SEEurope factsheet

Official homepage:

www.porsche.com

Branch:

Automobile

Status:

Established

Announced intention on1:

24-03-2007

Official process initiated on2:

Ø

Registered on/in:

in 2007, Stuttgart (Germany)

Seat before SE:

Stuttgart (Germany)

Seat of SE:

Area of Stuttgart (Germany)

Form of establishment:

Conversion of the holding into Porsche Automobil Holding SE

Companies concerned:

Porsche Automobil

Corporate governance structure before SE:

Two-tier3

Corporate governance structure of SE:

Two-tier3

Total number of employees worldwide:

11,500

Countries of operation:

Ø

Countries concerned:

Ø

National trade unions involved:

Yes

European trade union federations involved:

Ø

EWC formerly existed:

Ø

Establishment of SNB:

Ø

Board-level employee representation before SE foundation:

Yes (half the members of the supervisory board are employee representatives)

Distribution of SNB seats:

Ø

Content of agreement:

Ø

Motives:

  • Number of members of the supervisory board remains at 12

  • Before foundation of the SE a new holding structure shall be put in place: operational and non-operational businesses shall be separated, with the operational (premium car) business keeping the name Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG and the non-operational (mostly investment management) business being the holding company

  • This holding company has been converted into an SE

Comments:

AGM on 26 June 2007

Last update:

08-09-2007

Legend:

n/a … category not applicable

Ø … information not available

1 The date when the company first made public its interest in founding an SE.

2 The date when the companies that intend to form an SE publish the draft terms of their merger into an SE or the plan to set up a holding SE or the agreement to form a subsidiary SE or the agreement to transform into an SE.

3 Two-tier structure: management board and supervisory board.