EANS-News: Executive Board Change at Wacker

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Subtitle: - Dr. Tobias Ohler Joins Group's Executive Board - Board
Member Dr. Wilhelm Sittenthaler Leaves Group at End of 2012 For
Personal Reasons - Dr. Peter-Alexander Wacker, Supervisory Board
Chairman, Thanks Sittenthaler For His Many Years of Dedication

Board of Directors (Appointments and Changes)

Munich (euro adhoc) - December 6, 2012 - Dr. Wilhelm Sittenthaler
(57), Executive Board member and Personnel Director of Wacker Chemie
AG, is stepping down. He is leaving the Munich-based chemical group
on December 31, 2012, WACKER announced today. Sittenthaler, whose
Executive Board contract expires at the end of April 2013, had
informed the Supervisory Board that, after over 30 years at the
company, he would not be available for a further term due to
personal reasons. Consequently, he had asked to be relieved of his
duties at the end of 2012. At its meeting today, the Supervisory
Board acceded to his request. It also appointed Dr. Tobias Ohler (41)
to the Executive Board, effective January 1, 2013. Ohler's contract
is for three years. Currently, Ohler is Executive Board member and
Personnel Director of WACKER's subsidiary Siltronic.

Dr. Peter-Alexander Wacker, Chairman of WACKER's Supervisory Board,
thanked Sittenthaler for all his committed work. "For many years,
Wilhelm Sittenthaler has played a key role in helping shape and
develop the WACKER Group in various management positions held both in
Germany and abroad. We wish him all the best for the future. Our
newly appointed Executive Board member, Tobias Ohler, has already
proven himself in several key positions at the company," Wacker said.

Dr. Wilhelm Sittenthaler Dr. Wilhelm Sittenthaler studied chemical
engineering at Vienna University of Technology. After gaining his
doctorate in technical sciences, he joined Wacker Chemie GmbH in
1980. He held a variety of positions and spent many years in Japan,
where he was initially responsible for Regional Marketing & Sales.
Later, he became head of the Chemicals division there. In 1996, he
was appointed head of the Fluids, Resins and Silanes business unit at
Burghausen in Germany. Four years later, in 2000, he joined the
Executive Board of Wacker Chemie GmbH. In 2003, he took over as
President & CEO of Siltronic AG, a fully-owned subsidiary of Wacker
Chemie AG. Since May 2008, Sittenthaler has been a member of Wacker
Chemie AG's Executive Board and Personnel Director.

Dr. Tobias Ohler Dr. Tobias Ohler studied economics and business
administration / industrial engineering in France, Germany and
Australia. He obtained a PhD in economics from the University of
Oldenburg, Germany. After graduating, he worked as a consultant at
McKinsey from 1997 to 2004. He joined Wacker Chemie AG in 2005 as
head of Corporate Controlling and, in 2008, became head of Raw
Materials Procurement. In February 2010, he was appointed Executive
Board member and Personnel Director of Siltronic AG.

Further inquiry note:
Christof Bachmair
Media Relations & Information
Tel.: +49 (0)89 6279 1830
E-Mail: christof.bachmair@wacker.com

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