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The DaimlerChrysler AG financial statements for 2002 and
the management report were audited by KPMG Deutsche
Treuhand-Gesellschaft AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft,
Berlin and Frankfurt/Main, and certified without qualification.
The same applies to the consolidated financial statements
according to US GAAP. These are prepared in euros and
supplemented by a management report and additional notes
pursuant to Section 292a of the German Commercial Code
(HGB). In accordance with Section 292a of the HGB, the US
GAAP consolidated financial statements presented in this
report grant exemption from the obligation to produce con-
solidated financial statements according to German Law.
All financial statements and the appropriation of earnings
proposed by the Board of Management, as well as the audi-
tors’ reports, were submitted to the Supervisory Board. They
were inspected by the Audit Committee and the Supervisory
Board and discussed in the presence of the auditors. The
Supervisory Board has declared itself in agreement with the
results of the statutory audit and has established that there
are no objections to be made.
In its meeting on February 19, 2003, the Supervisory Board
approved the consolidated financial statements for 2002,
approved, and thereby adopted, the financial statements of
DaimlerChrysler AG for 2002, and consented to the appropria-
tion of earnings proposed by the Board of Management.
Effective May 31, 2002, Stephen P. Yokich retired from
his position as a member of the Supervisory Board represent-
ing the employees. Mr. Nate Gooden was appointed as his
successor with effect from June 26, 2002.
The Supervisory Board expresses its gratitude to the
management and employees of DaimlerChrysler AG for their
outstanding individual efforts and achievements in 2002.
Stuttgart-Möhringen, February 2003
The Supervisory Board
Hilmar Kopper
Chairman
Report of the Supervisory Board |149