Large shareholder majority for all agenda items

• Dividend payout of 30 cents per share
• MLP Executive Board and Supervisory Board discharged by the shareholders at the AGM in Mannheim with more than 99 percent

Mannheim, 10th June 2011 – MLP shareholders voted to accept all agenda items with a large majority at today’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) held at the Rosengarten in Mannheim. The proposed dividend payment of 30 cents per share was approved by 99.96 percent of the votes. The Executive and Supervisory Boards were discharged with 99.94 and 99.91 percent of the votes respectively. The Executive Board remuneration system was approved with 99.89 percent. The profit and loss transfer contract with the subsidiary Feri Finance AG was approved with 99.99 percent. Following the acquisition of the remaining shares in Feri in April 2011, MLP now further simplifies its internal processes.

The shareholders also approved the usual resolution, authorising the buy back of company shares up to a maximum of ten percent of the share capital by 9th December 2013 with 99.95 percent.

With 99.99 percent each, the shareholders also accepted the proposal to appoint KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Berlin as auditor for the financial statements and the consolidated financial statements as well as for the review of the half-year financial report 2011.

More than 600 shareholders attended the Annual General Meeting, representing some 73 percent of the company’s share capital.

Agenda item	Votes in favour in percent
Resolution concerning the use of unappropriated profit as per December 31, 2010	99.96
Resolution on the discharge of the Executive Board for the financial year 2010	99.94
Resolution on the discharge of the Supervisory Board for the financial year 2010	99.91
Resolution on the approval of the remuneration system for members of the Executive Board	99.89
Resolution on the selection of the auditor for the financial statements and the consolidated financial statements for the financial year 2011 and for a review of the semi-annual financial report 2011	99.99
Resolution on the authorisation to buy back and use own shares with exclusion of subscription rights	99.95
Resolution on the authorisation to make use of equity derivatives within the scope of purchasing own shares	99.94
Resolution on bearing the costs of training for members of the Supervisory Board and corresponding amendment to the Company’s articles of association	99.95
Resolution on the approval of a profit transfer agreement with Feri Finance AG für Finanzplanung und Research	99.99

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