01/28/2008 - One Equity Partners holds 50.41% of Süd-Chemie AG voting rights

Süd-Chemie AG, Munich, was informed on 24 January 2008 that since 23 November 2007 further 10.14% of voting rights (1,200,000 voting rights) of Süd-Chemie AG are attributed to the One Equity Partners company SC-Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH, Frankfurt am Main, which has thereby increased its holding of voting rights in Süd-Chemie AG to 50.41%.

The voting rights announcement of One Equity Partners means that SC-Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH has not yet acquired the 1,200,000 shares from Messerschmitt-Stiftung. Instead, SC-Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH has agreed with Messerschmitt-Stiftung that SC-Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH has the right to acquire the 1,200,000 shares two working days after the annual general meeting of Süd-Chemie AG which is planned for 30 May 2008. Furthermore, SC-Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH has received a power of attorney from Messerschmitt-Stiftung and can exercise the voting rights deriving from the aforementioned shares already in the next annual general meeting at its own discretion.

Munich, 28 January 2008

Enquiries to:

Süd-Chemie AG
Patrick Salchow/Jochen Orlowski
Corporate Public Relations
Tel. +49-(0)89-5110-250/-247

Süd-Chemie AG (www.sud-chemie.com) is a publicly quoted (Security Identification Number ISIN: DE0007292005; WKN: 729 200), independent specialty chemicals company headquartered in Munich, Germany and operating on a worldwide scale. Key markets served by its Adsorbents Division include the consumer-goods, packaging and foundry industries, as well as the paper and plastics industries and water treatment. Products manufactured by the Catalysts Division offer solutions for the chemicals, petrochemicals and refinery industries, for energy storage and hydrogen production as well as off-gas purification. The common denominator of all its products and innovations is the efficient and sparing use of natural resources to enhance the quality of life for humans and the environment. Süd-Chemie generated sales of just over €1 billion in 2006, approx. 80% of these outside Germany. At the end of 2007, the group employed approximately 5,000 people at its 70 sales and production sites worldwide.