EANS-News: Austrian Post GEORG PÖLZL REAPPOINTED AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF AUSTRIAN POST

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Subtitle: CONTINUITY AND RESOLUTE CONTINUATION OF BUSINESS STRATEGY

Board of Directors (Appointments and Changes)

Vienna (euro adhoc) - At its regular meeting today, the Supervisory
Board of Austrian Post reappointed Georg Pölzl to serve as the Chief
Executive Officer and Chairman of the Management Board of Austrian
Post. Mr. Pölzl's current term of office, which expires on October 1,
2014, will be extended for a three-year period, with a subsequent
extension option on his employment contract for a further two years.
"Today's decision by the Supervisory Board is the logical consequence
of the outstanding performance of the company in recent years, both
with respect to the capital market as well as its further structural
development", says Rudolf Kemler, Chairman of the Supervisory Board
of Austrian Post. "In cooperation with the management, Georg Pölzl
has managed to transform Austrian Post into a modern and
customer-friendly service provider. His reappointment is thus a clear
signal of continuity and a focus on the consistent continuation of
the company's successful business strategy. The Supervisory Board is
convinced that Georg Pölzl will continue to successfully master the
challenges posed by the constantly changing postal market." "Our
clear objective remains keeping the long-established company Austrian
Post fit for the future", states CEO Georg Pölzl. "We have to take
advantage of profitable growth opportunities, but also increase
efficiency and reduce costs on an ongoing basis. Our business
operations must be even more strongly oriented to our customers. The
Management Board along with our top executives and all employees will
also succeed in achieving this goal in the future".

Georg Pölzl Georg Pölzl was born in 1957. He earned his Ph.D at the
Leoben University of Mining. He started his professional career as a
management consultant at McKinsey & Co. He then joined the board of
Binder & Co AG, a machinery and processing plant construction
company. Subsequently, Mr. Pölzl was the head of T-Mobile Austria in
Vienna for nine years. He continued his career in Germany as a
special commissioner to the management board of Deutsche Telekom,
where he was charge of implementing the successful restructuring
programme. He later joined T-Mobile Germany to work as the
spokesperson of the board. Georg Pölzl was appointed to serve as the
Chief Executive Officer of Austrian Post in October 2009.

Further inquiry note:
Österreichische Industrieholding AG
Bernhard Nagiller
Spokesperson of ÖIAG
Dresdner Straße 87
A-1201 Vienna
Tel.: +43/1/711 14-240
Email: bernhard.nagiller@oiag.co.at

Austrian Post
Ingeborg Gratzer
Head of Media & Internal Communications
Tel.: +43 (0) 57767-24730
ingeborg.gratzer@post.at

Austrian Post
Harald Hagenauer
Head of Investor Relations & Corporate Governance
Tel.: +43 (0) 57767-30400
harald.hagenauer@post.at

end of announcement euro adhoc
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company: Österreichische Post AG
Haidingergasse 1
A-1030 Wien
phone: +43 (0)57767-0
mail: investor@post.at
WWW: www.post.at
sector: Transport
ISIN: AT0000APOST4
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