Annual General Meeting 2006

Invitation and Agenda

Wednesday, 19 April 2006, 2.30 p.m. (Doors open at 1.30 p.m.)
St. Jakobshalle, Brüglingerstrasse 21, Basel



1.	Annual Report, Group and Parent Company Accounts for Financial Year 2005 Reports of the Group and Statutory Auditors
2.	Appropriation of Retained Earnings Dividend for Financial Year 2005
3.	Discharge of the Members of the Board of Directors and the Group Executive Board
4.	Elections 4.1. Re-election of Board Members 4.1.1. Rolf A. Meyer 4.1.2. Ernesto Bertarelli 4.2. Election of new Board Members 4.2.1. Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler 4.2.2. Joerg Wolle 4.3. Election of the Group and Statutory Auditors 4.4. Election of the Special Auditors
5.	Capital Reduction, Share Buyback Program, Par Value Repayment and Share Split 5.1. Cancellation of Shares Repurchased under the 2005 / 2006 Share Buyback Program 5.2. Approval of New Share Buyback Program for 2006 /2007 5.3. One-time Payout in the Form of a Par Value Repayment 5.4. Share Split 5.5. Amendments to the Articles of Association 5.5.1. Amendments to Article 4 para. 1 and Article 4a of the Articles of Association 5.5.2. Reduction of the Threshold Value for Agenda Item Requests (Article 12 para. 1 of the Articles of Association)
6.	Creation of Conditional Capital Approval of Article 4a para. 2 of the Articles of Association