DGAP-Adhoc: Francotyp-Postalia Holding AG: Supervisory Board appoints Hans Szymanski as new Chief Financial Officer for the FP Group


Francotyp-Postalia Holding AG / Change of Personnel/Change of Personnel

02.09.2008 

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Francotyp-Postalia Holding AG: Supervisory Board appoints Hans Szymanski as
new Chief Financial Officer for the FP Group

Birkenwerder, 2nd September 2008. Francotyp-Postalia Holding AG is
announcing the appointment of Hans Szymanski as its Chief Financial
Officer, taking effect as of 1st December 2008.  Mr. Szymanski has many
years of experience in the field of financial management. After studying
economics at Bochum, he began his professional career with Altwert AG & Co.
KG in Essen. More recently, Szymanski held positions as CFO for Central
Europe at Dematic GmbH in Offenbach, and as the General Manager of Jenoptik
Laser Optik Systeme GmbH in Jena. His activities focused especially on the
restructuring and reorganization of cost and corporate structures.

Francotyp-Postalia Holding AG (WKN FPH900; ISIN DE000FPH9000)
Andreas Drechsler
Investor Relations
ir@francotyp.com
Tel.: 0 33 03 – 525-777
Fax: 0 33 03 – 53707-777
Triftweg 21 – 26
D-16547 Birkenwerder

This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation
of an offer to purchase securities of Francotyp-Postalia Holding AG. The
shares offered in connection with the initial public offering have already
been allotted.

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Information and Explaination of the Issuer to this News:

The Supervisory Board of Francotyp-Postalia Holding AG has appointed Hans
Szymanski as Chief Financial Officer with effect from 1st December 2008.

Hans Szymanski went to school for several years in Portugal and later
studied economics at the Ruhr University at Bochum, where he graduated with
a diploma in 1991.  He began his professional career at Altwert AG & Co. KG
in Essen and Klöckner & CO AG in Duisburg. More recently, Szymanski was the
General Manager of Jenoptik Laser Optik Systeme GmbH in Jena and the CFO
for Central Europe at Dematic GmbH in Offenbach. Major projects controlled
by him involved the restructuring and reorganization of areas of financial
management, such as cost structures, the introduction of profit centers,
and the optimization and extension of corporate controlling.

'I am looking forward to working with Mr. Szymanski', said Dr. Heinz-Dieter
Sluma, the Company's new CEO, in office since 1st January 2008. 'Our new
CFO has the experience needed to help drive the Company forward. Together,
we will realign the FP Group and turn it into a successful provider of
Mailstream services.'



Contact:
Francotyp-Postalia Holding AG
Investor Relations 
Telefon:  +49 (0)3303 525 777
Telefax:  +49 (0)3303 53 70 77 77 
E-Mail:  ir@francotyp.com 


DGAP 02.09.2008 
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Language:     English
Issuer:       Francotyp-Postalia Holding AG
              Triftweg 21-26
              16547 Birkenwerder
              Deutschland
Phone:        +49 (0)3303 525 777
Fax:          +49 (0)3303 53 70 77 77
E-mail:       ir@francotyp.com
Internet:     www.francotyp.com
ISIN:         DE000FPH9000
WKN:          FPH900
Listed:       Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
              in Berlin, Stuttgart, München, Düsseldorf
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