2018 – promised and delivered! Annual Stockholders' Meeting of LANXESS AG

Matthias Zachert, Chairman of the Board of Management

Sale of rubber business increases stability

Decreasing dependence on volatile oil price

Stronger focus on specialty chemicals in mid-sized markets

Reduced dependence on automotive and tire industries

Proceeds of EUR 1.4 billion for 50% stake

Higher valuation than at joint venture foundation in 2016

Attractive

valuation

LANXESS

becomes

more

stable

Strong business – despite economic headwind

6,530

7,197

2017 2018

925

1,016

2017 2018

Sales EBITDA

+10% +10%

87

431

2017 2018

Net income

> +100%

EBITDA margin

11.2

12.9 13.3

14.1

2015 2016 2017 2018

14-18%

Balance sheet strengthened

Impulses for accelerated transformation

Share buy-back:

Up to EUR 200 million

Debt reduction Share buy-back

Pension assets:

Increase by EUR 200 million

Investments in organic growth

Leverkusen

Capacity increase for Macrolex dyes

Expansion of ion exchange resin production

EUR 150 million for growth projects in 2018 – focus on NRW, Germany

Leverkusen and Krefeld

Investments in expansion for intermediates

Krefeld

Compounding facility for high-tech plastics

Innovative ideas for new markets

Pilot plant planned at El Dorado site to extract

lithium from brine extracted there

Start of test phase in the second half of 2019

One of the world's first purely natural

preservatives for beverages

Market launch in the USA this year

Nagardo

Cooperation with

Standard Lithium

Digitalization along the value chain

Research & development Production Marketing & sales Supply chain

Central data platform for more transparency and better decisions

Digital LANXESS

B2B platform for chemical products

Cross-manufacturer and cross-distributor

High chemical expertise, great technological

competence

Consistent focus on market and customer needs

CheMondis: independent in organisation, systems and

market presence

Independent digital marketplace for the chemical industry

M

New distribution channels – foundation of CheMondis

Already more than 2,000 different products and over 500 registered companies

LANXESS stockholders benefit from success

0.50 €

0.60 €

0.70 €

0.80 €

0.90 €

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Dividend proposal 2018

+12.5%

Good start to the new fiscal year

1,816

1,822

Q1 '18 Q1 '19

Sales EBITDA Net income

270 275

Q1 '18 Q1 '19

+0.3% +1.9%

81 84

Q1 '18 Q1 '19

+3.7%

Forecast: Stable development

Political risks

Weaker development in China

But: Global economy will continue to grow moderately

Macro-environment

Q1 2019: Stable development

Forecast for full year 2019:

EBITDA between EUR 1.00 and EUR 1.05 billion

LANXESS

European elections 2019: Choose stability!

LANXESS has 34 sites in the EU

Turnover: EUR 3.1 billion in 2018,

roughly 40 percent of group sales

9,000 employees in Europe

Europe: Core region for LANXESS