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Evonik-Group is focused on systematically building on the position of the business areas at the forefront of
their markets and seeks to gain a foothold in future markets by providing key answers to economic megatrends:
energy efficiency, health & wellness and globalisation & demographic change. Evonik-Group is
managed in accordance with the clear principles of value management, focusing on profitable growth and
value creation.
The following chart depicts the structure of Evonik-Group:
Evonik-Group's operations are grouped in the three business areas Chemicals, Energy and Real Estate. The
eight business units Industrial Chemicals, Inorganic Materials, Consumer Specialties, Health & Nutrition,
Coatings & Additives, Performance Polymers, Energy and Real Estate act as entrepreneurs within the
enterprise. The Corporate Center supports the Executive Board in the strategic management of the group,
while a Shared Service Center efficiently bundles internal services worldwide.
Evonik-Group is managed on the basis of a consistent system of value-oriented indicators. These are used to
assess the business performance of the operational units and Evonik-Group. Through systematic alignment to
these indicators, Evonik-Group endeavors to generate cash flows to create value and ensure profitable
growth. As well as achieving a good financial performance, Evonik-Group aims to demonstrate its ecological
and social responsibility and therefore reports extensively on these aspects as well.
B. PRINCIPAL MARKETS
Evonik-Group has a leading market position by sales in the worldwide market for specialty chemicals, has
long-standing experience in power generation from hard coal and renewable energies in Germany, Colombia,
Turkey and the Philippines, and is by number of units one of the largest private residential real estate
companies in Germany with its portfolio concentrated in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
C. THE BUSINESS AREAS AND BUSINESS UNITS OF THE COMPANY
Chemicals Business Area
The Chemicals Business Area bundles Evonik-Group's global specialty chemicals activities, which are
divided into the six business units Industrial Chemicals, Inorganic Materials, Consumer Specialties, Health &
Nutrition, Coatings & Additives and Performance Polymers. With over 100 production facilities worldwide,
Evonik-Group is one of the largest companies in this sector. In the first half of 2009, the Chemicals Business
Area generated sales of EUR 4,560 million (first half 2008: EUR 5,873 million) and earnings before interest,
taxes, depreciation, amortisation, impairment losses, reversals of impairment losses and other non-operating
result ("EBITDA") of EUR 628 million (first half 2008: EUR 932 million). In 2008, the Chemicals Business
Area generated sales of EUR 11,512 million (2007: EUR 10,571 million) and an EBITDA of EUR 1,600
million (2007: EUR 1,610 million).
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