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1. STATUTORY AUDITORS<br />
DESCRIPTION OF THE ISSUER<br />
PricewaterhouseCoopers Aktiengesellschaft, Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Moskauer Strasse 19, 40227<br />
Düsseldorf, Germany ("PwC"), was appointed as the statutory auditor of <strong>Evonik</strong> <strong>Industries</strong> AG<br />
(the "Issuer", also the "Company" and, together with its consolidated subsidiaries, "<strong>Evonik</strong>-Group") for the fiscal<br />
years ended 31 December 2008 and 31 December 2007. PwC has audited the consolidated financial<br />
statements of the Company as of and for the fiscal years ended<br />
31 December 2008 and 31 December 2007 and has issued unqualified auditor´s reports (uneingeschränkte<br />
Bestätigungsvermerke) in each case. PwC is a member of the Chamber of Public Accountants<br />
(Wirtschaftsprüferkammer), Rauchstrasse 26, 10787 Berlin, Germany.<br />
2. SELECTED FINANCIAL INFORMATION<br />
The following table sets out selected financial information relating to the Company. The information has been<br />
extracted from the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company for the year ended 31 December<br />
2008 and the unaudited semi-annual financial statement of the Company for the period ended 30 June 2009. These<br />
consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with the International<br />
Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the EU ("IFRS").<br />
in EUR million HY1 2009 HY1 2008* FY 2008 FY 2007*<br />
Sales 6,281 7,933 15,873 14,444<br />
EBITDA (before non-operating result) 839 1,279 2,171 2,236<br />
EBIT (before non-operating result) 443 873 1,304 1,363<br />
Cash flow from operating activities 809 183 388 1,215<br />
Net financial debt** 3,959 3,808 4,583 3,924<br />
Total assets 18,704 19,419 20,099 19,800<br />
Equity 5,306 5,347 5,192 5,081<br />
* Restated figures.<br />
** The sum of cash and cash equivalents, short term securities, receivables from derivatives, and other financial assets deducted from<br />
financial liabilities.<br />
3. GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPANY<br />
A. INCORPORATION, REGISTRATION, REGISTERED OFFICE<br />
The Company was formed by memorandum of association dated 19 September 1969 as a limited liability<br />
company under German law (Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung) under the legal name "GMT Chemie-<br />
Beteiligung Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung" with its registered office in Düsseldorf, Germany. In the<br />
year 1982, the registered office of the Company was transferred to Essen and the general meeting resolved in<br />
the year 1993 to change its legal name to "RAG Beteiligungs-GmbH". In the year 2006, the general meeting<br />
resolved upon the transformation of the Company into a stock corporation under German law<br />
(Aktiengesellschaft) and, hence, its legal name changed to "RAG Beteiligungs-AG". On 11 September 2007,<br />
the general meeting resolved upon the change of the legal name of the Company to "<strong>Evonik</strong> <strong>Industries</strong> AG".<br />
This change of legal name was registered in the Commercial Register at the Local Court (Amtsgericht) of<br />
Essen on 12 September 2007. The commercial name of the Company is "<strong>Evonik</strong>".<br />
The Company's registered offices are at Rellinghauser Strasse 1-11, 45128 Essen, Germany (Tel.: +49 201<br />
177-01). The company is registered in the Commercial Register of the Local Court (Amtsgericht) of Essen<br />
under the number HRB 19474.<br />
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