FRANKFURT—Volkswagen AG said Wednesday an internal probe into its emissions-cheating scandal found no evidence of wrongdoing by members of senior management, and asked shareholders to back the board at their general meeting next month. The German car maker also proposed appointing Hessa al Jaber to represent Qatar on its supervisory board. If the move is approved by shareholders, Ms. Al Jaber would be the first woman to represent Qatar on the board of any international company. ...
German car maker Volkswagen has asked shareholders to back its board at next month’s annual general meeting, after revealing the investigation into the emissions scandal (in which software improved the results of pollution tests in 11 million vehicles), found “no evidence of wrongdoing by senior management”. In a statement, Volkswagen said: “Although the investigation by Jones Day is still ongoing, according to information currently available, no serious or manifest breaches of duty of any serving or former members of the board of management have been established that would stand in the way of granting ratification at this time”.