COLTENE Holding AG: Change in the Group Management

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COLTENE Holding AG: Change in the Group Management

Altstaetten, May 23, 2019 - Werner Mannschedel, Head of Research and Development, Quality Management and Regulatory Affairs for many years, will leave COLTENE Group Management at the end of September 2019 in view of his upcoming retirement. He will remain at the disposal of the Company for special tasks. In the future, his functions within the COLTENE Group will be performed directly by the individual production sites. The Board of Directors of COLTENE Holding AG thanks Werner Mannschedel for more than thirty years of commitment and his contribution to the success of the Company.

Werner Mannschedel joined ROEKO GmbH + Co KG, Langenau, Germany, in 1988 as Head of Quality Control and Analytics. In 1998 he was promoted to General Manager. After the takeover of ROEKO by the COLTENE Group in 2002, he was initially responsible for operations in the EMEA region and later for Global Operations. In 2015, Werner Mannschedel was appointed to the Group Management of COLTENE Holding AG as Vice President R&D, Quality Management and Regulatory Affairs.

Martin Schaufelberger, CEO of the COLTENE Group, comments: "On behalf of the Board of Directors and the Group Management, I would like to thank Werner Mannschedel for more than 30 years of his extremely valuable commitment to the COLTENE Group. For many years, Werner Mannschedel was responsible for the management of the German site and the development of various patented key products. His contribution was of great importance to the COLTENE Group".

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Financial Calendar

Half-year results 2019	August 22, 2019
Media and analyst conference on fiscal 2019 Annual Report 2019	March 5, 2020
Annual General Meeting 2020	April 2, 2020

About COLTENE

COLTENE is an international developer, manufacturer and seller of dental consumables and equipment active in the three areas of Infection Control, Dental Preservation and Efficient Treatment. COLTENE has state-of-the-art production facilities in the USA, Canada, Brazil, Germany, France and Switzerland. COLTENE also employs its own sales force across Europe, America, North and Latin America, China and India and other key markets. Dentists and dental labs all around the globe trust COLTENE's high‐quality products. The registered shares of COLTENE Holding AG (CLTN) are listed on SIX Swiss Exchange. Learn more about COLTENE and its products at www.coltene.com.

This written statement and oral statements or other statements made, or to be made, by us contain forward-looking statements that do not relate solely to historical or current facts. These forward-looking statements are based on the current plans and expectations of our management and are subject to a number of uncertainties and risks that could significantly affect our current plans and expectations, as well as future results of operations and financial condition. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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