DGAP-Adhoc: SHW AG: CEO Dr. Wolfgang Krause leaves SHW AG

SHW AG / Key word(s): Change of Personnel/Change of Personnel

30.04.2013 19:51

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Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Section 15 of the German Securities Trading
Act

SHW AG: CEO Dr. Wolfgang Krause leaves SHW AG

Aalen, 30 April 2013 - Dr. Wolfgang Krause, CEO of SHW AG, will leave the
Company by mutual consent by the end of the month. This was agreed upon by
the supervisory board and the CEO today. Dr. Krause has been the chairman
of the company's management board since 2008 and, following the listing of
the company in July 2011, the Company's CEO.

Mr. Andreas Rydzewski, who has been a member of the Company's management
board for many years, will act as interim CEO until Dr. Krause's successor
takes office.

Contact person
Michael Schickling
Head of Investor Relations & Corporate Communications
SHW AG
Telephone: +49 (0) 7361 502 462
Email: michael.schickling@shw.de

Note
This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell securities in the
United States of America, Canada, Australia, Japan or any other
jurisdictional territory where offers are subject to statutory
restrictions. The securities named in this announcement may only be sold or
offered for sale in the United States of America following their prior
registration in accordance with the provisions of the version of the US
Securities Act of 1933 currently in force (the 'Securities Act') or,
without prior registration, only on the basis of an exemption. Unless
provided for by certain exceptions within the Securities Act, the
securities named within this announcement may not be sold or offered for
sale in Australia, Canada or Japan, nor may they be sold or offered for
sale to or for account of residents of Australia, Canada or Japan. No
registration of the offer or sale of the securities named in this
announcement will take place, as stipulated by the relevant statutory
provisions in Canada, Australia and Japan. There is no public solicitation
to buy securities in the United States of America.

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Language: English
Company: SHW AG
Wilhelmstrasse 67
73433 Aalen-Wasseralfingen
Germany
Phone: +49 7361 502-1
Fax: +49 7361 502-421
E-mail: info@shw.de
Internet: www.shw.de
ISIN: DE000A1JBPV9
WKN: A1JBPV
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart

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