A-TEC INDUSTRIES AG ::: Supervisory Board

Supervisory Board A-TEC Industries AG

Freimut Dobretsberger Chairman of the Supervisory Board (since 28 September 2006)

Independent*, term of office until the fifth Annual General Meeting (2011);
CEO of Bank der Österreichischen Postsparkasse AG until 1999.

Johannes Edelsbacher Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board (since 28 September 2006)

Independent*, term of office until the fifth Annual General Meeting (2011);
chief executive of an auditing and accountancy firm.

Gernot Grimm Member of Supervisory Board (since 6 November 2006)

Independent*, end of current term of office Annual General Meeting 2013.
Head of the technology transfer and safety research unit at the Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology since 2005.

Alfred Finz Member of the supervisory board (since 11 February 2011)

Head (Präsidialvorstand iR) of the Austrian court of audit (1995 to 2000), Member of Austrian parliament and until 2007 state secretary of the ministry of finance

Franz Struzl Member of the Supervisory board (since 11 February 2011)

Head of the management board of Voest Alpine AG until 2004 and management functions at Villares Metals S.A. in Brasil until 2010

Horst Wiesinger Member of Supervisory Board (since 27 June 2008)

Independent*, term of office until the sixth Annual General Meeting (2012).
Managing Director of Horst Wiesinger Consulting GmbH
In former times Member of the Managing Board of VA Technologie AG

Helmuth Palzer Member of Supervisory Board (since 27 June 2008)

Independent*, term of office until the sixth Annual General Meeting (2012).
Freelance consultant, until 2005 member of the Management Board of AE&E

*) Independent in the meaning of Rules 53 and 54 Austrian Corporate Governance Code

Fields of duty

By virtue of the applicable legislation, the Company’s articles of incorporation and its rules of procedure, the Supervisory Board is responsible for oversight of the Management Board of A-TEC Industries.

Number and decision-making powers of committees

The Audit Committee consists of selected members of the Supervisory Board. The committee is chaired by Johannes Edelsbacher who is the managing director of an accountancy and audit firm. Deputy Chairman is Horst Wiesinger. Other members of the Audit Comittee are Freimut Dobretsberger and Klaus Requat. The decision-making powers of the Audit Committee are in accordance with their statutory duties.

The Executive Committee, consisting of the Chairman, Freimut Dobretsberger and the Deputy Chairman, Johannes Edelsbacher, also acts as a nomination and a compensation committee, in order to provide the Supervisory Board with improved information flows.

Number of meetings of the committees and the Supervisory Board

During the year under review the Supervisory Board met eight times; the meetings were well attended.

In the course of the year there were three meetings of the Audit Committee. These dealt with cooperation with the auditors, audit progress chasing, internal audit issues and the establishment of a risk management system.

The Executive Committee meetings took place regularly during the runup and follow-up to plenary Supervisory Board meetings.

Composition of the Supervisory Board

Name	Date of birth	Office	Date of initial appointment	End of current term of office
Freimut Dobretsberger	1937	Chairman	9 Mar. 2006	AGM 2011
Johannes Edelsbacher	1944	Deputy Chairman	9 Mar. 2006	AGM 2011
Gernot Grimm	1957		6 Nov. 2006	AGM 2013
Dr. Alfred Finz	1943		11 Feb. 2011	AGM 2013
Dkfm. Franz Struzl	1942		11 Feb. 2011	AGM 2013
Horst Wiesinger	1940		27 Jun. 2008	AGM 2013
Helmuth Palzer	1942		27 Jun. 2008	AGM 2013