- General power of attorney for Andreas Pötz

- Maximilian Betzler CSO for SURTECO GmbH

Buttenwiesen, 30 June 2020 - The Executive Management Board of SURTECO GROUP SE, with the consent of the Supervisory Board, has appointed the former Managing Director and Head of Finance and Accounting of SURTECO GmbH, Mr Andreas Pötz, as of 1 July 2020 as an authorized signatory with sole power of representation and general representative of the SURTECO GROUP SE. As CFO, Mr. Pötz will be responsible for the areas of controlling, accounting, human resources, legal affairs, taxes, investor relations, IT, treasury and general administration of SURTECO GROUP SE and the SURTECO Group.

The company would like to thank Mr. Andreas Riedl for his many years of successful work and his commitment to the Group. His contract expired on June 30^th 2020.

With effect from 1 July 2020, Mr. Maximilian Betzler will assume responsibility for sales on the European market in addition to the regions North America and Oceania as CSO of SURTECO GmbH and sales responsibility for Dakor Melamin Imprägnierungen GmbH and SURTECOart GmbH. Mr. Pötz and Mr. Betzler are retiring from their activities as Managing Directors of SURTECO GmbH in the course of their new duties. Mr. Wolfgang Moyses and Mr. Manfred Bracher will take over the management of SURTECO GmbH and the Board of Management of SURTECO GROUP SE. This is a further important step to streamline the Group structures.

 

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About SURTECO

SURTECO GROUP SE with its headquarters in Buttenwiesen is a medium-sized, internationally active investment company. The listed company combines leading national and international brands in surface technology under one roof. The extensive product portfolio includes printed decorative papers, impregnating agents, release papers, decorative surface foils and edgebandings based on special technical papers and plastics, plastic skirtings, technical profiles for industry and roller shutter systems. With over 3,100 employees at 22 production sites worldwide, the group generated annual sales of around € 675 million, 25 % of which were generated in Germany, 47 % in other European countries and a further 28 % in America, Asia and Australia. The customers of the SURTECO Group are primarily in the wood-based materials, flooring and furnishing industries and in interior construction.

More information about the company is available at: -group.com

The shares of SURTECO GROUP SE are listed on the official market (Prime Standard) of the Frankfurt and Munich stock exchanges under the symbol SUR and ISIN DE0005176903 and are also traded on the stock exchanges in Berlin, Düsseldorf and Stuttgart.

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