As of September 6th, 2004, Dr. Mark Wössner will take over from Dr. Klaus Sturany as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Heidelberg. Dr. Wössner has already been elected as the new Chairman by the Heidelberg Supervisory Board Committee. He was appointed as a member of the company's Supervisory Board on July 30, 2004, directly after this year's Heidelberg Annual General Meeting. Wössner, currently Chairman of the Advisory Board and Chairman at Citigroup Global Markets Deutschland AG & Co KGaA, served as Chairman of the Management Board of Bertelsmann AG from 1982 to 1998 and from then until 2000 as Chairman of the company's Supervisory Board. Wössner is also a member of several other Supervisory Boards, including that of DaimlerChrysler AG. Sturany, CFO at RWE AG, will remain a member of the Heidelberg Supervisory Board.