DIVERSITY AND PROMOTION OF WOMEN

The POLYTEC GROUP now has a workforce of around 3,500 on four continents. As a result of this internationality, diversity, respect, equality of opportunity and the integration of employees from differing cultures represent integral elements within corporate culture. Any form of personal discrimination whether due to origin, gender, skin colour, age, religion, sexual orientation or handicap is strictly rejected. The employees of the POLYTEC GROUP are regularly trained on these requirements as part of the Code of Conduct.

During recruitment for vacant positions, a focus is placed on a performance orientation, knowledge, skills, equal opportunity and treatment. New team members are selected primarily on the basis of the best possible qualifications and experience, which the candidates can then contribute to the POLYTEC GROUP.

When electing members of the Supervisory Board, the Annual General Meeting has to account for requirements relating to professional and personal qualifications, as well as the balanced specialist composition of the board. Furthermore, diversity aspects have to be taken into reasonable account with regard to the representation of all genders, age structure and internationality. Newly elected Supervisory Board members must inform themselves appropriately regarding the structure and activities of the company and their tasks and responsibilities.

A woman has been a member of the Supervisory Board of POLYTEC Holding AG for more than 19 years. During the 2025 financial year, one of five positions on the Supervisory Board was thus held by a woman with effect from the 25th Annual General Meeting, which corresponded to a share of 20% (or 25% until the day of the Annual General Meeting on 9 June 2025). L-Rule 52 is fulfilled because the Supervisory Board of POLYTEC Holding AG currently consists of no more than five people.

In the 2025 financial year, there was no woman on the Board of Directors of POLYTEC Holding AG.

At POLYTEC Holding AG, the proportion of women was 53% on 31 December 2025 (previous year: 52.5%). As of the balance sheet date of 31 December 2025, 14.4% (previous year: 14.5%) of the companies of the POLYTEC GROUP were employed by female managers with permanent personnel responsibility. As of 31 December 2025, the proportion of women employed by the POLYTEC GROUP (excluding temporary staff) was 25.2% (previous year: 25.5%).