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Dr. Matthias J. Rapp to become new Chief Financial Officer at Merz in Frankfurt

Frankfurt am Main, 03.02.2003

Dr. Matthias J. Rapp (35) has been named new Chief Financial Officer at Merz in Frankfurt. He will assume worldwide responsibility for finance, controlling, and law in the Merz Group. Merz is an internationally active company specializing in pharmaceuticals, health and wellness products, and writing implements.

Matthias J. Rapp was most recently Chief Financial Officer at Lurgi Life Science GmbH, a strategic business unit of mg technologies AG which is active in the fields of plant engineering for the pharmaceutical industry, renewable resources, and fine chemicals. Before that he was senior vice president of corporate development at Lurgi AG. He will support the Merz Group with his extensive experience in finance and controlling as Merz continues the expansion of its position as a globally active specialty pharmaceuticals company.

Dr. Rapp succeeds Dr. Peter Mauritz (39), who will be assuming a challenging position at Wella AG in Darmstadt.

About Merz (www.merz.de):

Merz Pharma is an innovative pharmaceutical company specializing in the research and marketing of drugs for the treatment of psychiatric and dermatological diseases. Merz is a leader in the field of Alzheimer research and developed the first drug for the treatment of moderate to severe Alzheimer’s.

The Merz Group also includes Merz Consumer Care GmbH, a company that develops and markets innovative health, beauty, and wellness products under the brand names Merz Spezial and tetesept, and Merz & Krell, Europe’s largest supplier of writing implements for the promotional products market.

The Merz Group has more than 1,700 employees and in fiscal 2001/02 generated about 320 million euros in sales.

For further information please contact:

Dr. Andrea Kreisselmeier
Head of Corporate Communications
Merz Pharma GmbH & Co. KGaA
Eckenheimer Landstrasse 100
60318 Frankfurt am Main
Germany

Phone: +49 - (0)69 / 15 03 - 853
Fax: +49 - (0)69 / 15 03 - 400
E-Mail: andrea.kreisselmeier@merz.de

Last update: 14 Mai 2007, 04:26

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