carried out in compliance with the relevant provisions of AktG (Sections 84 and 85). Pursuant to Section 179 (1) sentence 2 AktG in conjunction with Section 11 (3) of the company statutes, the Supervisory Board is entitled to amend the company statutes only with respect to the wording. Other amendments to the company statutes require a resolution of the AGM, which, according to Section 18 (1) of the company statutes, must be passed in general by a simple majority of the votes cast and, provided that a capital majority is required, by a simple majority of the capital stock represented at the time of the resolution. If, by way of exception, the law requires a higher capital majority (e.g., when changing the purpose of the company as stated in the company statutes, Section 179 (2) sentence 1 AktG; or when creating contingent capital, Section 193 (1) sentence 1 AktG), the resolution of the AGM has to be passed by a three-quarter majority of the represented capital stock.

Report on the relationships with affiliated companies

Due to the shares of 31.31% (previous year: 31.31%) held by the State of Hesse and 20.92% (previous year: 20.71%) held by Stadtwerke Frankfurt am Main Holding GmbH, as well as the consortium agreement concluded between these shareholders on April 18/23, 2001 with a supplement as at December 2, 2014, Fraport AG is a publicly controlled enterprise. There are no control or profit transfer agreements.

The Executive Board of Fraport AG therefore compiles a report on the relationships with affiliated companies in accordance with Section 312 of the AktG. At the end of the report, the Executive Board made the following statement: “The Executive Board declares that under the circumstances known to us at the time, Fraport AG received fair and adequate compensation for each and every legal transaction conducted. During the reporting year, measures were neither taken nor omitted at the request of or in the interests of the State of Hesse and the City of Frankfurt am Main and their affiliated companies.”

Joint Statement on Corporate Governance

The Fraport AG Executive Board reports – in the name of the Supervisory Board as well – on the contents subject to the reporting requirements pursuant to Section 289f of the German Commercial Code (HGB) for Fraport AG as well as for the Fraport Group as part of a joint statement on corporate governance pursuant to Sections 289f and 315d of the HGB in conjunction with Section 289f of the HGB, in order to enable a general statement on the Group's corporate governance principles. The Joint Statement on Corporate Governance is published in the “To Our Shareholders” chapter and on the corporate website at https://www.fraport.com/en/investors/corporate-governance.html.

Information in accordance with the German Energy Economics Act (EnWG)

Fraport AG operates its own energy supply network and in mid-2011 applied for the status of “closed distribution network”, which is associated with considerable benefits compared to general supply networks. In accordance with the requirements of Section 6b of the EnWG (German Energy Industry Act), Fraport AG is obliged to prepare separate business statements. The regulations were applied in accordance with the requirements of the Federal Network Agency in the 2022 annual financial statements.

Annual General Meeting (AGM)

At the past virtual AGM on May 24, 2022, Fraport received a clear majority from its shareholders on all agenda items. Of the capital entitled to vote, 70,448,529 no-par-value shares and the same number of voting rights (76.19% of capital) were exercised. The detailed voting results as well as further information about the AGM are published on the company website at www.fraport.com/annualgeneralmeeting. The AGM for the 2022 fiscal year will be held on May 23, 2023, once again online.