Annual General Meeting of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG for Financial Year 2004/2005

All items on the agenda approved with more than 97 percent of the votes; Changes to the Supervisory Board with effect from July 31, 2005

Around 1,200 shareholders participated in the Annual General Meeting of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) for the past financial year 2004/2005 held at the Congress Center Rosengarten in Mannheim. Approximately 62 percent of Heidelberg's share capital was represented at the event.

All items on the agenda which are subject to voting were passed by over 97 percent of the shareholders entitled to vote.

Changes to the employee representatives on the Heidelberg Supervisory Board were also announced at the Annual General Meeting. Josef Pitz (63) and Pat Klinis (61) have resigned from the Supervisory Board with effect from July 31, 2005. The company has applied to the Heidelberg Court of Registration to appoint their successors: Mirko Geiger (44), First Representative of IG Metall Heidelberg, nominated by IG Metall, and Peter Sudadse (50), Works Council member, Heidelberg-Wiesloch, and Vice-Chairman of the Group Works Council, nominated by the latter.

It is anticipated that the Supervisory Board will be able to elect Rainer Wagner, the new Chairman of the Group Works Council, to the post of Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board in August when the latter will once again be at full strength. He will succeed Josef Pitz.

For further information, please contact:
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
Corporate Communications
Thomas Fichtl
Tel.:: +49 (0)6221 92 4747
Fax: +49 (0)6221 92 5069
E-mail: thomas.fichtl@heidelberg.com