Corporate Governance

JENOPTIK AG welcomes the German Corporate Governance Code, which is in the economic interests of Germany and of the companies, and which will contribute towards increasing the trust of investors in the German economy in Germany and abroad. JENOPTIK AG is aware of the significance of investor trust and has maintained an open and transparent corporate style from the very beginning.

Corporate Governance: Declaration of Conformity and Articles of Association

Declaration of conformity by the Executive Board and the Supervisory Board of JENOPTIK AG

According to § 161, Para. 1, Sent. 1 of the German Stock Corporation Act the Executive Board and the Supervisory Board of a listed company are required to issue an annual declaration that the recommendations of the “Governmental Commission on the German Corporate Governance Code” as published by the Federal Ministry of Justice in the official section of the Federal Gazette have been and are complied with or to indicate which recommendations have not been or are not applied and why not.

The Executive Board and Supervisory Board of JENOPTIK AG support the recommendations of the "Governmental Commission on the German Corporate Governance Code".

Corporate Governance Statement

The Corporate Governance Statement in accordance with §§ 289 f, 315 d of the German Commercial Code is an unaudited part of the Combined Management Report. It contains the Declaration of Conformity in accordance with § 161 of the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG), information on methods of corporate governance, a description of the procedures of the Executive Board and Supervisory Board, the structure and working methods of the committees of the Supervisory Board, the specification of the target figures for the proportion of women in the company as well as a description of the diversity concept followed for composition of the Executive and Supervisory Boards.

Corporate Governance Statement of JENOPTIK AG 2024 (PDF | 0,33 MB)

Directors' Dealings

Date	Name	Position	Purchase/Sale	Number	Price/Currency	Business Volume	Financial instrument	ISIN
16.05.2025	Dr. Prisca Havranek-Kosicek	Executive Board	Purchase	n/a	19.38 euros	111,530.06 euros	Share	DE000A2NB601
14.05.2025	Dr. Ralf Kuschnereit	Executive Board	Purchase	n/a	19.163 euros	76,652.00 euros	Share	DE000A2NB601
14.11.2024	Dr. Prisca Havranek-Kosicek	Executive Board	Purchase	n/a	21.5435 euros	97,721.36 euros	Share	DE000A2NB601
13.11.2024	Dr. Stefan Traeger	President & CEO	Purchase	n/a	21.0155 euros	105,077.50 euros	Share	DE000A2NB601
13.11.2024	Dr. Ralf Kuschnereit	Executive Board	Purchase	n/a	21.2308 euros	138,000.00 euros	Share	DE000A2NB601
11.08.2023	Dr. Stefan Traeger	President &CEO	Purchase	n/a	27.0355 euros	97,333.33 euros	Share	DE000A2NB601
10.08.2023	Dr. Ralf Kuschnereit	Executive Board	Purchase	n/a	27.389 euros	119,251.60 euros	Share	DE000A2NB601
03.01.2023	Dr. Ralf Kuschnereit	Executive Board	Purchase	n/a	26.6312 euros	120,665.84 euros	Share	DE000A2NB601
12.08.2022	Dr. Stefan Traeger	President & CEO	Purchase	n/a	23.3213 euros	101,797.47 euros	Share	DE000A2NB601
11.08.2022	Dr. Stefan Traeger	President & CEO	Purchase	n/a	24.41367 euros	366,205.05 euros	Share	DE000A2NB601
15.06.2016	Mag. Brigitte Ederer	Supervisory Board	Purchase	1,000	14.255 euros	14,255.05 euros	Share	DE0006229107

JENOPTIK AG
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07743 Jena

Executive Board

Dr. Stefan Traeger – President & CEO

As President & Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dr. Stefan Traeger has been the Chairman of the Executive Board of JENOPTIK AG since May 1, 2017. He is responsible for:

Metrology & Production Solutions
Smart Mobility Solutions
Prodomax
the region Asia
Human Resources/Labour Director (HR), Strategy & Business Development incl. Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Marketing & Communication, Legal, Compliance & Risk incl. Data Protection and Export Control

Jenoptik CFO Dr. Prisca Havranek-Kosicek

Dr. Prisca Havranek-Kosicek has been Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of JENOPTIK AG since April 1, 2023 and is responsible for:

Finance, Tax, Insurance, Treasury, Sustainability, Corporate Real Estate, Investor Relations, Internal Audit, IT incl. Information Security

Dr. Ralf Kuschnereit, Mitglied des Jenoptik-Vorstands

Dr. Ralf Kuschnereit has been a member of the Executive Board of JENOPTIK AG since January 1, 2023 and is responsible for:

Semiconductor & Advanced Manufacturing
Biophotonics
the region North America
Business System & Operational Excellence, Corporate Innovation & Digital Transformation, Purchasing, Quality, Environmental, Health and Occupational Safety, Intellectual Property (IP)

Supervisory Board

(as at February 2025)

Matthias Wierlacher, Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Chairman of the Executive Board of Thüringer Aufbaubank

Jakob Habermann, Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board*
Trade union secretary of the IG Metall central district management, Rockenberg, Germany

Evert Dudok
Former Executive Vice President Connected Intelligence at Airbus, Munich, Germany

Elke Eckstein
Professional Supervisory Board member

André Hillner*
Production Engineering Expert at JENOPTIK Optical Systems GmbH, Jena, Germany

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Ursula Keller
Professor at the federal technical university of Zurich (“ETH Zurich”), Dept. of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, Uitikon, Switzerland

Dörthe Knips*
Chairwoman of the Group Works Council of JENOPTIK AG, Jena, Germany

Daniela Mattheus
Professional Supervisory Board member and management consultant, Berlin, Germany

Alexander Münkwitz*
Chairman of the Works Council of JENOPTIK AG, Jena, Germany

Thomas Spitzenpfeil
CFO and CIO of Zentiva Group, a.s.; Professional Supervisory Board member, Ludwigsburg, Germany

Christina Süßenbach*
Director, HR Business Partner Optical Test & Measurement, Auma-Weidetal, Germany

Franziska Wolf*
Second Representative of the IG Metall trade union branch Jena-Saalfeld, Langenbernsdorf, Germany

* employee representative

Remuneration

The remuneration as well as the current remuneration system for the members of the Supervisory Board of JENOPTIK AG, on which the remuneration is based, was confirmed by the Annual General Meeting on June 7, 2023 with a majority of 94.21 percent.

The current remuneration system for the members of the Executive Board of JENOPTIK AG was approved by the Annual General Meeting on June 9, 2021 with a majority of 75.96 percent.

Integrity Code

The Code of Conduct (Integrity Code) is a binding guideline for law-abiding and responsible conduct within the Jenoptik Group.

In order to ensure a high level of integrity as well as of ethical and legal standards within the Group and to maintain Jenoptik's reputation at all times, the Integrity Code summarizes principles of behavior we have always taken for granted. It contains minimum standards that are binding upon all Jenoptik employees in the world.