Ad hoc: Symrise AG: CEO Dr. Gerold Linzbach announces that he will not extend his serviceagreement

Symrise AG / Board of directors / Ad hoc: CEO Dr. Gerold Linzbach 
announces that he will not extend his service
agreement
 
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announcement.     
 
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Dr Gerold Linzbach, CEO of the fragrance and flavorings manufacturer
Symrise AG, has informed the Supervisory Board today that, for
personal reasons, he does not intend to extend his service agreement,
which expires on October 22nd 2009. Dr Linzbach will leave the
company at the end of his service agreement. The remaining term of
his service agreement ensures that the Supervisory Board has
sufficient time to find a successor.
 
The Supervisory Board has reluctantly accepted the decision of Dr
Linzbach.
 
Additional information:
ISIN: DE000SYM9999
Security Identification Number: SYM999
Listing: Official Market / Prime Standard; Frankfurt Stock Exchange
Registered office of the company: Germany
 
Symrise AG
Dr. Andrea Rolvering
Investor Relations
Mühlenfeldstrasse 1
37603 Holzminden
E-mail: andrea.rolvering@symrise.com
phone.: +49 69 7593 7594
fax: +49 5531 90 49994
Internet: www.symrise.de
 
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Symrise AG
Mühlenfeldstraße 1 Holzminden Germany
 
WKN: SYM999; ISIN: 
DE000SYM9999; Index: MDAX, TecDAX;
Listed: Amtlicher Markt in Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse, Freiverkehr 
in Bayerische Börse München, 
Freiverkehr in Hanseatische Wertpapierbörse zu Hamburg, Freiverkehr 
in Börse Berlin, 
Freiverkehr in Börse Düsseldorf, Freiverkehr in Börse Stuttgart, 
Prime Standard in Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse;