GRAMMER AG — Board/Management Information 2007

Jul 24, 2007

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Ad-hoc | 24 July 2007 17:31

Grammer AG:Dr. Rolf-Dieter Kempis new chief executive officer from 2007-08-01

Grammer AG / Change of Personnel

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Amberg, July 24th, 2007 – In today’s meeting, the Grammer AG supervisory
board has decided to appoint Dr. Rolf-Dieter Kempis (54) as chief executive
officer of Grammer AG. He will bear responsibility in this position for two
years, starting on August 1st, 2007. In this context, he stepped down as a
member of the Grammer AG supervisory board today. Mr Kempis brings along a
wide range of experience in the management of strategic and operational
projects in the automobile and automotive supply industry.

In taking this decision, the supervisory board wishes to strengthen the
management of Grammer AG in order to ensure accelerated achievement of its
growth and earnings targets.

After graduating as a mechanical and industrial engineer at the Technical
University of Aachen and taking his doctoral degree in mechanical
engineering, Mr Kempis began his professional career with Thyssen Stahl AG.
Later, in 1983, he switched to the consulting firm McKinsey & Company,
where he was elected a partner in 1989 and a corporate director in 1995.
The focus of Mr Kempis’ activity is in the field of automobile, steel and
metal industry. In mid-2005, Mr Kempis took a seat in the Grammer AG
supervisory board.

The other positions in the Grammer AG executive board remain as follows:
Alois Ponnath (49), chief financial officer, Harmut Müller (43),
responsible for the seating systems division, and Uwe Wöhner (47),
industrial relations director and responsible for the automotive division.

Grammer AG

Management Board
DGAP 24.07.2007

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Language: English
Issuer: Grammer AG
Postfach 14 54
92204 Amberg Deutschland
Phone: +49 (0)9621 66-0
Fax: +49 (0)9621 66-1000
E-mail: investor-relations@grammer.com
Internet: www.grammer.com
ISIN: DE0005895403
WKN: 589540
Indices: SDAX
Listed: Amtlicher Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard), München;
Freiverkehr in Berlin, Stuttgart, Hamburg, Düsseldorf

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