ALLIANZ GROUP 30 able to change their instructions during the meeting, as long as voting had not yet begun. For the first time, we offered to send out the documentation for the Annual General Meeting by e-mail. This service was widely used. Detailed information on the Annual General Meeting is available at www.allianzgroup.com/agm. We want to keep you up-to-date and provide you with a com- prehensive information service. Simply call us or submit your questions by mail. The Allianz Investor Line +49 1802 2554269 is available around the clock, seven days a week. Our Investor Relations Team will be delighted to answer your questions.  Additional information concerning Allianz and the Allianz share is available on our website at www.allianzgroup.com/ investor-relations. From that site, you can also download a spe- cial Internet version of our Annual Report. We will be pleased to send you our interim reports as well as any other Allianz Group publications. We continued to strengthen our investor communication, par- ticularly in view of the capital increase. After the announce- ment, we approached our investors in the leading European fi- nancial centers, informed them about current business devel- opments and showed them the importance of the capital in- crease for the future return on their investment. Overall, we held about 250 meetings with analysts and institutional in- vestors in the reporting year. The information and communication offerings for our pri- vate investors are continually expanded, mainly through the In- ternet. On our website, investors find additional details on our Annual Report, they can download the most important Allianz publications, and now they can also subscribe to the Allianz Newsletters. This material provides up-to-date information about business developments as well as current topics or events. Private investors can follow our telephone conferences live on the Internet. And they continue to have access to the Investor Line that answers their questions on Allianz and the Allianz share 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Altogether, the in- vestor relations team answered around 5,000 inquiries from pri- vate investors. Financial Calendar for 2004/2005 Important dates for shareholders and analysts May 5, 2004 Annual General Meeting May 14, 2004 Interim report first quarter of 2004 August 16, 2004 Interim report first half of 2004 November 12, 2004 Interim report first three quarters of 2004 March 17, 2005 Financial press conference for the 2004 fiscal year March 18, 2005 Analysts’ conference for the 2004 fiscal year May 4, 2005 Annual General Meeting May 13, 2005 Interim report first quarter of 2005  August 12, 2005 Interim report first half of 2005  November 11, 2005 Interim report first three quarters of 2005 Strengthening investor relations  Comprehensive service Allianz Aktiengesellschaft Investor Relations Königinstraße 28 D-80802 Munich Allianz Investor Line: + 49 1802 2554269 + 49 1802 ALLIANZ Fax: + 49 89 3800 3899 Internet:  www.allianzgroup.com/investor-relations