EANS-News: Rudolf Staudigl and Auguste Willems on WACKER's Executive Board for a further five years

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Subtitle: - Supervisory Board extends the contracts of Rudolf
Staudigl, CEO, and Auguste Willems, Executive Board Member, until
2018 - Peter-Alexander Wacker, Supervisory Board Chairman: “Rudolf
Staudigl ensures the Group follows a successful course.”

Company Information

Munich (euro adhoc) - March 7, 2013 - Today, Wacker Chemie AG's
Supervisory Board re-appointed Dr. Rudolf Staudigl, CEO, and Auguste
Willems to the Executive Board for another five years. The current
contract of Rudolf Staudigl, who has headed the Munich-based chemical
company since 2008, runs until September 30, 2013. Auguste Willems'
current contract expires on December 31, 2013. Willems joined the
Executive Board in early 2006.

Dr. Peter-Alexander Wacker, WACKER's Supervisory Board chairman,
thanked Staudigl and Willems for their commitment to the company.
"Over the last five years, the Executive Board has successfully
promoted the expansion of WACKER's business activities and
strengthened our international presence," he said. "As CEO, Rudolf
Staudigl - with 30 years' experience at WACKER - ensures that the
Group continues to follow a sound strategic course," Wacker added.

Dr. Rudolf Staudigl Dr. Rudolf Staudigl (58) studied chemistry at the
Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich and obtained a Ph.D. (Dr.
rer. nat.) in chemistry in 1981. After research posts at Harvard
University in Cambridge (Massachusetts, USA) and then
Ludwig-Maximilians University, he joined Wacker Siltronic AG in 1983.
He became vice president of Operations at Wacker Siltronic
Corporation in Portland (Oregon, USA) in 1989, and president a year
later. Dr. Staudigl joined Wacker Siltronic AG's Executive Board in
1993. In 1995, he was appointed to Wacker-Chemie GmbH's Executive
Board. Since 2005, he has been an Executive Board member of Wacker
Chemie AG and, in May 2008, he became president and CEO.

Auguste Willems Auguste Willems (54) studied bioscience at the
University of Leuven (Belgium). After graduating, he joined Henkel,
holding various sales and marketing positions. He then spent several
years in Indonesia and the USA, with overall operational
responsibility. In 2002, after Henkel split off its
specialty-chemicals business, he became group vice president of
Functional Products at Cognis and a member of Cognis' Corporate
Executive Committee. In January 2006, Willems was appointed to the
Executive Board of Wacker Chemie 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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