Annual General Meeting 2016

Abbreviation for “Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien.” A KGaA is a company with a legal identity ‏(legal entity) in which at least one partner has unlimited liability with respect to the company’s creditors ‏(personally liable partner, aka general partner), while the liability for such debts of the other partners participating in the share-based capital stock is limited to their share capital ‏(limited shareholders).