The management report of Wacker Chemie AG and the Group management report for fiscal 2012 are combined in accordance with German Commercial Code (HGB) Section 315, Subsection 3 in conjunction with Section 298, Subsection 3. The annual financial statements of Wacker Chemie AG, prepared in accordance with the German Commercial Code (HGB), and the summarized management report are published simultaneously in the Elektronischer Bundesanzeiger (the electronic version of Germany’s Federal Gazette).
Further to our report on the WACKER Group, we explain developments at Wacker Chemie AG. As required by German law, the combined management report includes all mandatory reporting elements pertaining to Wacker Chemie AG.
Wacker Chemie AG is the parent company of the WACKER Group and is headquartered in Munich, Germany. The parent company operates through four business divisions – WACKER SILICONES, WACKER POLYMERS, WACKER POLYSILICON and WACKER BIOSOLUTIONS – which generate a substantial part of the Group’s sales. Siltronic AG is affiliated with Wacker Chemie AG on the basis of a profit and loss transfer agreement. Wacker Chemie AG’s business is also strongly characterized by its directly- and indirectly-held subsidiaries and investments located in Germany and abroad. Wacker Chemie AG has 55 subsidiaries, joint ventures and associated companies in total. The company also handles the Group’s corporate functions. Wacker Chemie AG’s Executive Board exercises key leadership functions for the whole Group. This Board determines the Group’s strategy, allocates resources (such as funds for investment) and is responsible for the management of executive personnel and of corporate finances. It also oversees communication with important target groups, especially capital markets and shareholders.
The overarching business and financial conditions of Wacker Chemie AG principally correspond to those of the Group and are stated in the Business Development section.
Wacker Chemie AG had 9,467 employees as per December 31, 2012.
The financial statements of Wacker Chemie AG were prepared in accordance with the German Commercial Code (HGB) and the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG).