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May 27, 2009

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Corporate | 27 May 2009 10:55

Roth & Rau AG reinforces Management Board

Roth & Rau AG / Change of Personnel

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• Roth & Rau AG reinforces Management Board
• Supervisory Board appoints Thomas Hengst as Sales Director

Hohenstein-Ernstthal, 27 May 2009 - The Supervisory Board of Roth & Rau AG
has appointed Thomas Hengst to the Management Board as of 1 July 2009. Roth
& Rau is thus boosting its Management Board, which has so far comprised two
members, in view of the strategic and operational challenges associated
with the size the company has now attained and the continuation of its
growth course. Hengst has already worked for Roth & Rau AG for more than
seven years and has extensive knowledge of the global photovoltaics market
and relevant technologies and production processes in the field of solar
cell production equipment. As Sales Director, he will focus in particular
on pressing ahead with the company's further international expansion,
drawing on his longstanding experience in the photovoltaics sector in the
process. In recent years, Hengst made a decisive contribution towards
developing the Asian market, now the most important sales market for the
Group's systems and turnkey production lines with a share of sales of
around 40%. Prior to his appointment to the Management Board, Hengst held
the position of Vice President Photovoltaics and thus already formed part
of the extended management team of the Roth & Rau Group.

'I am very much looking forward to working with Thomas Hengst and am
convinced that the Roth & Rau Group will benefit from his extensive
experience in the international photovoltaics market in the context of its
further growth strategy. I am delighted above all that in Thomas Hengst we
have been able to appoint a longstanding Roth & Rau employee and top
manager from our company to this post, thus also retaining his skills in
the longer term', commented Dr. Dietmar Roth, CEO of Roth & Rau AG.

About Roth & Rau AG:
Roth & Rau AG based in Hohenstein-Ernstthal (ISIN DE000A0JCZ51) is one of
the world's leading suppliers of technologies and production equipment for
the photovoltaics industry. Roth & Rau's photovoltaic division (PV) focuses
on providing antireflective coating facilities as well as fully automated
manufacturing lines (turnkey production lines) for the production of
crystalline silicon solar cells. Another focus is on the production of
coating facilities and turnkey production lines for the production of thin
film solar modules. The plasma and ion beam technology division (PIB)
produces plasma sources and ion beam sources as well as process systems for
plasma and ion beam enhanced thin film and surface processing methods.
Customers served by this division include, in particular, companies in the
semiconductor industry, R&D departments in various industries including
photovoltaics as well as research institutes and universities. The third
division, 'Other activities', comprises maintenance and service, software
products as well as other products and services. Roth & Rau AG posted EBIT
of EUR 28.5 million and sales of EUR 272.1 million pursuant to IFRS for the
2008 financial year and employed 606 people as of 31 December 2008. In the
first three months of 2009, the Group generated earnings before interest
and taxes of EUR 7.1 million on sales of EUR 66.1 million. The headcount
increased to 702 as at 31 March 2009.

Contact:
Roth & Rau AG
Dr. Silvia Roth
Tel.: +49 (0) 3723/6685-333
E-Mail: investor@roth-rau.de

Haubrok Investor Relations GmbH
Simone Gorny
Tel.: +49 (0) 211/30126-130
E-Mail: s.gorny@haubrok.de
27.05.2009 Financial News transmitted by DGAP

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Language: English
Issuer: Roth & Rau AG
An der Baumschule 6-8
09337 Hohenstein-Ernstthal
Deutschland
Phone: 03723 6685-0
Fax: 03723 6685-100
E-mail: info@roth-rau.de
Internet: www.roth-rau.de
ISIN: DE000A0JCZ51
WKN: A0JCZ5
Indices: TecDAX
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
in Berlin, Stuttgart, München, Düsseldorf

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