Corporate Governance
Declaration of Compliance (2009)

The Board of Management and the Supervisory Board declare that the recommendations of the Government Commission on the German Corporate Governance Code as set forth in the version dated June 18, 2009 have been complied with in the 2009 financial year and will be complied with in the future




with the exception of the following recommendations:
Point 3.8 (D&O insurance for Board of Management and Supervisory Board – no excess)
No excess is envisaged in the old contracts. The requirement of the Corporate Governance Code in this respect will be complied with upon the forthcoming extensions of the contracts in 2010.
Point 4.2.3 (Remuneration structure for Board of Management)
The previous remuneration structure did not conform to the new requirements of the current Corporate Governance Code in every detail. The contracts have been revised with a view to satisfying these requirements from the 2010 financial year.
Point 5.4.6 (Disclosure of breakdown of the remuneration paid to members of the Supervisory Board, but not for each individual)
The total remuneration of members of the Supervisory Board is indicated in the Notes section of the financial statements, categorised by fixed and variable components, as specified in the articles of incorporation by the Shareholders' Meeting. To protect the privacy of the Supervisory Board members, the amounts are not broken down by individual.

Sassenberg, December 2009