EANS-Adhoc: Semperit AG Holding / Thomas Fahnemann succeeds Rainer Zellner as Chief Executive Officer

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14.04.2011

• New composition of Management and Supervisory Boards
• Annual General Meeting approves dividend of EUR 1.25 per share

Vienna, April 14, 2011 - The longstanding Chief Executive Officer
Rainer Zellner is retiring from the Management Board effective today.
In today´s Annual General Meeting, the Supervisory Board acknowledged
the achievements of Mr. Zellner, who led the long-established company
out of its crisis from the 1980s on and expanded it to an
internationally operating and very successful Group.

Thomas Fahnemann was appointed to the position of Chief Executive
Officer. At the same time, Johannes Schmidt-Schultes was named to
serve as the new Chief Financial Officer of Semperit AG Holding as of
April 15, 2011. Johannes Schmidt- Schultes (45) has extensive
international management experience gained in a variety of different
executive positions, most recently as the Deputy Chief Financial
Officer of Telstra, the Australian telecommunications company.
Accordingly, the Management Board of Semperit AG Holding now consists
of Thomas Fahnemann (Chairman), Johannes Schmidt-Schultes, Richard
Ehrenfeldner and Richard Stralz.

The end of the 122nd Annual General Meeting on April 14, 2011 marks
the termination of the Supervisory Board mandate of Walter Lederer,
whose term of office expired. Patrick F. Prügger was newly elected to
the Supervisory Board for a three-year period to replace Mr. Lederer.
In its constituent meeting, Veit Sorger was re-elected as the
Chairman of the Supervisory Board and Michael Junghans as the Deputy
Chairman.

At today´s Annual General Meeting, the shareholders of Semperit AG
Holding resolved to approve the consolidated financial statements
submitted for 2010, as expected, and also discharged the Management
and Supervisory Boards. Due to the good annual results posted in
2010, Semperit AG Holding will distribute a dividend of EUR 1.25 per
share to its shareholders, corresponding to a dividend payout ratio
of about 57%. Ex-dividend day is on April 19, 2011. The dividend
payment day was moved forward to April 21, 2011.

Detailed voting results for the individual items on the agenda of the
Annual Generel Meeting can be viewed at www.semperit.at.

end of announcement euro adhoc
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Further inquiry note:

Semperit AG Holding
Investor Relations
Sybille Richter
Tel.: +43 (1) 79 777-210
E-Mail: sybille.richter@semperit.at

Branche: Synthetics & Plastics
ISIN: AT0000785555
WKN: 870378
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