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Declaration of Compliance 2005
Declaration by the Management and Supervisory Boards of Carl Zeiss Meditec AG on the German Corporate Governance Code in accordance with Art. 161 AktG (Stock Corporation Act)

Pursuant to Art. 161 AktG the Management and Supervisory Boards of Carl Zeiss Meditec AG are obliged to submit an annual declaration that the recommendations of the “Government Commission on the German Corporate Governance Code” have been complied with. This declaration must be made permanently accessible to shareholders.

The Management Board and Supervisory Board herewith declare
that since its last declaration of 9 December 2004, Carl Zeiss Meditec AG has conformed to all the recommendations of the Government Commission on the German Corporate Governance Code in its version dated 2 June 2005, as published by the German Federal Ministry of Justice in the official section of the electronic Federal Gazette.

The previous declaration of conformity, submitted on 9 December 2004, pertaining to the German Corporate Governance Code dated 21 May 2003 included one restriction with regard to the itemised presentation of the fixed and variable remuneration components paid to the Management Board in accordance with section 4.2.4 of this version of the Code. This restriction no longer exists, neither in accordance with the Code in its version dated 21 May 2003, nor in its version dated 2 June 2005.

The Management Board and the Supervisory Board additionally declare that Carl Zeiss Meditec AG will continue in future to observe all recommendations of the Code in its version dated 2 June 2005.

Jena, 14 December 2005
 
For the Supervisory Board
Dr. Michael Kaschke
For The Board of Management
Ulrich Krauss

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