Aurubis : Roland Harings to be appointed to Aurubis Executive Board already as of May 20, 2019

Hamburg, April 17, 2019 - Roland Harings will be appointed to the Aurubis AG Executive Board effective May 20, 2019, and will serve as Deputy Executive Board Chairman until June 30, 2019.The Aurubis AG Supervisory Board passed this resolution in a separate meeting on April 16, 2019.

With the appointment of Roland Harings, the Executive Board will expand from three members to four from May 20 to June 30, 2019. Beginning July 1, the Aurubis Executive Board will once again consist of three members: As previously announced, the current Executive Board Chairman Jürgen Schachler (64) will leave the company on this date, when his contract expires. Mr. Harings (55) will assume the Executive Board chairmanship on the same day. He has initially been appointed for three years.

From 2014 to early 2019, Roland Harings served as CEO of MKM Mansfelder Kupfer und Messing GmbH, a leading manufacturer of semi-finished products made of copper and copper alloys located in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt with about 1,200 employees. In December 2018, the EU antitrust authorities approved the merger of MKM and the KME Group. The transaction was completed at the end of February 2019.

'Following the successful closing of this transaction that he intensively pushed forward, Mr. Harings is fortunately available to begin at Aurubis AG in May already, earlier than announced back in January,' explained Aurubis AG Supervisory Board Chairman Prof. Dr. Fritz Vahrenholt. 'The timing of this earlier beginning is ideal for Aurubis, and the Supervisory Board wishes Mr. Harings a successful start.'

Aurubis AG is a leading worldwide provider of non-ferrous metals and the largest copper recycler worldwide. The company processes complex metal concentrates, scrap metals and metal-bearing recycling materials into metals of the highest quality.

Its main area of expertise is the processing and optimal recovery of concentrates and of recycling raw materials with complex qualities. With its range of services, Aurubis is a forerunner in the industry. The group of companies is oriented towards growth, efficiency and sustainability: The main components of the strategy are the expansion of the leading market position as an integrated copper producer, entering new markets in the area of industries of the future, the highly efficient and optimal production of additional metals and by-products from complex raw materials, as well as practicing a responsible attitude when dealing with people, resources and the environment.

Aurubis produces more than 1 million t of copper cathodes annually and from them a variety of copper products such as wire rod, continuous cast shapes, rolled products and strips, as well as specialty wire and copper profiles and alloys. Precious metals, selenium, lead, nickel and a series of other products such as sulfuric acid and iron silicate also belong to the product portfolio.

Aurubis has about 6,700 employees, production sites in Europe and the USA and an extensive service and sales system in Europe, Asia and North America.

Aurubis' customers include companies in the copper semis industry, the electrical engineering, electronics and chemical industries, as well as suppliers of the renewable energies, construction and automotive sectors.

Aurubis shares are part of the Prime Standard Segment of the German Stock Exchange and are listed in the MDAX, the Global Challenges Index (GCX) and the STOXX Europe 600.