SURTECO SE plans 10 % dividend increase to 1.10 euros

SURTECO SE is the leading manufacturer of surface materials based on plastics and raw papers for technical applications in the international construction and furnishing industry. The Board of Management and the Supervisory Board have agreed to propose a dividend amounting to 1.10 euros for the fiscal year 2007 (2006: 1.00 euros) to the Annual General Meeting to be held in Munich on 24 June 2008. 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 SE to derive reasonable benefit from the success of the company. The transfer to revenue reserves amounting to € 8.2 (2006: 8.2) million also leaves adequate scope for securing the strategic future of the company.

In the fiscal year 2007, SURTECO SE generated a 10 % increase in earnings per share (net income per share) to € 2.85 (2006: 2.60) compared with the previous year.