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| Declaration of Compliance 2008 |
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Declaration by the Management Board and the Supervisory Board of Carl Zeiss Meditec AG on the German Corporate Governance Code in accordance with Art. 161 Stock Corporation Act (AktG)
Pursuant to Art. 161 AktG the Management and Supervisory Boards of Carl Zeiss Meditec AG are obliged to submit an annual declaration that the recommendations of the “Government Commission on the German Corporate Governance Code” have been complied with. This declaration must be made permanently accessible to shareholders.
The Management Board and Supervisory Board declare herewith
that since its last declaration of 3 December 2007, Carl Zeiss Meditec AG has conformed to all the recommendations of the Government Commission on the German Corporate Governance Code in its version dated 6 June 2008 and in its version dated 14 June 2007, as published by the German Federal Ministry of Justice in the official section of the electronic Federal Gazette (Bundesanzeiger).
With regard to the amendment of 6 June 2008, as published in the Federal Gazette (Bundesanzeiger) on 8 August 2008, the following exception shall be made:
Art. 7.1.2 stipulates that half-yearly and possible quarterly financial reports be discussed by the Supervisory Board or its audit committee with the Management Board prior to publishing. It was no longer possible for the Supervisory Board or audit committee to discuss these with the Management Board at a meeting on 14 August prior to publication of the 9-Month Report 2007/2008.
Jena, 8 December 2008
On behalf of the
Supervisory Board
Dr. Markus Guthoff | On behalf of the
Board of Management
Dr. Michael Kaschke |
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