EANS-Adhoc: Österreichische Post AG / Supervisory Board of Austrian Post Appoints Georg Pölzl as CEO

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15.06.2009

In today's meeting, the Supervisory Board of Austrian Post named
Georg Pölzl, 52, as the new Chairman of the Management Board and
Chief Executive Officer of Austrian Post, effective October 1, 2009.
Rudolf Jettmar will continue to serve as Chief Financial Officer and
Deputy Chairman of the Management Board. The contract with Georg
Pölzl expires on September 30, 2014.

"With the appointment of Georg Pölzl, we have succeeded in attracting
an outstanding internationally active manager with an impressive
professional career", says Peter Michaelis, President of the
Supervisory Board of Austrian Post. "On the one hand, Georg Pölzl has
experience as a top-manager for one of the largest publicly listed
companies in Germany. On the other hand, he is a convincing choice,
due to his comprehensive knowledge of the Austrian business
environment. Now it is up to the entire Management Board of Austrian
Post to demonstrate their unequivocal commitment towards implementing
the required strategies under the leadership of Mr. Pölzl, and thus
continuing the successful growth path being pursued by Austrian
Post", Peter Michaelis adds.

The current Chairman of the Management Board and CEO Rudolf Jettmar
states: "Georg Pölzl outstandingly complements the Management Board
of Austrian Post, due to his experience in the highly competitive and
liberalised telecommunications market. Together, we will succeed in
overcoming the challenges of a liberalised postal sector. The members
of the Management Board look forward to a good spirit of
cooperation".

"I am really looking forward to the exciting tasks and
responsibilities awaiting me as the head of Austria's leading
logistics and services group", says the newly designated CEO Georg
Pölzl: "Together with my colleagues on the Management Board and the
employees of Austrian Post, who have made enormous achievements in
past years, we will succeed in mastering the challenges ahead."

About Georg Pölzl Since the beginning of 2009, Georg Pölzl has served
as the Spokesman of the Management Board of T-Mobile Germany.
Previously, he worked as the special deputy of the Management Board
of Deutsche Telekom with responsibility for implementing the
successful restructuring programme at the company. Before moving to
Germany, Mr. Pölzl was the Managing Director of T-Mobile Austria in
Vienna. Georg Pölzl began his professional career as a corporate
consultant for McKinsey & Co. Subsequently, he was appointed CEO of
the mechanical engineering and plant building company Binder & Co AG.
Pölzl studied at and graduated from Montana University in Leoben,
Austria.

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Further inquiry note:

Austrian Post

Head of Investor Relations

DI Harald Hagenauer

Tel.: +43 57767-30400

harald.hagenauer@post.at

Austrian Post

Head of Group Communications

Mag. Marc Zimmermann

Tel.: +43 577 67-22626

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Österreichische Industrieholding AG

Anita Bauer

Tel. +43/1/711 14 - 240

anita.bauer@oiag.at

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