The information contains forward-looking statements (in particular in sections labelled “Forecast”), which are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and assumptions that are difficult to predict because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that will occur in the future. Many of these risks and uncertainties relate to factors that are beyond the Company’s ability to control or estimate precisely, such as future market conditions, the behavior of other market participants, the actions of regulators and other factors. Therefore, the Group’s actual results may differ materially and adversely from those expressed or implied in any forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, economic conditions globally, social, political, economic and regulatory developments or changes in economic or technological trends or conditions in Germany and internationally. Consequently, the Company makes no representation, whether expressed or implied, as to the conformity of the actual results with those projected in the forward-looking statements. Any forward- looking statements made by or on behalf of the Company speak only as of the date they are made.