Aurelius SE & Co. KGaA

Board/Management Information • Jan 16, 2013

News Details

Corporate | 16 January 2013 07:00

AURELIUS adds finance expert to Supervisory Board

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

16.01.2013 / 07:00

---

AURELIUS adds finance expert to Supervisory Board

– Jan-Christian Dreesen joins Supervisory Board

– AURELIUS Executive Board members extend contracts by a further three years

– CEO Dr. Markus reaffirms growth target

Munich, January 16, 2013 – Banking and finance expert Jan-Christian Dreesen has agreed to join the Supervisory Board of AURELIUS AG (ISIN DE000A0JK2A8). With Eugen Angster, who had been a member of the body since 2006, resigning his position and leaving the company's Supervisory Board by mutual consent as of December 31, 2012, the Executive Board will, as agreed with the Supervisory Board, seek the approval of the Court of Registration responsible to appoint Jan-Christian Dreesen to the Supervisory Board of AURELIUS AG.

Hailing from Aurich in Lower Saxony, Mr. Dreesen is 45 years old, married and has two children. For many years, he has held executive positions with various financial institutions, most recently as the member of BayernLB's Board of Management overseeing the Corporates, segment.

'We would like to thank Eugen Angster for his outstanding work. As someone who has been there from the beginning, he has played an important part in our success story. We wish him all the best for his personal and professional future,' comments CEO Dr. Dirk Markus. 'We have found the ideal successor in the form of Jan-Christian Dreesen. Our Supervisory Board will benefit greatly from his wide-ranging banking and finance expertise,' comments Dirk Roesing, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of AURELIUS AG.

The members of the Executive Board of AURELIUS AG – Dr. Dirk Markus, Gert Purkert and Donatus Albrecht – have extended their employment contracts for a further three years, to the end of 2015 and mid-2016, thus making a clear commitment to the company.

The AURELIUS Group has performed extremely well over recent years. The figures for the first three quarters of 2012 broke all records. With earnings before interest, depreciation and amortization of EUR 165.1 million, the Group achieved the best EBITDA total in its history. Aggregate consolidated revenues increased by 7.2 percent to EUR 1,017.4 million. On an annualized basis, consolidated revenues broke the 1.5 billion euro mark to total EUR 1,526.5 million. 'I'm certain that we'll meet our long-term goals over the coming years,' states Dr. Dirk Markus. 'In the long run, we aim to achieve profitable revenues of five billion euros across the Group by making further acquisitions as well as by unlocking the huge potential for organic growth in our subsidiaries.'

About AURELIUS

The AURELIUS Group specializes in acquiring companies with potential for development that can be unlocked with close operational support. AURELIUS concentrates on identifying, analyzing, creating and exploiting all the opportunities afforded by the market when acquiring its portfolio companies. The AURELIUS Group views itself as a long-term good home for its subsidiaries. AURELIUS does not focus on particular industrial sectors when making acquisitions, although it does concentrate primarily on the following segments: Chemicals, Business Services, Consumer Goods / Food & Beverage, and Telecoms, Media & Technology (TMT).

AURELIUS has many years of investment and management experience in various industries and sectors. AURELIUS employs its management capacity and the necessary financial resources for product innovation, sales and research in order to develop the potential of its subsidiaries. With offices in Munich and London, and subsidiaries in Germany, the UK, France, Poland, Hungary, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Norway, Belgium, Luxembourg, Slovakia, Slovenia, the United States, China, Malaysia, India, Thailand and South Korea, AURELIUS operates throughout the world. The shares of AURELIUS AG are listed in the m:access segment of the Munich Stock Exchange under ISIN DE000A0JK2A8. To find out more, visit our website at www.aureliusinvest.de .

Contact

Investor Relations & Corporate Communications

Phone +49 (89) 544799 – 0

Fax +49 (89) 544799 – 55

investor@aureliusinvest.de

End of Corporate News

---

16.01.2013 Dissemination of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP – a company of EquityStory AG.

The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

DGAP’s Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases.

Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de

---

199163  16.01.2013