Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG Annual General Meeting for Financial Year 2007/2008

• Proposed dividend of 0.95 Euro per share adopted
• AGM elects shareholder representatives to the Supervisory Board 
• Wössner confirmed as Chairman of the Supervisory Board
• All items on the agenda approved

Around 1,700 shareholders today participated in the Annual General Meeting of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) for the financial year 2007/2008, which was held at the Congress Center Rosengarten in Mannheim. Approximately 60 percent of Heidelberg's share capital was represented at the event.

The Management Board discussed the company's strategy and the Balance Sheet for the past financial year (April 1, 2007 through March 31, 2008).
 
Approval from the company's shareholders was needed for 12 of the 13 items on the AGM's agenda. Key items included the appropriation of the retained earnings and the associated distribution of a dividend of 0.95 Euro per participating share, and a resolution regarding the appointment of members of the Supervisory Board. Shareholders also voted on a further ten resolutions.

For the resolution regarding the appointment of members of the Supervisory Board, over 98 percent of the voters were in agreement. At the constituent meeting of the new Supervisory Board that took place after the AGM, Dr. Mark Wössner, 69, was elected as the new Chairman of the Heidelberg Supervisory Board until 2011. 

The Articles of Incorporation state that the Supervisory Board is to consist of 16 members. The members who represent shareholders are to be elected by the AGM as set out in the Aktiengesetz (German Stock Corporation Act) regulations. In accordance with this, voting took place for the eight members appointed by the shareholders to the Supervisory Board for the next period of office, which will last for approximately five years. The eight employees' representatives were elected as set out in the Mitbestimmungsgesetz (German Co-Determination Act) during a separate procedure prior to the AGM. The term of office begins when the AGM ends on July 18, 2008. The full list of names is set out in Item 6 of the Agenda for the Annual General Meeting.

Note for editors:
A recording of the speech - complete with text and charts - given by CEO Bernhard Schreier at the AGM can be viewed on the Internet at www.heidelberg.com .

The Annual Report and Agenda for the Annual General Meeting can also be downloaded from www.heidelberg.com .

Other dates:
The scheduled publication date for the financial statements for the first quarter of 2008/2009 is August 5, 2008.

Image 1:
Bernhard Schreier, CEO of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, at the Annual General Meeting in the Congress Center Rosengarten Mannheim.

Image 2:
(from the right) Dr. Mark Wössner, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Bernhard Schreier, CEO, Dirk Kaliebe, CFO, Stephan Plenz, CTO, at the Annual General Meeting of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG in the Congress Center Rosengarten Mannheim.

For further information, please contact:
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
Corporate Communications
Thomas Fichtl
Tel.: +49 (0)6221 92 47 47
Fax: +49 (0)6221 92 50 69
E-mail: thomas.fichtl@heidelberg.com

Supervisory Board members elected by the Shareholders:

Dr. Werner Brandt, Bad Homburg
Dr. Brandt is a Member of the Board of Management of SAP AG, Walldorf

Edwin Eichler, Dusseldorf
Mr. Eichler is a Member of the Board of Management of ThyssenKrupp AG, Düsseldorf

Dr. Siegfried Jaschinski, Stuttgart
Dr. Jaschinski is Chairman of the Board of Managing Directors of Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart

Robert J. Koehler, Wiesbaden
Mr. Koehler is Chairman of the Board of Management of SGL Carbon AG, Wiesbaden

Dr. Gerhard Rupprecht, Gerlingen
Dr. Rupprecht is a Member of the Board of Management of Allianz SE, Munich

Prof. Günther Schuh, Aachen
Prof. Schuh is a University Professor and holder of the Chair for Production System Technology at the RWTH Aachen University

Dr. Klaus Sturany, Dortmund
Dr. Sturany is a Member of several Supervisory Boards