EANS-Adhoc: Zumtobel AG / CFO Thomas Spitzenpfeil to resign at the end of September 2010

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24.06.2010

Dornbirn, 24 June 2010

Dornbirn / Austria - Thomas Spitzenpfeil, Chief Financial Officer of the
Zumtobel Group, has announced his intention to resign in order to pursue a
career opportunity on the management board of a German corporation. His
employment contract with Zumtobel AG will be terminated as of 30 September
2010. Thomas Spitzenpfeil will exercise his duties in full until this date.
Spitzenpfeil, 47 years old, has been CFO of Zumtobel AG since May 2004.

"Although we regret this step, we understand Mr. Spitzenpfeil´s decision to
take advantage of this opportunity as part of his personal career planning.
During his six years with Zumtobel AG, Mr. Spitzenpfeil accompanied the initial
public offering in 2006 and played an important role in the continuing
professionalisation of the company´s financial organisation. On behalf of the
Supervisory Board and Management Board of Zumtobel AG, I would like to thank
him for his many achievements over the years and wish him all the best for the
future," commented Jürg Zumtobel, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Zumtobel
AG.

The Supervisory Board will immediately start the process to choose a successor,
whereby these actions will be closely coordinated with the Management Board.

Biography:
Thomas Spitzenpfeil started his career with Robert Bosch GmbH in 1990, and
became Head of Controlling Aluminium at VIAG AG in 1993. He was named Head of
Works Controlling at Kodak AG in Stuttgart during 1995 and held various
management positions with VAW Aluminium AG from 1996 to 2002. After the
takeover of VAW Aluminium AG by Norsk Hydro in 2002 he was appointed CFO of the
Rolled Products Division. Mr. Spitzenpfeil joined Zumtobel AG, Dornbirn,
Austria, as CFO in 2004.

Further inquiry note:

Pressekontakt                          Kontakt Investor Relations
Astrid Kühn-Ulrich                     Harald Albrecht
Head of Corp. Communications           Head of Investor Relations
Tel. +43-(0)5572 509-1570              Tel. +43-(0)5572 509-1125
astrid.kuehn@zumtobel.com              harald.albrecht@zumtobel.com
end of announcement                               euro adhoc 
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issuer:   Zumtobel AG
          Höchster Straße 8
          A-6850 Dornbirn
phone:    +43/5572/509-0
FAX:      +43/5572/509-601
mail:     investorrelations@zumtobel.com
WWW:      http://www.zumtobelgroup.com
sector:   Technology

ISIN: AT0000837307
indexes: WBI, ATX Prime, ATX
stockmarkets: official market: Wien
language: English

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