SURTECO AG plans 25 % dividend increase to 1.00 euros

SURTECO AG is the leading manufacturer of surface materials based on plastics and raw papers and for technical applications in the international construction and furnishing industry. The Board of Management and Supervisory Board have agreed to propose an increase in dividend to 1.00 euros for the fiscal year 2006 to the Annual General Meeting to be held in Munich on 31 August 2007 (2005: 0.80 euros). The 11,075,522 no-par shares in the company entitled to receive a dividend are listed on the official market (Prime Standard) of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (ISIN DE0005176903).

The dividend proposal is intended to allow the shareholders of SURTECO AG to derive reasonable benefit from the success of the company. EBT for the SURTECO Group in 2006 amounted to 46.0 (+23 %) on sales of € 403.2 million (+2 %). The Group has again presented the best result in the company’s history.