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7
The Supervisory Board thanked Prof. Leibinger for his valuable and committed
work on the Supervisory and Presiding Boards. At the Annual General Meeting
on 15 May 2001, Prof. Dr. Jürgen Strube was elected to the Supervisory Board.
At the Supervisory Board meeting which followed, Dr. Hans-Dietrich Winkhaus
was appointed to the Presiding Board.
Hans-Günther Niklas, who had been a member of the Supervisory Board
since 1992, left the Supervisory Board on 30 September 2001. The Supervisory
Board thanked Mr. Niklas for his work on the Supervisory Board. On 13 Novem-
ber 2001, Werner Zierer was appointed as a member of the Supervisory Board
following registration with the Munich District Court.
On 31 December 2001, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Werner Sämann left the Company after
25 years of service for BMW, and since 1 December 1998 as a member of the
Board of Management. The Supervisory Board thanked Prof. Sämann for the
services he has provided to the Company.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h.c. Dr.-Ing. E.h. Joachim Milberg, who has been a member of
the Board of Management since 1 November 1993 and its Chairman since
5 February 1999, requested to be released from his contract as Chairman and
member of the Board of Management at the end of the Annual General Meeting
on 16 May 2002. The Supervisory Board agreed to this request at the meeting
on 4 December 2001 with great respect for this personal decision. At the same
meeting, the Supervisory Board appointed Dr. Helmut Panke as successor and
he will take over the Chairmanship of the Board of Management at the end of the
Annual General Meeting on 16 May 2002. At its meeting on 11 March 2002 the
Supervisory Board appointed Stefan Krause to the Board of Management with
effect from the end of the Annual General Meeting on 16 May 2002.
Munich, 11 March 2002
The Supervisory Board
Volker Doppelfeld
Chairman