Commercial Register (Handelsregister) - Registration as a Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (GmbH, limited liability company)

• Gesellschaftsvertrag (partnership agreement / articles of association) To establish the GmbH (limited liability company), a contract between all shareholders must be concluded. The Gesellschaftsvertrag must have at least the following content: • Firma (company name): The company name must contain an appropriate legal form suffix, e.g. GmbH or Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (company with limited liability). • Sitz des Unternehmens im Inland (registered seat of the company within Germany): This is the seat specified in the Gesellschaftsvertrag. • Gegenstand des Unternehmens (object of the company): The object is the purpose for which the company is established. • Betrag des Stammkapitals (amount of share capital): The Stammkapital is the amount for which the company is liable in any case. The Stammkapital must be at least 25,000 euros. • Nennbeträge der Geschäftsanteile (nominal amounts of the shares): This is the amount that each shareholder must pay in toward the Stammkapital. Each Geschäftsanteil (share) must be at least 1 euro and divisible by whole euros. The sum of all Geschäftsanteile must match the Stammkapital. • You can also establish a company with a Stammkapital of less than 25,000 euros but at least 1 euro. In that case, the company name must contain the designation "Unternehmergesellschaft (haftungsbeschränkt)" (entrepreneurial company (limited liability)) or "UG (haftungsbeschränkt)". • Beurkundung des Gesellschaftsvertrages (notarization of the partnership agreement) The contract requires notarial certification. Contact a notary's office (Notariat) of your choice for this. • Einlagen (contributions) Before the GmbH can be registered, the following requirements must be met: • All shareholders must pay in at least one quarter of their Geschäftsanteile to be provided in cash. • If contributions in kind (Sacheinlagen) have been agreed, they must be provided in full. • In total, cash and in-kind contributions of at least 12,500 euros must be available to the company. The Unternehmergesellschaft may only be registered once the Geschäftsanteile have been paid in in full by the shareholders. • Notariell beglaubigte Form (notarially certified form) The registration (Anmeldung) of the GmbH must be signed by all managing directors (Geschäftsführerinnen und Geschäftsführer). The signatures must be certified. Contact a notary's office (Notariat) of your choice for this. • Elektronische Übersendung der Anmeldung durch das Notariat (electronic transmission of the registration by the notary's office) The Handelsregister (commercial register) is kept exclusively in electronic form. The electronic document (registration) and the accompanying documents are transmitted to the Registergericht (register court) by the notary's office.

• Registration The registration must include: • Company name (Firma) • Registered office (Sitz) • domestic business address • surname, first name, date of birth, place of residence of the managing directors • representation arrangements of the managing directors • Managing directors must assure that no statutory grounds barring their appointment exist, that they have been informed of their unlimited duty to provide information, and that the payments on the shares (Geschäftsanteile) have been made as required and are at their free disposal. • Articles of association (Gesellschaftsvertrag) • Proof of the appointment of the managing directors (in the articles of association or by separate shareholders' resolution) • the list of shareholders (Gesellschafterliste) signed by all managing directors This list must include: • surnames, first names, dates of birth and places of residence, or, if a shareholder is itself a company, its company name, registered office, competent registry court and registration number; • numbered shares (Geschäftsanteile) and the nominal amounts to be paid on them, as well as the respective percentage share in the registered capital (Stammkapital); • total extent of the shareholding in the registered capital as a percentage, if a shareholder holds several shares

• 150.00 euros: For the registration of a GmbH (limited liability company) • 240.00 euros: for contributions in kind • In addition, a provision fee amounting to 1/3 of the cost of the registration is charged.

• Gesetz betreffend die Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (GmbHG, Act on Limited Liability Companies) §§ 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gmbhg/ • Handelsgesetzbuch (HGB, Commercial Code) § 12 www.gesetze-im-internet.de/hgb/__12.html • Gerichts- und Notarkostengesetz (GNotKG, Court and Notary Costs Act) § 58 www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gnotkg/__58.html • Handelsregistergebührenverordnung (HRegGebV, Commercial Register Fees Ordinance), Annex to § 1 Fee Schedule KV 2100, KV 6000 www.gesetze-im-internet.de/hreggebv/anlage.html

The Amtsgericht Charlottenburg (Charlottenburg Local Court) has sole responsibility for this registration in Berlin.