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Clariant appoints Dr. Hariolf Kottmann new Chief Executive Officer

Muttenz, September 4, 2008 - The Board of Directors of Clariant International
Ltd has appointed Dr. Hariolf Kottmann new Chief Executive Officer, effective
October 1, 2008, replacing Jan Secher who plans to pursue new activities outside
of Clariant.

Dr. Juerg Witmer, Chairman of the Board of Clariant commented: 'Jan Secher has
laid the foundation for the new direction of the group. The Board of Directors
expresses its thanks and recognition for the major achievements in the
restructuring of Clariant under his leadership.'

Juerg Witmer further stated: 'Dr. Hariolf Kottmann has broad leadership
experience in the specialty chemicals industry and an outstanding track record
in successfully improving the performance of existing businesses as well as
building up new business opportunities. Our objective is to substantially
improve the performance of the Clariant group and to leverage Clariant's
potential on the basis of a cohesive business portfolio, a global resource base
as well as a professional team of business leaders. The Board of Directors is
convinced that this will lead to a sustainable enhancement of the value of
Clariant.'

Hariolf Kottmann, 53, German national, earned his PhD in organic chemistry at
the University of Stuttgart in 1984. In 1985 he started his career at the
Corporate R&D Center of former Hoechst AG in Frankfurt. In the course of the
following years he assumed increasing responsibilities in various chemical
divisions of the company, functions such as research and development, production
and technologies, controlling as well as in the Central Staff Department of the
Hoechst board of management. In 1996 he was appointed deputy to the division
head of the Basic Chemicals division at Hoechst AG and took responsibility for
the business unit Inorganic Chemicals. In 1998 he moved to Summit, New Jersey
(USA) as a member of the Executive Committee and head of the organic chemicals
business of Celanese Ltd, a spin-off of Hoechst. In April 2001 Dr. Kottmann was
appointed member of the Executive Committee of SGL Carbon AG in Wiesbaden. In
this function he is responsible for the Advanced Materials division and the
regions Eastern Europe and Asia. He is also in charge of the corporate functions
SGL Excellence as well as Technology and Innovation.

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