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GERMANY - JANUARY 21: Klaus Zwickel, center, former supervisor of Mannesmann AG sits with his defence team in the courthouse in Dusseldorf, Germany, Wednesday, January 21, 2004. In Germany's first criminal trial over management pay, prosecutors allege Josef Ackermann and other directors breached shareholders' trust when they approved 57 million euros in payments to executives including Mannesmann Chief Executive Klaus Esser. Esser and another former Mannesmann employee are charged as accessories. All defendants contest the allegations. Other two magistrates not identified. (Photo by Wolfgan Truckenbrodt/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

GERMANY - JANUARY 21:  Klaus Zwickel, center, former supervisor of Mannesmann AG sits with his defence team in the courthouse in Dusseldorf, Germany, Wednesday, January 21, 2004. In Germany's first criminal trial over management pay, prosecutors allege Josef Ackermann and other directors breached shareholders' trust when they approved 57 million euros in payments to executives including Mannesmann Chief Executive Klaus Esser. Esser and another former Mannesmann employee are charged as accessories. All defendants contest the allegations. Other two magistrates not identified.  (Photo by Wolfgan Truckenbrodt/Bloomberg via Getty Images)