AMAG Austria Metall AG: Supervisory Board appointed Helmut Wieser CEO effective April 1, 2014

Ranshofen (pta021/19.09.2013/13:15 UTC+2) At its meeting today, the Supervisory Board of AMAG Austria Metall AG appointed Helmut Wieser (59) as Chairman of the Management Board (CEO) of AMAG Austria Metall AG for a period of about three years; the appointment will take effect on April 1, 2014 and end on April 30, 2017. Helmut Wieser will take over from former CEO Gerhard Falch (65), who will then resign from the Management Board of AMAG Austria Metall AG.
In the interest of smooth transition, Helmut Wieser will become a member of the Management Board as from March 1, 2014 already.

Helmut Wieser has over 23 years of experience in the aluminium industry; most recently, he was Global Executive Vice President/Group President Rolled Products of Alcoa, currently the world's largest integrated aluminium producer. Before this, Helmut Wieser was a managing director of Austria Metall Aktiengesellschaft, a legal predecessor of AMAG Austria Metall AG, from 1990 to 1997, and a member of the Management Board from November 1997 to September 2000.

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Emitter:	AMAG Austria Metall AG Lamprechtshausenerstraße 61 5282 Ranshofen Austria
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