Spring Investor Conference, Leverkusen

Werner Wenning at the Spring Financial News Conference on March 15:

Bayer expects considerable growth in sales and earnings from continuing operations in 2005

- Adjusted EBIT from continuing operations to increase by some 20 percent / - Encouraging figures for January and February / - All subgroups contribute to successful performance in 2004 / - Strategic realignment of the Bayer Group completed more