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ons taken at committee meetings. The Supervisory Board therefore always had extensive and well-founded information on all matters of significance in the Evonik Group. At its meeting in March, the Supervisory Board focused on examining the annual financial state- ments, which had first been considered in detail by
he strategic management and ongoing development of the legal entities. fi This introduced the principle of differentiated management. Consequently, the Nutrition & Care and Resource Efficiency segments now have an even stronger focus on growth, while the Performance Materials segment is run as a financing business.
ting, for example, from legal disputes such as claims for compensation, and from administrative proceedings and fines. In its operating busi- ness, the Evonik Group is exposed to liability risks, especially in connection with product liability, patent law, tax law, com- petition law, antitrust law and environmen
ew applications and enter new markets. In principle, these opportunities and risks may affect all segments, but they are particularly relevant for the Nutrition & Care and Per- formance Materials segments. One potential risk factor for our amino acids business, for example in Asia, is the possible impact of substa
PPLEMENTARY INFORMATION Independent Auditor's Report Report on the Group Management Report We have audited the accompanying management report for the Evonik Group, which is combined with the management report of the company, Evonik Industries AG, Essen, for the business year from January 1 to December 31, 201
e Board a) NATIONAL-BANK AG b) Borussia Dortmund Geschaftsfahrungs-GmbH Dr. Ralph Sven Kaufmann, Dusseldorf (since July 1, 2015) Responsible for the Nutrition & Care, Resource Efficiency and Performance Materials segments a) Evonik Nutrition & Care GmbH (since July 1, Juli 2015*, Chair since September 14, 2015)
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