Ad-hoc | 10 December 2004 11:52

Carl Zeiss Meditec AG: Expansion of the Management Board

Ad-hoc-announcement transmitted by DGAP. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. ——————————————————————————– Carl Zeiss Meditec AG: Expansion of the Management Board (Jena, 10 December 2004) Carl Zeiss Meditec AG, the medical solutions provider listed in the Prime Standard at the Deutsche Börse (ISIN: DE00531370), today announced that at its meeting of yesterday’s date the company’s Supervisory Board appointed James L. Taylor to the Management Board. Mr Taylor can look back on over 20 years of successful management experience with international medical technology companies and has presided over Carl Zeiss Meditec AG’s subsidiary in the USA since 2001. In future he will be responsible in the Management Board for Marketing, Research and Development. The expansion of the Management Board reflects the solution provider’s global position in the field of ophthalmology and its international growth targets. Contact: Carl Zeiss Meditec AG, Jens Brajer/Director Investor Relations, Goeschwitzer Str. 51-52, 07745 Jena, Phone: +49 (0)3641-220-105, Fax: +49 (0)3641-220-117, E-mail: investors@meditec.zeiss.com end of ad-hoc-announcement (c)DGAP 10.12.2004 ——————————————————————————– WKN: 531370; ISIN: DE0005313704; Index: Listed: Geregelter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin- Bremen, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover, München und Stuttgart 101152 Dez 04