Pursuant to sections 96 (1) and 101 (1) AktG, and to sections 4 (1) and 1 (1) no. 1 of the One-Third Participation Act (Drittelbeteiligungsgesetz), as well as to section 9 (1) sentence 1 of the Articles of Association of Deutsche Börse AG, the Supervisory Board consists of 21 members: 14 shareholder representatives and 7 employee representatives. The most important functions and duties of the Supervisory Board are to oversee the work of the Executive Board and appoint its members as well as to approve important corporate decisions and company planning . Members of the Supervisory Board are elected for a term of three years. | Kurt F. Viermetz | | Chairman Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Hypo Real Estate Holding AG, Munich | | Herbert Bayer* | | ver.di, Department 1 Financial Services, Area Frankfurt/Main and Region, Frankfurt/Main | | Udo Behrenwaldt | | Business Consultant | | Richard Berliand | | Chairman, Futures Industry Association, Washington D.C. | | Birgit Bokel* | | Deutsche Börse AG, Frankfurt/Main | | Hans-Peter Gabe* | | Deutsche Börse AG, Frankfurt/Main | | Dr. Manfred Gentz | | Chairman of the Board of Directors, Zürich Financial Services, Zurich | | Richard M. Hayden | | Vice Chairman, GSC Partners Europe, Ltd. | | Craig Heimark | | Managing Partner, Hawthorne Group LLC, Palo Alto | | Dr. Konrad Hummler | | Managing Partner, Wegelin & Co. Privatbankiers, St. Gallen | | David Krell | | Chairman of the Board of Directors, International Securities Exchange, LLC, New York, USA | | Hermann-Josef Lamberti | | Member of the Executive Board, Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt/Main | | Friedrich Merz | | Partner, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, LLP, Berlin, and Member of the German Bundestag (Lower House of German Parliament) | | Friedrich von Metzler | | Personally Liable Partner, Bankhaus B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co.KGaA, Frankfurt/Main | | Roland Prantl* | | Deutsche Börse Systems AG, Frankfurt/Main | | Sadegh Rismanchi* | | Deutsche Börse Systems AG, Frankfurt/Main | | Gerhard Roggemann | | Vice Chairman, Hawkpoint Partners Ltd., London | | Dr. Erhard Schipporeit | | Former member of the Executive Board, E.ON AG, Dusseldorf | | Dr. Herbert Walter | | Chairman of the Executive Board, Dresdner Bank AG, Frankfurt/Main | | Otto Wierczimok* | | Clearstream Banking AG, Frankfurt/Main | | Johannes Witt* | | Deutsche Börse AG, Frankfurt/Main | | (Employee representatives are indicated with a *) | | |