At the preceding Annual General Meeting, Professor Dr. Felcht and Mr. Christopher von Hugo, Managing Partner of One Equity Partners Europe GmbH, were newly elected to the Supervisory Board. This Supervisory Board by-election was necessary due to the fact that for reasons of age, the previous Supervisory Board Chairman, Dr. Dietrich Schulz (75), had retired from the Supervisory Board as of the close of the Annual General Meeting. Furthermore, Professor Dr. Felcht's appointment to the Supervisory Board, which was approved by the register of companies at Munich Local Court at the request of Süd-Chemie AG's Supervisory Board and Managing Board, also expired at the close of the Annual General Meeting.