Singulus Technologies AG

AGM Information • Jun 23, 2006

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Corporate | 23 June 2006 17:34

Singulus Technologies AG:SINGULUS’ Annual General Meeting Appoints Roland Lacher to the Supervisory Board – Klaus Hammen is Appointed CEO

Corporate news transmitted by DGAP – a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. —————————————————————————— SINGULUS’ Annual General Meeting Appoints Roland Lacher to the Supervisory Board – Klaus Hammen is Appointed CEO Kahl am Main, June 23, 2006 – Today, the Annual General Meeting of the SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG appointed Roland Lacher as member of the Supervisory Board. William Slee and Thomas Geitner were confirmed for a further period of office. Roland Lacher, founder and previously Chief Executive Officer of the SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG had already announced on March 10, 2006 to step down from his active position as Chief Executive Officer and to retire after the Annual General Meeting 2006. At the same time, he had also agreed to run for membership of the Supervisory Board since the long-time Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Alexander von Engelhardt, decided not to run for reelection due to age considerations. Subsequently to the Annual General Meeting the new Supervisory Board of the company convened for its constituent meeting and appointed Roland Lacher as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG. Klaus Hammen, Executive Board member responsible for Marketing, Sales and Development since 2002, has been appointed CEO of the SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG by the Supervisory Board in its meeting today. Together with Stefan A. Baustert, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) since January 2003, the Executive Board of the SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG will only be comprised of two members henceforth. Company profile SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES With a consistent focus on its core competencies, since the management buyout SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES has transformed itself into the global leader of systems and equipment for optical storage media within a time span of ten years. Operating and acting according to the principles of profitability always remained in the spotlight. SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES is the only equipment producer in the world offering the entire value-added chain for the manufacturing of optical disc: the products range from mastering and injection molding to replication lines. With the set-up of a high degree of the depth of the value-added chain, SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES was successful in broadening the range of products offered to customers in the past couple of years. Therefore, the positioning of SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES in the optical disc segment is one of kind in the world. SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES’ declared goal is to integrate the new formats HD DVD and Blu-ray into this structure as well. With the acquisition of STEAG HamaTech in January 2006, SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES is also excellently positioned worldwide in the future for machines for recordable formats. SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES still considers the market for machines to produce optical disc as its core competence. In addition, new business areas are intended to contribute to sales and earnings in the future. SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES – Smart Solutions to Drive the Future SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG, Hanauer Landstrasse 103, D-63796 Kahl/Main, ISIN: DE0007238909, WKN: 723890 For further information please contact: Maren Schuster, Investor Relations, Tel.: + 49 (0) 6188 440 612 Bernhard Krause, Corporate Communications, Tel.: + 49 (0) 6181 98280 20 (c)DGAP 23.06.2006 ————————————————————————— Language: English Issuer: SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG Hanauer Landstrasse 103 63796 Kahl am Main Deutschland Phone: +49 (0)6188 440-105 Fax: +49 (0)6188 440-110 E-mail: maren.schuster@singulus.de WWW: www.singulus.de ISIN: DE0007238909 WKN: 723890 Indices: Listed: Geregelter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin-Bremen, Stuttgart, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf End of News DGAP News-Service —————————————————————————