SGL CARBON SE — Share Issue/Capital Change 2006

Mar 17, 2006

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Ad-hoc | 17 March 2006 10:01

SGL Carbon has successfully completed the capital increase

Ad hoc announcement transmitted by DGAP – a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. —————————————————————————— Ad hoc notification pursuant to § 15 of the German Securities Trading Act (Wertpapierhandelsgesetz) SGL Carbon has successfully completed the capital increase – 5,583,529 Shares placed for 15 € Wiesbaden, March 17, 2006. Further to the ad-hoc announcement issued March 16 on the intended capital increase, SGL Carbon announces that all 5,583,529 shares have been successfully placed in an accelerated bookbuilding. The shares have been placed at a price of €15 per share resulting in gross proceeds totalling €83,7 million. The shares were placed with German and international institutional investors. Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein was sole bookrunner for this transaction. This announcement is not an offer of securities for sale in the United States. Securities may not be offered or sold in the United States without registration with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission if no exemption from registration has been issued. The issuer does not plan to register the securities for sale to the public in the USA. Important Notice: This document contains statements on future developments that are based on currently available information and that involve risks and uncertainties that could lead to actual results deviating from these forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, for example, unforeseeable changes in political, economic and business conditions, particularly in the area of electrosteel production, the competitive situation, interest rate and currency developments, technological developments and other risks and unanticipated circumstances. We see other risks in price developments, unexpected developments relating to acquired and consolidated companies, ongoing restructuring measures and unforeseeable occurrences in conjunction with the reviews to be performed by the European antitrust authorities. SGL Carbon does not intend to update these forward-looking statements. Your contact: Corporate Communications / Media Relations / Stefan Wortmann Tel. : +49 611 60 29 105 / Fax : +49 611 60 29 101 / Mobil : +49 170 540 2667 e-mail : stefan.wortmann@sglcarbon.de / Internet : www.sglcarbon.de Corporate Communications / Investor Relations / Raj Roychowdhury Tel. : +49 611 60 29 106 / Fax : +49 611 60 29 101 / Mobil : +49 0172 671 74 45 e-mail : stefan.wortmann@sglcarbon.de / Internet : www.sglcarbon.de (c)DGAP 17.03.2006 ————————————————————————— language: English emitter: SGL Carbon AG Rheingaustraße 182 65203 Wiesbaden Deutschland phone: +49 (0)611 6029 – 0 fax: +49 (0)611 6029 – 101 email: cpc@sglcarbon.de WWW: www.sglcarbon.de ISIN: DE0007235301 WKN: 723530 indexes: MDAX stockmarkets: Amtlicher Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin-Bremen, Hannover, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, München, Stuttgart End of News DGAP News-Service —————————————————————————