ALTANA AG With a New Supervisory Board

FRANKFURT & WESEL, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Supervisory Board of ALTANA AG (NYSE:AAA)(FWB:ALT)(GER:ALT), which will operate as a specialty chemicals company in the future, newly constituted itself following the Annual General Meeting. Dr. Fritz Fröhlich, Chief Financial Officer of Akzo Nobel N.V. until 2004, was appointed new Chairman of the Supervisory Board. The other new Board members are Dr. Helmut Eschwey, Chairman of the Board of Management of Heraeus Holding GmbH; Mr. Werner Spinner, member of the Management Board of Bayer AG until 2003; and Dr. Carl Voigt, Division Head of Degussa AG until 2006. Mrs. Susanne Klatten remains deputy chairwoman of the Supervisory Board; and Dr. Klaus-Jürgen Schmieder, member of the Management Board of Air Liquide S.A., remains chairman of the Audit Committee.