Auditor

PricewaterhouseCoopers Aktiengesellschaft Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Moskauer Straße 19, 40227 Düsseldorf, Germany (“PwC”), a member of the German Chamber of Chartered Accountants (Wirtschaftsprüferkammer), Berlin, is the auditor of our financial statements.

 

PwC audited our annual consolidated financial statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2010, December 31, 2009, December 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007 prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted in the EU (“IFRS”) and the unconsolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2010 prepared in accordance with the German Commercial Code (HGB), issuing in each case an unqualified auditors’ report.