The Supervisory Board would like to express its gratitude to member and Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Jörg Hofmann, who retired as of December 31, 2006, for his many years of constructive cooperation. Hubert Dünnemeier was appointed member of the Supervisory Board by the Stuttgart district court ("Amtsgericht Stuttgart") for the remaining term of office. Bernd Hofmaier-Schäfer was elected Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board as of January 1, 2007.
Anton Czink also left the Supervisory Board as of December 31, 2006, having reached retirement age. Mr. Czink had been a member of the Supervisory Board since 1993. The Supervisory Board would like to thank Mr. Czink for his many years of valuable work on this committee. His elected successor, Manfred Steidle, replaces him as a member of the Supervisory Board as of January 1, 2007.
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 and one extraordinary meeting. Ernst & Young AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft Steuerberatungsgesellschaft, Stuttgart, Germany, audited the Annual Financial Statements and the Status Reports of the MAHLE Group and of MAHLE GmbH for the 2006 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. Stuttgart, April 20, 2007 For the Supervisory Board 
Dr. Klaus P. Bleyer
Chairman
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