SGL CARBON SE — Governance Information 2016

Sep 7, 2016

Declaration of Compliance 2016

The Board of Management and the Supervisory Board of SGL Carbon SE declare:

The last Declaration of Compliance was given on September 17, 2015. Since that date, SGL Carbon SE has been in full compliance with the recommendations of the "Government Commission on the German Corporate Governance Code" ("Regierungskommission Deutscher Corporate Governance Kodex" ) in the version dated May 5, 2015 (published on June 12, 2015) as published by the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection in the section of official notice of the German Federal Gazette, and also will be in compliance with the recommendations in the future.

The Corporate Governance Principles of SGL Carbon SE furthermore satisfy a majority of the non-obligatory suggestions of the German Corporate Governance Code.

Wiesbaden, 7. September 2016

Susanne Klatten (Chair of the Supervisory Board of SGL Carbon SE)

Dr. Jürgen Köhler (Chair of the Board of Management of SGL Carbon SE)