Proxy and Voting Instructions
SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES Aktiengesellschaft offers shareholders who do not intend to be present in person at the shareholders’ meeting of SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES Aktiengesellschaft on 13 May 2004 and who do not wish to grant proxy to third parties to attend in person on their behalf either, the opportunity to grant a proxy to certain shareholders’ representatives proposed by the Company for the purposes of casting votes on behalf of such shareholders. These Company-Appointed Voting Representatives shall exercise the voting rights of the shareholders granting them proxies solely in accordance with instructions issued to them by such shareholders.
A shareholder wishing to grant proxy to a Company-Appointed Voting Representative in that manner must order an Entry Card for the shareholders’ meeting. This Entry Card is obtainable from the depository bank. Please apply for your Entry Card as soon as possible, so that you shall receive it in good time prior to the shareholders’ meeting.
Granting proxy
You may grant proxy and issue instructions to the Company-Appointed Voting Representatives using the Proxy and Instruction Form which you will receive with your Entry Card for the shareholders’ meeting. If you choose to do so, you may grant proxy and issue your instructions to the Company-Appointed Voting Representatives by completing and signing the Instruction Form and returning it by post to
SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES Aktiengesellschaft
c/o GFT Financial Solutions GmbH
emagine Hauptversammlungsservice
Düsseldorfer Strasse 13
65760 Eschborn
in due time for delivery by 10 May 2004.
By fax
To grant proxy and give instructions to the Company-Appointed Voting Representatives, you may also fax us the Proxy and Instruction Form to +49 (0) 6188 440 110. Such faxes shall be accepted and processed if received before or on 10 May 2004.
Via the Internet
You also have the option of using the Internet to grant proxy and issue instructions to the Company-Appointed Voting Representatives. You may even issue or amend your proxy or your instructions to the Company-Appointed Voting Representatives via Internet during the shareholders’ meeting, provided, however, that this will only be possible until the voting process in the shareholders’ meeting begins. The chairman of the shareholders’ meeting will instruct the shareholders attending the shareholders’ meeting on the possibility to issue or amend instruction to the Company-Appointed Voting Representatives during the meeting. The Company will broadcast the speech delivered to the shareholders’ meeting by the CEO, Mr. Roland Lacher, live over the Internet. Thus, you shall have an opportunity to amend your instructions to the Company-Appointed Voting Representatives in reaction to this speech or to any counter-motions of shareholders that may be published on the Internet.
To grant proxy and issue instructions via the Internet, just send an e-mail containing the following particulars to hv2004@singulus.de:
- your Entry Card number,
- your surname, fist name and place of residence as indicated on the Entry Card,
- the number of your shares,
- your e-mail address and telephone number for any queries,
- your instructions for the Company-Appointed Voting Representatives with respect to the issues on the agenda for the shareholders’ meeting.
By sending this e-mail you authorises the Company-Appointed Voting Representatives, Messrs. Bernhard Krause and Thomas Dornhecker, to vote for you in accordance with your instructions.
Legal instructions
By authorising a Company-Appointed Voting Representatives you may cast your votes without attending the shareholders’ meeting. However, this opportunity for exercising your voting rights through the Company-Appointed Voting Representatives constitutes no full substitute for attending the shareholders’ meeting in person. If you do not attend in person, you will, for example, not be able to follow the discussion after the CEO’s speech on the Internet (as this part of the shareholders’ meeting shall not be broadcasted on the Internet). If you do not attend in person, it will also be impossible for you to ask questions at the shareholders meeting (which shall not be possible via Internet).
SINGULUS TECHOLOGIES Aktiengesellschaft and its Company-Appointed Voting Representatives may not be held liable for any errors in handling proxies and instructions received by e-mail in as far as they do not act intentionally or grossly negligently. SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES Aktiengesellschaft may not be held liable for the proper operation and availability of the telecommunications networks and Internet services to be used. SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES Aktiengesellschaft, its employees and the Company-Appointed Voting Representatives will keep proxies and instructions confidential. However, they cannot assume any liability for the possibility of information sent via the Internet being intercepted or tampered with by third parties. If, despite all the security measures taken, an external interference with e-mail traffic is detected, the Company reserves the right to suspend or terminate the granting of proxies and communication of instruction via the Internet in order to ensure the integrity of the voting process. In such a case the Company will only take into consideration proxies and instructions received via the Internet in so far as there is no doubt that they have not been tampered with.
Hotline
If you have problems accessing the electronic proxy and instruction facility, you can also call our shareholders’ meeting service on telephone number +49 (0) 6181 982 80 20.

