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28.10.2008

The Semperit Group has concluded the purchase of a Brazilian sales
and distribution company for medical gloves. The acquired company,
Fenix Comercio Exterior Ltda., has served for years as the sales and
distribution partner of Sempermed in the medical examination glove
segment. The acquisition is designed to enable Semperit to further
expand its market share in Brazil, as well as comprehensively
penetrate the growth region of South America in a structured manner.

"The takeover of this company represents a strategically important
step to further drive the growth of Sempermed. Our medium-term target
is also to gain a leading position in the promising, future-oriented
region of South America", says Rainer Zellner, Chairman of the
Management Board of the Semperit Group.

The acquired company will particularly market and distribute
Sempermed examination gloves in South America, operating under the
name Sempermed Brazil Comercio Exterior Ltda. "We are aiming to
increase our market share in Brazil from the current level of 8% to
about 15% in the 2009 financial year by building up structured sales
operations", says Clemens Eichler, Managing Director of the Sempermed
division. The integration of Fenix in Sempermed's global
distribution network will also enable the Brazilian company to do
business with large customers, an opportunity it did not previously
have.

Sempermed Brazil will operate as affiliate of Sempermed Singapore Pte
Ltd a newly set up joint venture company in cooperation with Sri
Trang Agro Plc, a Thailand-based rubber trading and processing
company which is a long- established and successful joint venture
partner of the Semperit Group. Similar to the ownership structure of
the joint production companies for examination gloves located in
Thailand and China, Semperit and Sri Trang Agro will each hold a 50%
stake in Sempermed Singapore Pte Ltd.

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