In December Board issued the following annual declaration in accordance with Section 161 of the German Stock Corporation Act (Aktiengesetz – AktG): “In accordance with Section 161 AktG, the Executive Board and the Supervisory Board of Continental AG declare that the Company has complied with and will comply with the recommendations issued by the Government Commission on the German Corporate Governance Code (as amended on February 7, 2017; published by the German Federal Ministry of Justice in the official section of the electronic Federal Gazette (Bundesanzeiger) on April 24, 2017), subject to the qualifications set forth below.