EANS-Adhoc: SEMPERIT AG HOLDING: DIVIDEND INCREASE PROPOSED FOR 2010

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22.03.2011

SEMPERIT AG HOLDING: DIVIDEND INCREASE PROPOSED FOR 2010

- Preliminary results confirmed
- Dividend proposal to the Annual General Meeting: Increase to EUR 1.25 per
share
- Longstanding CEO Rainer Zellner leaves the Management Board

Vienna, March 22, 2011 - The Semperit Group confirms the figures announced on
February 17, 2011 for the 2010 financial year. Record results could be achieved
with respect to revenue as well as the key earnings indicators.

2010        2009    Change in %
Revenue in EUR million      689.4       588.1   + 17.2
EBIT in EUR million         82.3        69.6    + 18.3
Earnings after tax          45.4        38.8    + 16.9
Dividend per share in EUR   1.25*       1.15    + 8.7

* Proposal to the Annual General Meeting

Based on a considerably improved order situation, the related higher sales
volumes as well as necessary selling price rises, total revenue of the Semperit
Group climbed 17.2% in the 2010 financial year, to EUR 689.4 million. At the
same time, Semperit succeeded in increasing the operating profit (EBIT) by 18.3%
to EUR 82.3 million. On balance, earnings after tax of the Semperit Group were
up 16.9%, to EUR 45.4 million.

In 2010, the Semperit Group invested a total of EUR 60.0 million. The
investments were predominantly for capacity expansion at Sempermed and
Sempertrans. The other divisions mainly focused on carrying out rationalisation
and modernization projects. Thus Semperit laid the industrial foundation for
further growth of the Group.

Due to the satisfactory profit the Management Board will propose a dividend
increase to EUR 1.25 per share to the Annual General Meeting for the 2010
financial year (previous year: EUR 1.15 per share).

On the day of the Annual General Meeting the longstanding Chief Executive
Officer Rainer Zellner will leave the Management Board. He will be succeeded by
Thomas Fahnemann, who has served as Deputy Chairman of the Management Board
since December 1, 2010.

Semperit also anticipates a satisfactory business development driven by all
divisions in 2011. However due to the further increases in raw material prices,
the quick adjustment of selling prices and other measures designed to reduce
costs will be decisive success factors in 2011.

The annual report and the annual financial statements are available for download
immediately at www.semperit.at. The Annual General Meeting of Semperit AG
Holding will take place on April 14, 2011.

Further inquiry note:
Semperit AG Holding
Head of Finance
Michael Wolfram
Tel.: +43 (1) 79 777-301
E-mail: [email protected]
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issuer:      Semperit AG Holding
             Modecenterstrasse 22
             A-1030 Wien
phone:       +43 1 79 777-210
FAX:         +43 1 79 777-602
mail:        [email protected]
WWW:         www.semperit.at
sector:      Synthetics & Plastics
ISIN:        AT0000785555
indexes:     WBI, ViDX, ATX

stockmarkets: stock market: Frankfurt, Stuttgart, free trade: Berlin, official
market: Wien
language: English

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