The Supervisory Board of Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG appointed Rüdiger Grube as its new Chairman. Grube thus succeeds Prof. Dr. Peer Witten, who has retired from the Supervisory Board. The Supervisory Board has appointed Berthold Bose, Chairman of ver.di district Hamburg as its Vice Chairman. Grube began his career at Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm GmbH. Subsequently, he moved to Deutsche Airbus GmbH. In 2001, Dr. Grude was appointed to the Executive Board, where he was responsible for Group Development, Mergers & Acquisitions, Information Technology and Equity Holdings. From 2004 onwards, he was also responsible for the Group's North Asia activities.

The Annual General Meeting of the company has resolved to pay a dividend of EUR 0.59 per listed Class A share. This corresponds to a dividend payout ratio equal to 65% of the profit after tax and minority interests. The figure is once again at the upper end of the dividend payout range of 50% to 70%, which remains a cornerstone of the company's dividend policy. The Annual General Meeting also resolved to distribute EUR 2.00 per Class S share for the unlisted Real Estate, subgroup. All of the Class S shares are held by the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. HHLA is therefore distributing a combined total of EUR 46.7 million to the shareholders of the two subgroups for the last financial year.