Exchange Council Election: Election Process

The Election Committee has determined November 24, 2025 (00:00) to November 28, 2025 (24:00) as the election period. The dates of the current election process are based on the exchange regulation. 

Schedule

The table below gives you an overview of the schedule.

Date

Election procedure

August 12, 2025 

Election Announcement

August 12, 2025 – September 26, 2025

Due request for submission of nominations

October 20, 2025 – October 24, 2025

Publication of voter lists

October 31, 2025

Final date for raising objections to the voter lists

starting November 5, 2025

Mailing of election documents

November 24, 2025 (00:00) to November 28, 2025 (24:00)

Election period

December 5, 2025  

Publication of election result

Postal Vote

The election will be conducted by postal vote.

The vote is secret. The postal voting documents will be sent to eligible companies in due time prior to the start of the election period and must be received by the Election Committee until November 28, 2025. They can either be sent by post or they can be submitted to the office of the Election Committee. Voters must ensure that they submit their ballot papers in time to meet the deadline. Any voting documents received after the above-mentioned deadline cannot be considered. 

Voter Lists

The following voter groups and subgroups ("groups") will hold the following number of seats on the Exchange Council of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange:

1. credit institutions – admitted to exchange trading

subgroups:

a) cooperative credit institutions

1 seat

b) credit institutions under public law        

1 seat

c) other credit institutions

6 seats

2. capital investment companies admitted to participation in exchange trading

1 seat

3. financial services providers, investment firms and other companies admitted to participation in exchange trading 

2 seats

4. specialists

2 seats

5. insurance companies whose issued securities are admitted to trading on the exchange

1 seat

6. other issuers of such securities

2 seats

7. investors*)

2 seats

*) Subject to their approval, the investor representatives will be nominated by the Election Committee and shall be by-elected by the newly elected Exchange Council with a simple majority of votes. This shall occur without undue delay, however not before the first meeting of the Exchange Council.

Franchise and Voting Right

All companies admitted to exchange trading as well as the companies whose securities are admitted to exchange trading at the beginning of the display of voter lists are eligible to vote. Companies that have lost their admission to trading on the exchange prior to the election period as well as companies whose securities are no longer admitted to trading on the exchange at such time lose their entitlement to vote.