Investor Relations

Anyone who reaches, exceeds or falls below 3%, 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 30%, 50% or 75% of the voting rights in a domestic issuer through acquisition, sale or in any other way is obliged to notify the issuer and the Federal Financial Services Agency (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht - BaFin) in accordance with Section 33 (1) WpHG. The notification must be made immediately, at the latest within four trading days. 

Currently, secunet Security Networks AG has issued a total of 6,500,000 no-par value bearer shares with the same number of voting rights. We ask shareholders who are obliged to notify secunet Security Networks AG of a change in voting rights to send the relevant notification to the following address: investor.relations@secunet.com.

8 November 2021 Publication of voting rights notifications according to article 40, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act]: On November 5, 2021, Axxion S.A., Grevenmacher, Luxemburg, has informed us according to Article 33, Section 1 of the WpHG that via shares its Voting Rights on secunet Security Networks AG, Essen, Germany, ISIN: DE0007276503, WKN: 727650, have fallen below the 3% threshold of the Voting Rights on November 4, 2021, and on that day amounted to 2.97% (this corresponds to 193,018 Voting Rights).

13 December 2017 Publication of voting rights notifications according to article 26, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act]: On 12 December 2017, Frankfurter Investmentgesellschaft mit variablem Kapital (SICAV), Grevenmacher / Luxembourg, has informed us according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG that via shares its Voting Rights on secunet Security Networks AG, Essen, Germany, ISIN: DE0007276503, WKN: 727650, have fallen below the 3% threshold of the Voting Rights on 6 December 2017, and on that day amounted to 2.81 % (this corresponds to 182,681 Voting Rights).

6 October 2017 Publication of voting rights notifications according to article 26, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act]: On 5 October 2017, BNY Mellon Service Kapitalanlage-Gesellschaft mbH, Germany, has informed us according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG that via shares its Voting Rights on secunet Security Networks AG, Essen, Germany, ISIN: DE0007276503, WKN: 727650, have fallen below the 3 % threshold of the Voting Rights on 1 October 2017, and on that day amounted to 0,00 % (this corresponds to 0 Voting Rights).

5 October 2017 Publication of voting rights notifications according to article 26, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act]: On 1 October 2017, Frankfurter Investmentgesellschaft mit variablem Kapital (SICAV), Grevenmacher / Luxembourg, has informed us according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG that via shares its Voting Rights on secunet Security Networks AG, Essen, Germany, ISIN: DE0007276503, WKN: 727650, have exceeded the 3% threshold of the Voting Rights on 1 October 2017, and on that day amounted to 3.07% (this corresponds to 199,284 Voting Rights).

17 June 2013 Publication of voting rights notifications according to article 26, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act]: On 10 June 2013, BNY Mellon Service Kapitalanlage-Gesellschaft mbH, Germany, has informed us according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG that via shares its Voting Rights on secunet Security Networks AG, Essen, Germany, ISIN: DE0007276503, WKN: 727650, have exceeded the 3% threshold of the Voting Rights on 6 June 2013, and on that day amounted to 3.06% (this corresponds to 198,930 Voting Rights).

17 April 2013 Publication of voting rights notifications according to article 26, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act]: On 12 April 2013, Ms Ingrid Weispfenning, Germany, has informed us according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG that via shares her Voting Rights on secunet Security Networks AG, Essen, Germany, ISIN: DE0007276503, WKN: 727650, have fallen below the 3% threshold of the Voting Rights on 11 April 2013, and on that day amounted to 2.00% (this corresponds to 129,881 Voting Rights).

According to Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No. 1 of the WpHG, 1.05% of the Voting Rights (this corresponds to 68,457 Voting Rights) is to be attributed to Ms Weispfenning from Felix Beteiligungen AG.

7 November 2012 Publication of notices in accordance with Article 27a Section 1 of the German Securities Trading Law (Wertpapierhandelsgesetz, WpHG): With its letter dated 6 November 2012, we were informed by proxy and on behalf of MC Familiengesellschaft mbH, Germany, in accordance with Article 27a Section 1 of the German Securities Trading Law (Wertpapierhandelsgesetz, WpHG) with reference to the voting right notice in accordance with Articles 21 and 22 of the WpHG of MC Familiengesellschaft mbH dated 9 October 2012, of the following:

The threshold specified in Article 27a Section 1 of the WpHG was exceeded by MC Familiengesellschaft mbH due to assignment. This is the incidental legal consequence of the inclusion of the majority shareholding previously held personally by Ms Verena von Mitschke-Collande in Giesecke & Devrient Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung, Munich, in MC Familiengesellschaft mbH within the framework of an increase of non-cash capital. Giesecke & Devrient Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung is the majority shareholder of your company; Ms Verena von Mitschke-Collande holds the majority of voting rights in MC Familiengesellschaft mbH.

