NAME                                POSITION            PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION         FIRST ELECTED
----                                --------            --------------------         -------------
Dr. Manfred Schneider...........  Chairman        Former chairman of the                 2002
                                                  management board, Bayer AG
*Erhard Gipperich...............  Vice Chairman   Lathe operator                         1998
Dr. Paul Achleitner.............  Member          Member of the management board,        2002
                                                  Allianz AG
Dr. Josef Ackermann.............  Member          Chairman of the management             2002
                                                  board, Deutsche Bank AG
*Petra Brayer...................  Member          Chemical laboratory assistant          1999
*Karl-Josef Ellrich.............  Member          Business administrator,                2000
                                                  health insurance fund
Prof. Dr. Hans-Olaf Henkel......  Member          President of the Leibniz               2002
                                                  Association
*Karl-Heinz Huchthausen.........  Member          Business administrator                 2002
Dr. h.c. Martin Kohlhaussen.....  Member          Chairman of the supervisory            1992
                                                  board, Commerzbank AG
John Christian Kornblum.........  Member          Chairman of Lazard & Co.               2002
*Petra Kronen...................  Member          Chemical Laboratory Assistant          2000
*Rolf Nietzard..................  Member          Chemical Laboratory Technician         1996
Dr. Heinrich von Pierer.........  Member          President and Chief Executive          1993
                                                  Officer of Siemens AG
Dr. Wolfgang Reitzle............  Member          Member of the management board,        2002
                                                  Linde AG
*Wolfgang Schenk................  Member          Engineer                               2002
*Waltraud Schlaefke.............  Member          Chemical laboratory technician         1992
*Hubertus Schmoldt..............  Member          Chairman of German Mine,               1995
                                                  Chemical and Power Workers'
                                                  Union
*Dieter Schulte.................  Member          Chairman of German Unions              1997
                                                  Federation
*Dr. Eugen Velker...............  Member          Chemist                                2000
*Siegfried Wendlandt............  Member          North Rhine District Secretary         2001
                                                  of German Mine, Chemical and
                                                  Power Workers' Union
*Reinhard Wendt.................  Member          Insurance administrator                2002
*Thomas de Win..................  Member          Business administrator                 2002
Prof. Dr. Ernst-L. Winnacker....  Member          President of German Research           1997
                                                  Association
Dr. Hermann Wunderlich..........  Member          Former Vice Chairman of                1996
                                                  management board