All items on the agenda approved by large majority of shareholders

• Dividend payout of 16 cents per share agreed
• MLP Executive Board and Supervisory Board both discharged with more than 99.95 percent at the Annual General Meeting in Mannheim

Mannheim, June 5, 2014 – At today's regular Annual General Meeting of MLP AG at the Rosengarten Congress Center Mannheim, the shareholders approved all items on the agenda with a large majority. 99.99 percent approved the profit distribution of 16 cents per share. Discharge was granted to the Executive Board and Supervisory Board with an approval rate of 99.97 and 99.95 percent respectively.

In addition to this, the shareholders authorised the Executive Board, with a majority vote of 94.14 percent, to increase the share capital on one or more occasions by a total of up to around 20 percent until June 4, 2019. With an approval rate of 99.99 percent, the shareholders also accepted the proposal to appoint KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Berlin, Germany as auditor and Group auditor for the financial year 2014.

In total, more than 600 shareholders participated in the Annual General Meeting. Those in attendance represented around 74 percent of the share capital.

Item	Yes votes in %
Resolution concerning the use of unappropriated profit as per December 31, 2013	99.99
Resolution on the discharge of the Executive Board for the financial year 2013	99.97
Resolution on the discharge of the Supervisory Board for the financial year 2013	99.95
Appointment of KPMG AG, Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Berlin, Germany, as auditor and Group auditor for the financial year 2014	99.99
Resolution on the cancellation of authorised capital and the creation of new authorised capital as well as the relevant amendment to the Articles of Association	94.14
Resolution to gain approval for increasing the upper threshold of variable remuneration to 200% of fixed remuneration pursuant to § 25a (5) Sentence 5 of the German Banking Act (KWG)	99.91

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