{"id":50043,"date":"2024-08-10T03:39:10","date_gmt":"2024-08-10T07:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allianceadvisors.com\/2024-germanys-mdax-agm-season-review-key-takeaways\/"},"modified":"2025-03-17T14:59:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T18:59:45","slug":"2024-germanys-mdax-agm-season-review-key-takeaways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allianceadvisors.com\/ko\/2024-germanys-mdax-agm-season-review-key-takeaways\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 Germany\u2019s MDAX AGM Season Review – Key Takeaways"},"content":{"rendered":"
For the German mid-cap index (“MDAX<\/strong>”) Alliance Advisors has analyzed all available voting results for AGMs held between 1 January 2024 until 31 July 2024, for all cases where also the recommendations from ISS and Glass Lewis were available. Where applicable, we also excluded non-Germany incorporated companies, as the voting guidelines<\/a> and expectations from investors and proxy advisors<\/a> can be different.<\/p>\n This meant that we could compare the voting results of 44 companies for the purposes of this report.<\/p>\n A total of 65 directors have been (re-)elected to the supervisory board.<\/p>\n The discharge voting has an outstanding importance in Germany. First, the supervisory board members are not elected on an annual basis. Second, the management board members are appointed, but not elected.<\/p>\n We have separated the analysis for bundled discharge and individual discharge of each board.<\/p>\n Only two MDAX companies had a virtual-AGM related item on their agenda<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Authorizations limited up to two years were a common standard in 2023. Therefore, for the 2025 AGM season, it can be expected that many German companies will ask their shareholders to support a renewal of their authorization to hold virtual meetings, too. As already shown in 2023 – and according to our conversations with investors – mainly German and French investors will again oppose such as a matter of principle.<\/p>\n Interestingly, overall, our research for Austria showed investors to be less rigid.<\/p>\n Three companies asked their shareholders to approve an increase of their supervisory board.<\/p>\n Interestingly again from our observations for the Austrian market (“ATX Prime”), we have seen three similar authorizations, but with the scope of decreasing<\/strong> (not increasing) the supervisory board size.<\/p>\n Shareholders<\/a> are becoming more engaged and vocal, demanding transparency, accountability, and alignment with their expectations on issues like compensation or board diversity. Companies need to adapt by enhancing transparency, demonstrating strong corporate governance<\/a>, and addressing shareholder concerns to maintain investor support. Boards play a crucial role in this process and are expected to proactively form a relationship with the relevant stewardship<\/a> teams prior to the next Shareholder Meeting Season.<\/p>\n Whilst some institutional investors will only file their voting behaviour from votes submitted at Shareholder Meetings<\/a> in 2024 in late Q3 of 2024, we anticipate that the engagement efforts of German corporates will have to address these concerns. The aim needs to be to provide further transparency and explanatory information to prove that the feedback of investors has been heard and incorporated.<\/p>\n If you would like to receive our suggestions on how to tackle your shareholder dissent prior to your next Shareholder Meeting, please contact us<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_section css=”.vc_custom_1716540341709{padding: 20px !important;background-color: #f1f1f1 !important;}”][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]Alliance Advisors has built a team of industry specialists with deep experience relating to all our product lines. If you would like to receive a copy of our reports and reviews in future, please enter your details in the form below.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]Executive Remuneration-Related Items<\/span><\/h3>\n
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Supervisory Board (Re-)Elections<\/span><\/h3>\n
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Discharges of Management & Supervisory Board Members<\/span><\/h3>\n
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Virtual AGMs<\/span><\/h3>\n
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Increase of Supervisory Board Size<\/span><\/h3>\n
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What Is Next?<\/span><\/h3>\n