Press Release

Head of Hönle Group

Press Contact:

Catherine Gettert

Phone: +49 (0)8105 2083-170 catherine.gettert@hoenle.de

Change in the top management of the Dr. Hönle AG

Dr. Franz Richter becomes the new CEO

The supervisory board of Dr. Hönle AG delegates Dr. Franz Richter, currently Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the UV technology company, as interim successor to CEO Norbert Haimerl.

Gilching, May 16th, 2023 - After the change at the top of the Supervisory Board, the body delegates Dr. Franz Richter as interim successor to Norbert Haimerl, who has been on the board for many years and who resigned by mutual agreement effective April 30, 2023.

Norbert Haimerl was a member of the board of Dr. Hönle AG since 2000, as CEO since last year. For more than two decades he has made a significant contribution to the successful development of the company.

The search for a new CEO has already begun. Until her or his appointment, Dr. Franz Richter will take up this position, but for a maximum of one year. During this time, his position as Chairman of the Supervisory Board will be suspended - and taken over by Niklas Friedrichsen on an interim basis. He has been a member of the Dr. Hönle AG Supervisory Board since 2022.

The physicist Dr. Franz Richter has extensive expertise in the field of technical developments, including UV lithography, UV purification and silicone adhesives. With many years of experience in the fields of semiconductors and optoelectronics, i.e., at Carl Zeiss AG and Süss Microtec SE - where he last

Dr. Hönle AG

CEO:

Place of Business:

UV-Technology

Dr. Franz Richter

Gilching, District Starnberg

Nicolaus-Otto-Str. 2

Member of Board:

D-82205 Gilching

Rainer Pumpe

Chairman Supervisory Board:

HRB Munich

www.hoenle.de

Niklas Friedrichsen

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Head of Hönle Group

Press Contact:

Catherine Gettert

Phone: +49 (0)8105 2083-170 catherine.gettert@hoenle.de

worked as CEO - Dr. Richter has the right qualifications to continue expanding the Dr. Hönle AG as an innovative and reliable partner for industrial UV solutions.

The interim CEO Dr. Franz Richter is looking forward to his new operational task at Dr. Hönle AG: "Hönle has almost 50 years of experience in the field of UV technology. The company has always been a trendsetter and technology driver in many areas and has opened up various new fields of application for UV curing. Together with all employees, we will now set the course for a strategy of accelerated profitable growth."

About Hönle: Dr. Hönle AG, head of Hönle Group, is one of the world's leading suppliers for industrial UV technology. The UV specialist, who is noted on the stock exchange, develops, manufactures, and distributes UV/LED-UV units and systems, UV lamps and UV measuring equipment, worldwide. The systems are used for the cross-linking of photo-reactive substances, for disinfection, solar simulation, and lighting.

Hönle products are used at manufacturing processes in electronics, microelectronics, precision engineering and the optical industry, as well as in the printing, coating, automobile, aerospace, pharmaceutical and photovoltaic sectors. Further fields of application are the food industry, hospitals, room air disinfection and water treatment.

For almost 50 years, the UV specialist Hönle has been very successful in developing curing and coating technology. The innovative Hönle UV and LED-UV

Dr. Hönle AG

CEO:

Place of Business:

UV-Technology

Dr. Franz Richter

Gilching, District Starnberg

Nicolaus-Otto-Str. 2

Member of Board:

D-82205 Gilching

Rainer Pumpe

Chairman Supervisory Board:

HRB Munich

www.hoenle.de

Niklas Friedrichsen

No. 127 507

Press Release

Head of Hönle Group

Press Contact:

Catherine Gettert

Phone: +49 (0)8105 2083-170 catherine.gettert@hoenle.de

systems can be easily integrated into various manufacturing processes where they achieve excellent results.

For more than 30 years, Hönle has also been developing high-efficient UVC devices for the disinfection of surfaces but also of water and air.

Hönle is ISO 9001 and ISO 14001certified. All Hönle products bear the CE mark.

Dr. Hönle AG

CEO:

Place of Business:

UV-Technology

Dr. Franz Richter

Gilching, District Starnberg

Nicolaus-Otto-Str. 2

Member of Board:

D-82205 Gilching

Rainer Pumpe

Chairman Supervisory Board:

HRB Munich

www.hoenle.de

Niklas Friedrichsen

No. 127 507

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