SGL CARBON SE — Governance Information 2018

Sep 13, 2018

Statement of the Board of Management and the Supervisory Board of SGL Carbon SE on the German Corporate Governance Code pursuant to Sec. 161 German Stock Corporation Act (Declaration of Compliance 2018)

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

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 February 7, 2017 (published on April 24, 2017) as published by the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection in the official notice section of the German Federal Gazette since the execution of the last Declaration of Compliance in July 2017 and will be in full compliance going forward.

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

Wiesbaden, September 13, 2018

of SGL Carbon SE of SGL Carbon SE

Susanne Klatten Dr. Jürgen Köhler of SGL Carbon SE) of SGL Carbon SE)

For the Supervisory Board For the Board of Management

(Chair of the Supervisory Board (Chair of the Board of Management