EANS-Adhoc: ams AG / Annual General Meeting approves majority of items on the agenda; ams announces reduction of Supervisory Board to improve efficiency and streamline decision-making

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Annual & Special Corporate Meetings/Company Information
23.05.2013

Unterpremstaetten, Austria (23 May 2013) - ams (SIX: AMS), a leading
provider of high performance analog ICs and sensors, announces that
in today's Annual General Meeting the majority of items on the agenda
were approved with a large majority. Of these, several items were
approved unanimously. The items 8 and 9 were not approved.

ams also announces a reduction of the company's Supervisory Board.
Chairman Guido Klestil and member Dr. Kurt Berger have tendered their
resignation and will leave the Supervisory Board of ams. As a
consequence, employee representative Dr. Guenther Koppitsch will
leave the Supervisory Board at the same time.

Guido Klestil retires from the position of Chairman of the
Supervisory Board after 25 years implementing a plan announced in the
company's Annual General Meeting 2010. In its meeting today, the
Supervisory Board has elected Hans Joerg Kaltenbrunner who has been
heading the Supervisory Board's Audit Committee and has been a member
of the Supervisory Board since 2009 as its new Chairman.

ams would like to express its profound thanks to Guido Klestil for
his many years of service as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of
ams. Guido Klestil has accompanied the development of ams through a
large portion of the company's history showing prudence and full
dedication to ams. Over the years, he supported and guided many
significant decisions and strategic choices for the benefit of the
company. ams would also like to thank Dr. Kurt Berger for several
years of service as a Supervisory Board member and his commitment to
ams.

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About ams

ams develops and manufactures high performance analog semiconductors
that solve its customers' most challenging problems with innovative
solutions. ams' products are aimed at applications which require
extreme precision, accuracy, dynamic range, sensitivity, and
ultra-low power consumption. ams' product range includes sensors,
sensor interfaces, power management ICs and wireless ICs for
customers in the consumer, industrial, medical, mobile communications
and automotive markets.

With headquarters in Austria, ams employs over 1,300 people globally
and serves more than 7,800 customers worldwide. ams is the new name
of austriamicrosystems, following the 2011 acquisition of optical
sensor company TAOS Inc. ams is listed on the SIX Swiss stock
exchange (ticker symbol: AMS). More information about ams can be
found at www.ams.com.

Further inquiry note:
Moritz M. Gmeiner
Director Investor Relations
Tel: +43 3136 500-31211
Fax: +43 3136 500-931211
Email: investor@ams.com

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issuer: ams AG
Tobelbader Strasse 30
A-8141 Unterpremstaetten
phone: +43 3136 500-0
FAX: +43 3136 500-931211
mail: investor@ams.com
WWW: www.ams.com
sector: Technology
ISIN: AT0000920863
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stockmarkets: official dealing: SIX Swiss Exchange
language: English