The consolidated financial statements of the LANXESS Group as of December 31, 2007 have been prepared in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as adopted by the European Union (E.U.) and the additional requirements of Article 315a paragraph 1 of the German Commercial Code (HGB). All of the IFRSs issued by the IASB that were mandatory when these consolidated financial statements were prepared and have been applied by LANXESS AG herein have been adopted by the European Commission for use in the European Union. The consolidated financial statements therefore comply with the IFRS as a whole. The prior-year figures have been determined according to the same principles.

The consolidated financial statements comprise the income statement, balance sheet, statement of changes in equity, cash flow statement, and the notes, which include the segment information.

The consolidated financial statements of the LANXESS Group were prepared entirely in euros (€). Amounts are stated in millions of euros (€ million) except where otherwise indicated. Assets and liabilities are classified on the balance sheet as current or non-current. In some cases, a detailed breakdown by maturity is given in the notes.

The income statement is drawn up by the cost-of-sales method.

The fiscal year for these consolidated financial statements is the calendar year.

The annual financial statements of LANXESS AG and the consolidated financial statements of the LANXESS Group, to which the auditors, PricewaterhouseCoopers Aktiengesellschaft Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main, have issued an unqualified opinion, are published in the electronic Federal Gazette (Bundesanzeiger).

The consolidated financial statements of the LANXESS Group for fiscal 2007 were drawn up by the Board of Management of LANXESS AG and cleared for submission to the Supervisory Board on February 29, 2008. It is the responsibility of the Supervisory Board to examine the consolidated financial statements and declare whether or not it approves them.