EANS-Adhoc: Semperit AG Holding / Semperit Aims to Realign Its Joint Venture in Thailand

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Joint Ventures/Cooperation/Collaboration
17.07.2014

Semperit AG Holding is striving to achieve a realignment of its 50/50
joint venture with the Sri Trang Agro Industry Group (Sri Trang) of
Thailand. Discussions with Sri Trang with respect to restructuring
the partnership between the two companies have not led to results so
far. Recently, decisions regarding the company's business practices,
which were made by the Board of Directors of Siam Sempermed
Corporation (SSC), the joint subsidiary of Semperit and Sri Trang,
have been contested in a Thai court by a Non-Executive Director
nominated by Sri Trang. Therefore, the Management Board of Semperit
resolved today to initiate all the legal steps necessary to uphold
Semperit's rights as a shareholder in the joint venture SSC.

The agreements concluded more than 25 years ago proved their worth
over a long period of time, and served as the basis for the
successful establishment of production sites for protective and
examination gloves as well as hoses in Thailand. However, in recent
times, from Semperit's point of view, the partnership has no longer
been able to fulfill current requirements for increased transparency
as well as the necessary objectivity, corporate governance and
accountability of management decisions.

Furthermore, as of the beginning of the year 2015, the marketing of
the protective and examination gloves manufactured by the joint
venture in Thailand will be realigned. Whereas the sales and
distribution of the gloves in Europe and the Middle East will
continue to be exclusively handled by Sempermed's business operations
in Austria, the markets in Asia, Africa and South America will be
handled independently from one another. In contrast, sales and
distribution in the USA will continue to be coordinated by the joint
venture company Sempermed USA for the time being.

About Semperit The publicly listed company Semperit AG Holding is an
internationally-oriented group that develops, produces, and sells in
more than 100 countries highly specialised rubber and plastic
products for the medical and industrial sectors: examination and
surgical gloves, hydraulic and industrial hoses, conveyor belts,
escalator handrails, construction profiles, cable car rings, and
products for railway superstructures. The headquarters of this
long-standing Austrian company, which was founded in 1824, are
located in Vienna, and the global R & D centre is in Wimpassing,
Lower Austria. The Semperit Group employs about 10,800 people
worldwide, including more than 8,000 in Asia and more than 700 in
Austria (Vienna and production site in Wimpassing, Lower Austria).
The Group has 22 manufacturing facilities worldwide and numerous
sales offices in Europe, Asia, and America. In 2013 the group
generated sales of EUR 906 million and an EBITDA of EUR 133 million.

About Sempermed Sempermed is the largest segment of the Semperit
Group and is ranked among the international leading manufacturers of
medical and industrial gloves. At Sempermed's research centre in
Wimpassing, Lower Austria, new products are continually developed and
tested in close co-operation with users and experts. For more than 90
years Sempermed has been producing gloves of the highest quality and
has set standards in terms of quality and innovation. Sempermed
continually strives for optimum safety and reliability using the most
modern production technologies, highest production hygiene and
strictest quality checks. In 2013 Sempermed generated sales of EUR
435 million (about 48% of the Group revenue) and an EBITDA of EUR 59
million (about 44% of the Group EBITDA).

Further inquiry note:
Martina Büchele
Head of Group Communications
Tel.: +43 676 8715 8621
martina.buechele@semperitgroup.com
www.semperitgroup.com

Stefan Marin
Investor Relations
Tel.: +43 676 8715 8210
stefan.marin@semperitgroup.com

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issuer: Semperit AG Holding
Modecenterstrasse 22
A-1030 Wien
phone: +43 1 79 777-210
FAX: +43 1 79 777-602
mail: investor@semperitgroup.com
WWW: www.semperitgroup.com
sector: Synthetics & Plastics
ISIN: AT0000785555
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