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

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

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