Deutsche Telekom AG - The 2009 financial year

– Monitoring of the development of staff requirements and headcount levels with a special focus on human resources quality in the Deutsche Telekom Group. – Discussion of the risk exposure of the Group. – Monitoring of the establishment of the Board of Management department for Data Privacy, Legal Affairs and Compliance, combined with the implementation of measures to further improve data privacy and data security. – Monitoring of the handling of the data misuse affair and protection of the people concerned. – Corporate governance, particularly with a view to the recommendations and suggestions as outlined in the German Corporate Governance Code, the requirements of U.S. law resulting from the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and the changes resulting from the German Accounting Law Modernization Act (Bilanzrechtsmodernisierungsgesetz – BilMoG). – Discussion of changes in the legal environment through the introduction of the Act on the Appropriateness of Management Board Remuneration (Gesetz zur Angemessenheit der Vorstandsvergütung – VorstAG) and its significance for the remuneration system for the members of the Board of Management. – Discussion of the development of the Group’s shareholdings portfolio and approval of investment activities undertaken by the Board of Management. – Discussion of the results of the impairment tests that must be carried out at regular intervals under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), and review of accounting methods used for intangible assets in accordance with German GAAP. – Discussion of the results of the Supervisory Board’s examination of efficiency. The Supervisory Board and its Audit Committee monitored the Board of Management to verify that it acted lawfully and ensured compliance with legal provisions and internal policies, for example through a Compliance unit established throughout the Group. The Supervisory Board and the Audit Committee support the further expansion of this organizational unit by the Board of Management. The Supervisory Board requested regular reports from the Board of Management on the Group-wide risk management and risk controlling systems set up by the Board of Management. On the basis of its reviews, which included discussions with the external auditors, the Supervisory Board came to the conclusion that the internal control and risk manage- ment system and the Group-wide risk controlling system are effective and adequate. Organization of the Supervisory Board’s activities. To increase the efficiency of its work, and taking into consideration the specific requirements placed on the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Telekom AG, the Supervisory Board established the following committees (which all have equal representation of shareholders’ and employees’ interests): The General Committee is responsible for preparing the meetings and major decisions of the Supervisory Board, as well as for preparing matters relating to the individual members of the Board of Management. Members: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Lehner (Chairman), Jörg Asmussen, Waltraud Litzenberger, Lothar Schröder. The Finance Committee deals with complex corporate activities in the areas of finance and business management, which are assigned to it by the Chairman of the Supervisory Board or the Supervisory Board as a whole for review and advice. Members: Dr. h.c. Bernhard Walter (Chairman), Hermann Josef Becker, Hans Martin Bury, Lawrence H. Guffey, Lothar Holzwarth, Waltraud Litzenberger. 32