Mr. Paul Russmann, Stuttgart
Regarding Item 3 of the Agenda:
»The actions of the members of the Board of Management are not to be ratified.
Reason: In 2008, Daimler AG not only produced vehicles of the brands Mercedes, smart and Maybach, but also, through its ownership interest in Europe's third-largest armaments producer - the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS), carrier systems for atomic warheads and other inhuman weapons. The Board of Management under the leadership of Dieter Zetsche supports, as a major shareholder, the decision of EADS in the future declaredly to massively increase the proportion of armaments produced by EADS. Many shareholders therefore do not buy shares in Daimler AG; sustainability funds exclude Daimler shares from their funds; and potential customers do not decide in favor of automobiles of the Mercedes Car Group, but for vehicles from the competition. The Board of Management bears the ethical and economic responsibility for this - thoroughly comprehensible - customer behavior. In the view of the Critical Daimler Shareholders (Arndtstr. 31, 70197 Stuttgart, Tel: 0711-608396, www.kritischeaktionaere.de), through its armaments involvement at EADS, Daimler is violating the intentions of the 'good corporate governance' and of 'corporate social responsibility.'«