EANS-News: Symrise AG: Contract with Executive Board Member Achim Daub Extended Until 2016

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Board of Directors (Appointments and Changes)

Holzminden, March 18, 2013 (euro adhoc) - The Supervisory Board of
Symrise AG has extended Executive Board member Achim Daub's contract
ahead of time until the end of 2016. This step ensures continuity
among the senior management of Symrise. Achim Daub has been a member
of the Executive Board since 2006.

Dr. Thomas Rabe, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, said: "We are
pleased about the extension of the contract with Achim Daub, who has
successfully led the Scent & Care division since the company's IPO in
2006. This continuity is a positive signal to employees, customers
and shareholders. Symrise is very well positioned from a strategic
perspective and has all the best preconditions for continued
profitable growth. The Supervisory Board is pleased to continue its
positive working relationship with Achim Daub in the coming years."

Since 2004, Achim Daub (50) has held various management positions
within the Group's Scent & Care division in Germany, France and the
USA. He has been responsible for the division worldwide since the
company's IPO in 2006. By focusing on rapidly expanding segments and
markets over the past several years, Achim Daub significantly
advanced the global positioning of Symrise's business with
fragrances, aroma chemicals and cosmetic active ingredients.

Achim Daub Executive Board Member Symrise AG A picture of Achim Daub
is available for download from the Company Website/News& Media:
http://www.symrise.com/en/news-media/press-images/management.html

About Symrise Symrise is a global supplier of fragrances, flavorings,
cosmetic active ingredients and raw materials as well as functional
ingredients. Its clients include manufacturers of perfumes,
cosmetics, food and beverages, the pharmaceutical industry and
producers of nutritional supplements.

Its sales of EUR 1.735 billion in 2012 place Symrise among the top
four companies in the global flavors and fragrances market.
Headquartered in Holzminden, Germany, the Group is represented in
over 35 countries in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, the
United States and Latin America.

Symrise works with its clients to develop new ideas and market-ready
concepts for products that form an indispensable part of everyday
life. Economic success and corporate responsibility are inextricably
linked as part of this process. Symrise thus takes sustainability
into account in every part of its corporate strategy. The company was
awarded the German Sustainability Award in 2012. Symrise - always
inspiring more... www.symrise.com

Media Contact:
Bernhard Kott
Phone +49 (0)5531 90-1721
E-mail:bernhard.kott@symrise.com

Further inquiry note:
Symrise AG
Investor Relations
Tobias Erfurth
ir@symrise.com

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company: Symrise AG
Mühlenfeldstraße 1
D-37603 Holzminden
phone: +49 (0) 5531/90-0
FAX: +49 (0) 5531/90-1649
mail: ir@symrise.com
WWW: http://www.symrise.com
sector: Chemicals
ISIN: DE000SYM9999
indexes: MDAX
stockmarkets: free trade: Hannover, Berlin, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf,
Stuttgart, regulated dealing/prime standard: Frankfurt
language: English