12/15/2008 - Süd-Chemie focuses on continuity and renews contract with Deputy Chairman of Managing Board Dr. Hans Jürgen Wernicke

The Supervisory Board of Süd-Chemie AG, Munich has reappointed Dr. Hans Jürgen Wernicke, 59, as Deputy Chairman of the Managing Board. A contract running from 1 July 2009 to 31 December 2012 has now been signed. As Deputy Chairman of the Managing Board, Dr. Wernicke will continue to be responsible for the Group‘s Adsorbents Division and for the Central Function Technology and Investment Management.

Dr. Wernicke, born in Walsrode, studied chemistry at Christian-Albrechts-Universität in Kiel, from which he also obtained the doctorate. After working eight years for The Linde Group in Munich and South Africa, Dr. Wernicke joined Süd-Chemie in 1985. At Süd-Chemie he held various positions with growing managerial responsibility including Project Manager in South Africa and Business Unit Manager in the U.S. and in Germany, before he was appointed to the company‘s Managing Board in 1997. In 2007 he has appointed as Deputy Managing Board Chairman of Süd-Chemie AG.

Munich, 15 December 2008

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About Süd-Chemie

Süd-Chemie AG (www.sud-chemie.com) is a publicly quoted (Security Identification Number ISIN: DE0007292005; WKN: 729200) 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 chemical, petrochemical 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 €1.075 billion in 2007, approx. 80% of these outside Germany. The group currently employs more than 6,400 people at its 80 sales and production companies worldwide.