EANS-Adhoc: Rosenbauer International AG / Dieter Siegel to take over from Julian Wagner as CEO / Julian Wagner to retire from Executive Board on health grounds, after 43 years´ service at Rosenbau

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C.E.O. Interviews

26.08.2011

After 43 years with Rosenbauer, 30 of them at the company´s helm as
its CEO, Julian Wagner will be retiring from the Executive Board for
health reasons at the end of September 2011. The Supervisory Board
has decided to appoint Dr. Dieter Siegel as the next CEO.

With his great personal commitment and entrepreneurial initiative,
Julian Wagner has been instrumental in driving Rosenbauer´s
transformation from a small export-orientated firm with annual
revenues of 72 Mio Euro (1981) into an exchange-listed global-playing
Group posting revenues of 596 Mio Euro. Rosenbauer today is one of
the world´s leading manufacturers of fire-fighting vehicles.

Among the key steps taken in the course of his career which paved the
way for the company´s successful development were •its clear
strategic positioning as a manufacturer of fire-fighting equipment;
•systematically building up its globe-spanning sales system; •turning
itself from a `KG´ (partnership under a legal name) into an
exchange-listed `AG´ (joint-stock company); •internationalization of
the Group, marked by its entry into the US and other markets; •the
decision to build itself into a `full-liner´ by taking over the
aerials manufacturer Metz Aerials, and •developing the Group to
become the sector´s technological and innovational leader, with many
new developments to its name in all its lines of business.

As previously announced, Executive Board Member Manfred Schwetz will
also be retiring at the end of September 2011. This means that the
Executive Board of Rosenbauer International AG will thenceforth be
made up of Robert Kastil (CFO) and Gottfried Brunbauer (CTO),
alongside Dr. Dieter Siegel as CEO.

Besides his responsibilities as Executive Board Chairman (CEO),
Dieter Siegel will be in charge of the Specialty Vehicles and Fire &
Safety Equipment segments, and of strategy, marketing, personnel and
corporate communications. CFO Robert Kastil will continue to be
responsible for finance, risk management, the information systems and
investor relations. He will also be taking on responsibility for the
Business Development segment and internal audit. Responsibility for
technical matters, including logistics, innovation, quality and
environmental management, continues to lie with CTO Gottfried
Brunbauer, who is also in charge of the Municipal Vehicles, Aerials
and Fire-fighting Components segments.

Julian Wagner will remain closely associated with Rosenbauer,
continuing to assist the company in various matters, in a consulting
capacity.

Further inquiry note:
Rosenbauer International AG
Mag. Gerda Königstorfer
Tel.: 0732/6794-568
gerda.koenigstorfer@rosenbauer.com

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issuer: Rosenbauer International AG
Paschingerstrasse 90
A-4060 Leonding
phone: +43(0)732 6794 568
FAX: +43(0)732 6794 89
mail: ir@rosenbauer.com
WWW: www.rosenbauer.com
sector: Machine Manufacturing
ISIN: AT0000922554
indexes: WBI, ATX Prime
stockmarkets: free trade: Berlin, Stuttgart, official market: Wien
language: English