Corporate Governance
KUKA SE & Co. KGaA operates in accordance with the principles of the German Corporate Governance Code and the Transparency and Disclosure Act in order to ensure effective corporate management.
Corporate Governance Statement pursuant to section 289f para. 4 HGB
Information on targets for the proportion of women in management positions and information on compliance with the statutory gender quota on supervisory boards
Corporations subject to co-determination are required to set and publish targets for the proportion of women in management positions and deadlines for achieving the targets.
As a partnership limited by shares (KGaA) subject to co-determination, KUKA SE & Co. KGaA (the “Company”) publishes the following statement pursuant to section 289f para. 4 of the German Commercial Code (HGB):
The Company is a partnership limited by shares (KGaA). The Company is represented by its general partner, KUKA Management SE, whose Management Board (Vorstand) is managing the Company’s business.
Pursuant to section 76 para. 4 of the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG), the Management Board of KUKA Aktiengesellschaft, the legal predecessor of the Company, has determined that the target percentage of women for the two management levels below the Management Board of KUKA Aktiengesellschaft must be reached by March 31, 2027 at the latest (“target date”). The target percentage of women has been set at 25% for the first management level below the Management Board and likewise at 25% for the second management level below the Management Board. As at December 31, 2025 the percentage of women was 17% at the first management level and 25% at the second management level of the Company. In the year under review, it was thus not possible to achieve the target set for the proportion of women at the first management level below the Management Board. The target set for the proportion of women at the second management level below the Management Board was achieved.
The Management Board of KUKA Management SE remains committed to achieving the target figure by March 31, 2027 and hereby confirms the determinations made by the Management Borad of KUKA Aktiengesellschaft.
There was no need to set a target for the Supervisory Board because the statutory quota according to section 96 para. 2 AktG already applies to it (section 111 para. 5 sentence 5 AktG), i.e. the Supervisory Board must be composed of at least 30% women and at least 30% men. The Supervisory Board has fulfilled this quota since fiscal 2017.
