Süd-Chemie AG Supervisory Board Chairman Dr. Dietrich Schulz to resign from office after more than 30 years in the Board

At today's meeting of the Süd-Chemie AG Supervisory Board, its Chairman, Dr. Dietrich Schulz, 75, informed that for reasons of age, he would be retiring from his position as member of the Supervisory Board with effect from the close of the company's forthcoming Annual General Meeting to be held on 30 May 2008.

The Süd-Chemie AG Supervisory Board thanked Dr. Schulz for his many years as an active member of the board and acknowledged his great service to the company. Dr. Schulz has been a Supervisory Board member since 1977, acting as Deputy Chairman from 1988 to 1992 and from 1999 to 2006. Since 2006, he had headed the Süd-Chemie AG Supervisory Board as Chairman.

In addition to Dr. Schulz's resignation, the appointment of Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. Utz-Hellmuth Felcht to the Supervisory Board, which was approved by the registrar of companies at Munich Local Court following an application by Süd-Chemie AG's Supervisory Board and Managing Board, will also expire at the close of the company´s Annual General Meeting. As a result, two Supervisory Board members must be newly elected by Süd-Chemie shareholders. At the Annual General Meeting to be held on 30 May 2008, the Supervisory Board will therefore be proposing that Professor Dr. Felcht, Partner of One Equity Partners Europe GmbH, Munich and Mr. Christopher von Hugo, Managing Partner of One Equity Partners Europe GmbH, Frankfurt am Main be elected to the Supervisory Board.

Munich, 28 March 2008

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Süd-Chemie AG (www.sud-chemie.com) is a publicly quoted (Security Identification Number ISIN: DE0007292005; WKN: 729200) specialty chemicals company headquartered in Munich, Germany and operating on a worldwide scale. Key markets served by its Adsorbents Division include the consumer-goods, packaging and foundry industries, as well as the paper and plastics industries and water treatment. Products manufactured by the Catalysts Division offer solutions for the chemicals, petrochemicals and refinery industries, for energy storage and hydrogen production as well as off-gas purification. The common denominator of all its products and innovations is the efficient and sparing use of natural resources to enhance the quality of life for humans and the environment. Süd-Chemie generated sales of just over €1 billion in 2006, approx. 80% of these outside Germany. At the end of 2007, the group employed approximately 5,000 people at its 70 sales and production sites worldwide.