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Other Information
Provisions in the articles of association governing the appropriation of profit
According to article 25 of the Company's articles of association, the profit is at the disposal of the General Meet-
ing of Stockholders, which can allocate the profit wholly or partly to the general or specific reserve funds.
The Company can only make payments to the stockholders and other parties entitled to the distributable profit
for the amount the stockholders' equity is greater than the paid-up and called-up part of the capital plus the le-
gally required reserves.
Proposal for profit appropriation
The General Meeting of Stockholders will be asked to approve the following appropriation of the 2008 profit: an
amount of € 26,212,000 to be added to the other reserves. The result after taxes for 2008 is included under the
retained earnings item in the stockholder's equity.
Subsequent events
Except for abandoned sale of the Converters business referred to in note 31 above, there were no significant
events, whether favourable or unfavourable, that have occurred subsequently to the balance sheet date.
As part of its normal mode of operation as a private equity firm, the manager of the majority shareholders of the
Company, Ripplewood Holdings L.L.C., is in discussions concerning the divestment of its interests in the Group.
Subsidiaries
AEG Power Solutions B.V. (formerly 3W Power Holdings and Power Supply Systems Holdings (The Nether-
lands) B.V. respectively) has subsidiaries as detailed in note 3 of the consolidated financial statements.
Auditor's report
The auditor's report is set forth on the following pages.
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