Bayer Inc.

Bayer Inc. ("Bayer") is a Canadian subsidiary of Bayer AG, an international research-based group with core businesses in health care, crop science, and innovative materials.

Headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Bayer Inc. operates the Bayer Group's HealthCare and MaterialScience businesses in Canada. Bayer CropScience Inc., headquartered in Calgary, Alberta operates as a separate legal entity in Canada. Together, the companies play a vital role in improving the quality of life for Canadians - producing products that fight diseases, protecting crops and animals, and developing high-performance materials for applications in numerous areas of daily life.

Canadian Bayer facilities include the Toronto headquarters, offices in Ottawa and Calgary, as well as a manufacturing facility in Sarnia, Ontario. Bayer Inc. has approximately 930 employees across Canada.

Bayer AG, Bayer Inc., Bayer CropScience Inc,. Bayer Corp., Bayer HealthCare LLC, Bayer MaterialScience LLC and their affiliate corporations throughout the world, comprise the Bayer Group. Headquartered in Leverkusen, Germany, the Bayer Group combines the global activities of three subgroups: Bayer HealthCare, Bayer CropScience and Bayer MaterialScience, and is supported by three service companies.

The Bayer Group is committed to the principles of sustainable development - with economic growth, ecological integrity and social responsibility accorded equal priority in its corporate activities throughout the world. Bayer is represented by some 350 companies employing 93,700 people on all continents. The cornerstones of its business activities are in Europe, North America and the Far East.