The Supervisory Board would like to express its gratitude to member and Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Bruno Nickel, who retired as of December 31, 2005, for his many years of constructive cooperation. Hansjörg Schmierer was appointed member of the Supervisory Board by the Stuttgart district court (“Amtsgericht Stuttgart”) for the remaining term of office. Jörg Hofmann was elected Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board as of January 1, 2006. During the year under report, the Supervisory Board was informed regularly through oral and written reports from the Management Board and during meetings on the status and development of business of the Company and the MAHLE Group. The Supervisory Board held three ordinary meetings. A further resolution was adopted by written consent. Ernst & Young AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Stuttgart, audited the Annual Financial Statements and the Status Reports of the MAHLE Group and of MAHLE GmbH for the 2005 business year, rendering an unqualified audit opinion. The Supervisory Board agrees with the results of the audit. The Supervisory Board approves the Annual Financial Statements and the Status Reports of the MAHLE Group and of MAHLE GmbH, and does not raise any objections to the appropriation of income as proposed by the Management Board. Georg Weisweiler, who had been a member of the Management Board since 1997 and responsible for Human Resources since 2001, retired on June 30, 2005; the Supervisory Board would like to thank Mr. Weisweiler for his many years of successful work. Michael Glowatzki took over his role as Corporate Executive Vice President Human Resources as of May 16, 2005. Stuttgart, April 10, 2006 For the Supervisory Board
Dr. Klaus P. Bleyer
Chairman
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