Synthomer Regulatory News (SYNT)

27 March 2017

Synthomer plc - Annual Financial Report

Synthomer plc ("the Company") 2016 report and accounts, notice of AGM (which will be held on 27 April 2017 at 10.00 am) and associated proxy card.

Copies of the above documents have been sent to shareholders and submitted to the UK Listing Authority for publication through the National Storage Mechanism where they will shortly be available for inspection at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do

Final results for the year ended 31 December 2016 were announced on 6 March 2017. The 2016 report and accounts contain a responsibility statement by Mr C G MacLean, Chief Executive Officer, and Mr S G Bennett, Chief Financial Officer, by order of the Board, in the following form:

"Responsibility statement

We confirm that to the best of our knowledge:

· the financial statements, prepared in accordance with the relevant financial reporting framework, give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the Company and the undertakings included in the consolidation taken as a whole; and

· the Strategic Report includes a fair review of the development and performance of the business and the position of the Company and the undertakings included in the consolidation taken as a whole, together with a description of the principal risks and uncertainties that they face.

· As required by the UK Corporate Governance Code: The Annual Report and financial statements, taken as a whole, provides the information necessary to assess the Group's performance, business model and strategy and is fair, balanced and understandable."

The 2016 report and accounts and notice of AGM are also available on the Company's website, www.synthomer.com and upon request from the Company Secretary at 45 Pall Mall, London, SW1Y 5JG.