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WACKER CEO TO MOVE INTO SUPERVISORY BOARD ROLE

München (euro adhoc) -

- PETER-ALEXANDER WACKER TO BECOME CHAIRMAN OF THE SUPERVISORY BOARD
- RUDOLF STAUDIGL TO SUCCEED AS CEO
- KARL HEINZ WEISS, CURRENT CHAIRMAN OF THE SUPERVISORY BOARD
  TO STEP DOWN UPON REACHING AGE LIMIT
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Munich, December 12, 2007 - At today's regular
meeting of Wacker Chemie AG's supervisory board, important decisions 
were made to ensure the continuity of the leadership of the company. 
Dr. Karl Heinz Weiss, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, who will 
reach the age limit for supervisory board members will no longer be 
available after the next upcoming Annual General Meeting on May 8th, 
2008. At the same time Dr. Peter-Alexander Wacker will step down from
his function as President and Chief Executive Officer of Wacker 
Chemie AG and will run for the position of the Chairman of the 
Supervisory Board. The Supervisory Board welcomes the decisions and 
sees the long term strategic direction of the company assured.
Dr. Rudolf Staudigl will be successor to Peter-Alexander Wacker as 
President and Chief Executive Officer of Wacker Chemie AG. He is a 
member of WACKER's Management Board since 1995. During today's 
session, the Supervisory Board prolonged Staudigl's contract for 
another 5 years. Staudigl will assume the role of President & CEO 
after the next Annual General Meeting.
Karl Heinz Weiss, Chairman of the Supervisory Board said: 
"Peter-Alexander Wacker steered the company into a new direction in 
its more than 90 years history. Peter was instrumental in driving the
strategic realignment of WACKER, the reorganization of the ownership 
structure and the successful initial public offering. His valuable 
experience will continue to be available to the company in the 
Supervisory Board."
The designated CEO, Rudolf Staudigl said:" WACKER Chemie AG is very 
well positioned and has lots of promising growth potentials. Under my
leadership the company will continue its successful strategic 
course."
"I have been working closely with Rudolf Staudigl for more than ten 
years now in a spirit of mutual trust and esteem," said 
Peter-Alexander Wacker. "He played an important role in driving the 
strategic realignment of the company". With regards to the current 
Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Wacker said: "Wacker Chemie AG 
owes a lot to Karl Heinz Weiss. During his 36 year membership in 
WACKER's Supervisory Board, 20 of them as Chairman, he actively 
participated in shaping the company's presence and future."
Dr. Karl Heinz Weiss will continue to serve as the Speaker of the 
Board for WACKER's majority shareholder, Dr. Alexander Wacker  
Familiengesellschaft mbH.
Dr. Rudolf Staudigl (54) studied chemistry at Ludwig Maximilian 
University of Munich, obtaining his Ph.D. (Dr. rer. nat) in 1981. 
After post-doctoral research at Harvard University (Cambridge, USA) 
and Ludwig Maximilian University, he joined Wacker Siltronic AG in 
1983. He became Vice President of Operations at Wacker Siltronic 
Corporation (Portland, Oregon, USA) in 1989 and President a year 
later. He joined the Executive Board of Wacker Siltronic AG in 1993. 
In 1995, he was appointed to Wacker Chemie GmbH's Executive Board. 
Since November 2005, Rudolf Staudigl has been an Executive Board 
member of Wacker Chemie AG.
After gaining a degree in business administration and a Ph.D. (Dr. 
rer. pol.), Dr. Peter-Alexander Wacker (56) started his career at BMW
AG in 1978. His responsibilities included group planning and 
strategic product planning. In 1992, he founded TMG, a technology and
management consultancy and, in 1993, also joined the Supervisory 
Board of Wacker Chemie GmbH. He became a member of Wacker Chemie's 
Executive Board in 1996 and Chairman in 2001. Since No-vember 2005, 
he has been President & CEO of Wacker Chemie AG.
end of announcement                               euro adhoc

Further inquiry note:

Christof Bachmair
Media Relations & Information
phone: +49 (0)89 6279 1830
email: christof.bachmair@wacker.com

Branche: Chemicals
ISIN: DE000WCH8881
WKN: WCH888
Index: Midcap Market Index, MDAX, CDAX, Classic All Share, HDAX,
Prime All Share
Börsen: Börse Frankfurt / regulated dealing/prime standard

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