Our executive and supervisory boards identify with the aims of the German Corporate Governance Code, promoting responsible and transparent management and control, focused on sustainable growth of our equity value.

The executive and supervisory boards Symrise AG largely follow the recommendations of the German Corporate Governance Code in its current version dated June 12, 2006.

Compliance statement according to section 161 stock corporation act
Supervisory Board and Executive Board of Symrise AG do hereby confirm that, except in two cases, Symrise AG has complied with the recommendations issued by the governmental commission German Corporate Governance Codex and published by the federal ministry of justice in the official section of the electronic federal gazette on June 12th 2006. In contradiction to clause 3.8 paragraph 2 the director’s and officers insurance policy signed for board members and members of the leadership teams does not contain a deductible. In contradiction to clause 5.1.2 paragraph 2 sentence 3 no age limit for members of the Executive Board does exist.

March 28, 2007

Supervisory Board and Executive Board
Symrise AG