Disclosures under the Equal Participation Act

The statutory quota of at least 30% women and at least 30% men has applied to new appointments to the Supervisory Board of Volkswagen AG since January 1, 2016 as required by the Gesetz für die gleichberechtigte Teilhabe von Frauen und Männern an Führungspositionen in der Privatwirtschaft und im öffentlichen Dienst (Führpos-GleichberG – German Act on the Equal Participation of Women and Men in Leadership Positions in the Private and Public Sectors). Shareholder and employee representatives have resolved that each side will meet this quota separately. The shareholder representatives have met the quota of at least 30% women and at least 30% men since the 56th Annual General Meeting on June 22, 2016. The employee representatives have met the quota since the end of the 57th Annual General Meeting on May 10, 2017. Both the shareholder and the employee representatives fulfilled the quota on December 31, 2020.

In accordance with the rules pertaining to the proportion of females on the Board of Management as defined by the FührposGleichberG, the Supervisory Board set a target quota of 11.1% for the period after December 31, 2016. The new deadline set for achievement of this target is December 31, 2021. The proportion of female members on the Board of Management at Volkswagen AG as of December 31, 2020 was 16.7%, thus meeting the target quota.

For the proportion of women in management in accordance with the FührposGleichberG, Volkswagen AG has set itself the target of 13.0% women in the first level of management and 16.9% women in the second level of management for the period up to the end of 2021. As of December 31, 2020, the proportion of women in the active workforce at the first level of management was 10.9 (11.4)% and at the second level of management it was 16.7 (16.4)%.