The Board of Directors of HEXPOL AB (publ.) has appointed Klas Dahlberg as CEO and President of the company. He will take up the position latest by 1 July 2024.

Klas Dahlberg currently holds the position as Head of Business Area NIBE Climate Solutions. He has been with NIBE since 2016 and he has been responsible for NIBE Climate Solutions since 2018. Prior to joining NIBE, he had a successful international career spanning over a 30-year period with the Scania group, with his last position being responsible for the division of Buses & Coaches. Klas has lived and worked in Germany for many years. He holds a M.Sc. in Engineering from Lund University, Sweden.

"It is a pleasure to welcome Klas to HEXPOL. Klas' substantial international experience, tested leadership skills and successful career will be of high value to the continued strategic development of HEXPOL, with focus on further expansion through acquisitions, organic growth and development of advanced polymer solutions with improved sustainable footprint", says Alf Göransson, Chairman of HEXPOL AB (publ.).

"I am looking forward to, together with all employees at HEXPOL, create value for customers, shareholders and other stakeholders. I am grateful for the trust shown by the Board of Directors and humble before the task to continue the successful journey led by my predecessor, Georg Brunstam", says Klas Dahlberg.

This information is such that HEXPOL AB (publ) is obliged to publish in accordance with the EU market abuse regulation. The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact persons set out below, at 08:00 a.m. CET on December 19, 2023.

For further information, please contact:

Alf Göransson
Chairman of the Board

Peter Rosén
Acting CEO and President and CFO
peter.rosen@hexpol.com
+46 (0) 73 656 49 34

HEXPOL is a world-leading polymers group with strong global positions in advanced polymer compounds (Compounding), gaskets for plate heat exchangers (Gaskets and Seals), and wheels made of polymer materials for truck and castor wheel applications (Wheels). Customers are primarily system suppliers to the global automotive and engineering industry, building and construction industry and within sectors as transportation, energy, consumer and cable industry and manufacturers of medical equipment, plate heat exchangers and forklifts. The Group is organized in two business areas, HEXPOL Compounding and HEXPOL Engineered Products. The HEXPOL Group's sales in 2022 amounted to 22,243 MSEK and the Group has approximately 5,000 employees in fourteen countries. Further information is available at www.hexpol.com.

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