The purpose of the enterprise MC Familiengesellschaft mbH is that of a pure asset-holding company, in particular the administration of the shareholding in Giesecke & Devrient Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung brought by Ms Verena von Mitschke-Collande; the intent of the shareholding held by Giesecke & Devrient Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung in your company remains the implementation of strategic goals. It is not the intention of MC Familiengesellschaft mbH to obtain further voting rights in your company by purchase or other means within the next twelve months. MC Familiengesellschaft mbH has no intention of influencing the appointments to the administrative, managerial or supervisory organs within your company. Likewise, MC Familiengesellschaft mbH does not seek to significantly change the capital structure of your company, in particular with regard to the ratio of equity financing and outside financing, and the dividend payout policy. 

No financial contributions were made in the procurement of the shares in Giesecke & Devrient Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung: in return for introducing the shares in Giesecke & Devrient Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung to MC Familiengesellschaft mbH (with the consequence of assignment of the shares it holds in your company), new shares in MC Familiengesellschaft mbH were issued within the framework of the increase of non-cash capital.

11 October 2012 Publication of voting rights notifications in accordance with § 21 Paragraph 1 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG): On October 9, 2012, MC Familiengesellschaft mbH, Tutzing, Germany, has informed us according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG that MC Familiengesellschaft mbH's voting rights in secunet Security Networks AG, Essen, Germany, ISIN: DE0007276503, WKN: 727650, have exceeded the 3%, 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 30%, 50% and 75% threshold of the voting rights on October 8, 2012, and on that day amounted to 79.43% (this corresponds to 5,163,102 voting rights).

Of these, in accordance with § 22 Paragraph 1, Sentence 1, Number 1 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) MC Familiengesellschaft mbH is attributed 78.96% (corresponding to 5.132.604 voting rights) through Giesecke & Devrient Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung, Munich, and 0.47% (corresponding to 30,498 voting rights) through secunet Security Networks AG, Essen.

23 May 2012 Publication of voting rights notifications in accordance with § 21 Paragraph 1 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG): On May 23, 2012, Ms Christiane Weispfenning, Germany, has informed us according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG that via shares her Voting Rights on secunet Security Networks AG, Essen, Germany, ISIN: DE0007276503, WKN: 727650, have exceeded the 3% limit of the Voting Rights on November 2, 2011, and on that day amounted to 4.67% (this corresponds to 303,702 Voting Rights). According to Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No. 1 of the WpHG, 1.46% of the Voting Rights (this corresponds to 94,691 Voting Rights) is to be attributed to Ms Weispfenning.

Ms Christiane Weispfenning holds 4.18% (271,818 Voting Rights) as a member of the community of heirs of Günter Weispfenning, consisting of Ingrid Weispfenning and Christiane Weispfenning.

On May 23, 2012, Ms Christiane Weispfenning, Germany, has informed us according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG that via shares her Voting Rights on secunet Security Networks AG, Essen, Germany, ISIN: DE0007276503, WKN: 727650, have fallen below the 3% limit of the Voting Rights on March 5, 2012, and on that day amounted to 1.95% (this corresponds to 126,626 Voting Rights). According to Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No. 1 of the WpHG, 0.40% of the Voting Rights (this corresponds to 26,234 Voting Rights) is to be attributed to Ms Weispfenning.

On May 23, 2012, Mrs Ingrid Weispfenning, Germany, has informed us according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG that via shares her Voting Rights on secunet Security Networks AG, Essen, Germany, ISIN: DE0007276503, WKN: 727650, have exceeded the 3% and 5% limits of the Voting Rights on November 2, 2011, and on that day amounted to 5.75% (this corresponds to 373,994 Voting Rights). According to Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No. 1 of the WpHG, 1.05% of the Voting Rights (this corresponds to 68,457 Voting Rights) is to be attributed to Mrs Weispfenning.

Mrs Ingrid Weispfenning holds 4.18% (271,818 Voting Rights) as a member of the community of heirs of Günter Weispfenning, consisting of Ingrid Weispfenning and Christiane Weispfenning.

On May 23, 2012, Mrs Ingrid Weispfenning, Germany, has informed us according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG that via shares her Voting Rights on secunet Security Networks AG, Essen, Germany, ISIN: DE0007276503, WKN: 727650, have fallen below the 5% limit of the Voting Rights on March 5, 2012, and on that day amounted to 3.87% (this corresponds to 251,508 Voting Rights). According to Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No. 1 of the WpHG, 1.05% of the Voting Rights (this corresponds to 68,457 Voting Rights) is to be attributed to Mrs Weispfenning.

