date:Mar 13, 2013
owth as well as our own targets. Symrise saw significant gains both in Emerging Markets as well as in established markets such as North America. With a strong increase in EBITDA, we kept our profitability at a high level, despite increased raw material costs and one-off expenses. Earnings per share improved to 1.33. The Executive and Supervisory Boards will propose increasing the dividend for the Fiscal Year 2012 to 0.65 at the Annual General Meeting.
In view of our balanced positioning with