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130 being focused: being better<br />

<strong>Pfleiderer</strong> Aktiengesellschaft, Neumarkt, Notes to Financial Statements for Fiscal 2002<br />

I. General information<br />

II. Currency translation<br />

The Annual Financial Statements of <strong>Pfleiderer</strong> <strong>AG</strong> have been prepared in accordance with the<br />

requirements of the German Commercial Code (HGB) and the German Stock Corporation Act<br />

(AktG).<br />

The Annual Financial Statements of <strong>Pfleiderer</strong> <strong>AG</strong> are shown in thousand euros. The<br />

previous year’s figures have been taken from the Annual Financial Statements of <strong>Pfleiderer</strong> <strong>AG</strong><br />

as of 31 December 2000.<br />

The Income Statement has been drawn up using the cost-summary method. All information<br />

that has to be disclosed in the Balance Sheet or Income Statement is included in these<br />

corporate notes, including such that can alternatively be stated in the notes. For greater clarity,<br />

individual positions in the Balance Sheet and the Income Statement have been summarized<br />

and are explained in these notes.<br />

Due to <strong>Pfleiderer</strong> <strong>AG</strong>’s holding function, the composition of the Annual Financial Statements<br />

differs from that laid down in Sec. 275 (2) HGB (“Handelsgesetzbuch”: German Commercial<br />

Code).<br />

<strong>Pfleiderer</strong> <strong>AG</strong> is obliged to prepare consolidated financial statements. The Company applies<br />

the exemption rule of Sec. 292a HGB and draws up consolidated financial statements in<br />

accordance with the United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, known for short<br />

as “US GAAP”. The annual consolidated financial statements of <strong>Pfleiderer</strong> <strong>AG</strong> are included in<br />

the Financial Statements of <strong>Pfleiderer</strong> Unternehmensverwaltung GmbH, Nuremberg. The<br />

Financial Statements have been deposited with the Commercial Register of the District Court<br />

(Amtsgericht) Nuremberg.<br />

<strong>Pfleiderer</strong> Unternehmensverwaltung GmbH & Co KG has a majority shareholding in<br />

<strong>Pfleiderer</strong> <strong>AG</strong>.<br />

Foreign currency amounts which have not been hedged are shown at cut-off date according<br />

to the lower of cost or market principle for accounts receivable and highest value for accounts<br />

payable, as well as taking into account any need to reinstate original values. The official<br />

exchange rates of the main currencies used by <strong>Pfleiderer</strong> <strong>AG</strong> were as follows:<br />

Average rate at cut-off date Dec. 31, 2002 Dec. 31, 2001<br />

1 euro = 1 euro =<br />

Great Britain (GBP) 0.6505 0.6088<br />

Poland (PLN) 4.0329 3.5068<br />

Switzerland (CHF) 1.4527 1.4805<br />

Czech Republic (CZK) 31.5200 31.9900<br />

USA (USD) 1.0477 0.8820

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