10 October 2011 Dissemination of a Voting Rights Announcement according to Article 21, Section 1 WpHG (the German Securities Trading Act): On October 6, 2011, Axxion S.A., L-5365 Luxemburg-Munsbach, Luxemburg, has informed us according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG that via shares its Voting Rights on secunet Security Networks AG, Essen, Germany, ISIN: DE0007276503, WKN: 727650, have exceeded the 3% threshold of the Voting Rights on October 4, 2011, and on that day amounted to 3.18% (this corresponds to 206,766 Voting Rights).

10 December 2010 Publication of a voting rights notification in accordance with § 21 Paragraph 1 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG): On December 7, 2010 , Mr. Günter Weispfenning, Frankfurt, Germany, has informed us according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG that via shares his Voting Rights on secunet Security Networks AG, Essen, Germany, ISIN: DE0007276503, WKN: 727650, have exceeded the 5% limit of the Voting Rights and on that day amounted to 5.0006% (this corresponds to 325,038 Voting Rights).

According to Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No. 1 of the WpHG, 1.0564% of the Voting Rights (this corresponds to 68,665 Voting Rights) is to be attributed to Mr Weispfenning.

2 June 2010 Publication of a voting rights notification in accordance with § 21 Paragraph 1 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG): On June 02, 2010 , Mr Günter Weispfenning, Germany, has informed us according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG that via shares his Voting Rights on secunet Security Networks AG, Essen, Germany, ISIN: DE0007276503, WKN: 727650, have exceeded the 3% limit of the Voting Rights on June 02, 2010 and on that day amounted to 3.02% (this corresponds to 196,226 Voting Rights).

According to Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No. 1 of the WpHG, 1.06% of the Voting Rights (this corresponds to 68,665 Voting Rights) is to be attributed to Mr Weispfenning. 

20 July 2009 Publication of a voting rights notification in accordance with § 21 Paragraph 1 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG): "Aktaios" Verwaltungs-GmbH, RWTÜV Aktiengesellschaft and RWTÜV e.V., all based in Essen, Germany, notified us in accordance with § 21 Paragraph 1 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) that their respective voting interest in our company had fallen below the thresholds of 75%, 50%, 30%, 25%, 20%, 15%, 10%, 5% and 3% respectively on 16 July 2009 and that this amounted to 0.00% (0 voting rights) at that point in time.

12 February 2009 Publication of a voting rights notification in accordance with § 21 Paragraph 1 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG): Ms Verena von Mitschke-Collande, Germany, notified us in accordance with § 21 Paragraph 1 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) on 10 February 2009 that her voting interest in secunet Security Networks AG, Kronprinzenstraße 30, 45128 Essen, Germany, ISIN: DE0007276503, as a member of the community of heirs of Mr Günther Siegfried Otto, had exceeded the thresholds of 5%, 10%, 25%, 50% and 75% on 26 March 2004 and that this amounted to 78.88% (5,127,103 voting rights) on that date.

Of these, Ms Verena von Mitschke-Collande is to be assigned 46.88% (corresponding to 3,047,201 voting rights) in accordance with § 22 Paragraph 1, Sentence 1, Number 1 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) through Giesecke & Devrient GmbH, Munich, and 32.00% (corresponding to 2,079,902 voting rights) in accordance with § 22 Paragraph 2 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) through CUBIS COM Holding GmbH, Essen, and through RWTÜV AG, Essen.

12 February 2009 Publication of a voting rights notification in accordance with § 21 Paragraph 1 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG): Ms Claudia Miller, USA, notified us in accordance with § 21 Paragraph 1 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) on 10 February 2009 that her voting interest in secunet Security Networks AG, Kronprinzenstraße 30, 45128 Essen, Germany, ISIN: DE0007276503, as a member of the community of heirs of Mr Günther Siegfried Otto, had exceeded the thresholds of 5%, 10%, 25%, 50% and 75% on 26 March 2004 and that this amounted to 78.88% (corresponding to 5,127,103 voting rights) on that date.

Of these, Ms Claudia Miller is to be assigned 46.88% (corresponding to 3,047,201 voting rights) in accordance with § 22 Paragraph 1, Sentence 1, Number 1 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) through Giesecke & Devrient GmbH, and 32.00% (corresponding to 2,079,902 voting rights) in accordance with § 22 Paragraph 2 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) through CUBIS COM Holding GmbH, Essen, and through RWTÜV AG, Essen.

12 February 2009 Publication of a voting rights notification in accordance with § 21 Paragraph 1 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG): Ms Claudia Miller, USA, notified us in accordance with § 21 Paragraph 1 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) on 10 February 2009 that her voting interest in secunet Security Networks AG, Kronprinzenstraße 30, 45128 Essen, Germany, ISIN: DE0007276503, as a result of the partial settlement of the estate left by Mr Günther Siegfried Otto, had fallen below the thresholds of 75%, 50%, 25%, 10% and 5% at the close of 30 November 2006 and that this amounted to 0.00% (corresponding to 0 voting rights) on that date.

12 February 2009 Publication of a voting rights notification in accordance with § 21 Paragraph 1 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG): Giesecke & Devrient Holding GmbH, Munich, Germany, notified us in accordance with § 21 Paragraph 1 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) on 10 February 2009 that its voting interest in secunet Security Networks AG, Kronprinzenstraße 30, 45128 Essen, Germany, ISIN: DE0007276503, had exceeded the thresholds of 5%, 10%, 25%, 50% and 75% on 30 November 2006 and that this amounted to 76.38% (corresponding to 4,964,958 voting rights) on that date.

Of these, Giesecke & Devrient Holding GmbH is to be assigned 50% + 1 share (corresponding to 3,250,001 voting rights) in accordance with § 22 Paragraph 1, Sentence 1, Number 1 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) through Giesecke & Devrient GmbH, Munich, and 26.38% (corresponding to 1,714,957 voting rights) in accordance with § 22 Paragraph 2 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) through RWTÜV AG, Essen.

Remuneration for the members of the Management Board

The Act Implementing the Second Shareholders' Rights Directive (ARUG II) of 12 December 2019 introduced a new section 120a into the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG). § Section 120a (1) of the German Stock Corporation Act (AKtG) stipulates that the Annual General Meeting of listed companies shall resolve on the approval of the remuneration system for Management Board members presented by the Supervisory Board whenever there is a significant change, but at least every four years.

With effect from 1 January 2021, the Supervisory Board of secunet Security Networks AG has approved a fundamentally revised remuneration system for the members of the Management Board. The remuneration of the Management Board is based in particular on long-term and sustainable growth, increased profitability, competitiveness and sustainability targets. In addition to financial key figures, non-financial performance indicators, which are equally essential for the long-term and sustainable success of the company, are also taken into account. The remuneration system for Executive Board members was approved by the shareholders at the Annual General Meeting on 12 May 2021.

Management Board remuneration system (Annual General Meeting 12 May 2021 agenda item 7)

Approval of Management Board remuneration system (Annual General Meeting 12 May 2021 voting overview)

Remuneration for the members of the Supervisory Board

Pursuant to section 113, paragraph 3, sentences 1 and 2 of the German Stock Corporation Act (Aktiengesetz), as amended by the Act Implementing the Second Shareholders' Rights Directive (Gesetz zur Umsetzung der zweiten Aktionärsrechterichtlinie - ARUG II), the Annual General Meeting of listed companies shall resolve on the remuneration of the members of the Supervisory Board at least every four years.

The remuneration structure, which in addition to the reimbursement of expenses according to Article 17 paragraph 4 of the Articles of Association provides for a purely fixed remuneration of the members of the Supervisory Board for their activities in the entire body as well as in any committees formed, in the opinion of the company best takes into account the independent control function of the Supervisory Board, which is not oriented towards the short-term success of the company, but towards the long-term development of the company. The remuneration system for the members of the Supervisory Board was approved by the shareholders at the Annual General Meeting on 12 May 2021.

Supervisory Board remuneration system (Annual General Meeting 12 May 2021 agenda item 8).

Resolution Remuneration system Supervisory Board (Annual General Meeting 12 May 2021 Voting overview)

Remuneration report

The remuneration report summarises the principles according to which the remuneration of the Management Board of secunet Security Networks AG is determined and explains the amount and structure of the Management Board remuneration. It also describes the principles and amount of Supervisory Board remuneration and provides information on the shareholdings of the Management Board and Supervisory Board.

Current remuneration report (extract from the 2020 Annual Report)

Pursuant to Article 19 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, persons discharging managerial responsibilities in an issuer shall report own transactions in shares or debt instruments of that issuer or related derivatives or other related financial instruments to the issuer and the supervisory authority without undue delay and no later than three business days after the date of the transaction. This obligation also applies to persons who have a close relationship with such a person.

We publish the corresponding notifications here.

There are currently no notifications.

On 12 May 2021, the Annual General Meeting of secunet Security Networks AG appointed PriceWaterhouseCoopers GmbH, based in Frankfurt am Main, Essen branch, as auditor of the financial statements of secunet Security Networks AG and as auditor of the consolidated financial statements of the secunet Group for the financial year 2021, as well as auditor for a review of the condensed financial statements and the interim management report of secunet Security Networks AG and the secunet Group as at 30 June 2021.

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