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10.12.2009

Goettingen, December 10, 2009 - At today´s meeting, the Supervisory 
Board of Sartorius AG unanimously passed the resolution to extend the
current appointment of the Group´s CEO, Dr. Joachim Kreuzburg, by 
another 5-year period to November 10, 2015. Kreuzburg has been a 
member of the Executive Board since November 11, 2002, and has been 
the Group´s top executive since May 1, 2003.

Sartorius AG
37070 Goettingen,
Germany

Andreas Wiederhold

Phone +49(0)551.308.1668
Fax +49(0)0551.308.3153
andreas.wiederhold@
sartorius.com
www.sartorius.com

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