Urs F. Burkard, Jurgen Tinggren and Willi Leimer Resigns from the Board of Directors of Sika AG

Sika AG is the world leader in manufacturing and marketing construction chemicals. Net sales break down by family of products as follows: - construction chemicals (84.1%): admixtures for concretes and mortars, repair mortars, reinforcement and sealing products, sealants, etc.; - industrial manufacturing chemicals (15.9%): adhesives and sealants (mainly polyurethanes, glues, and butyls) primarily for the automotive, railway and shipbuilding sectors. Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Switzerland (3.5%), France (6%), Europe/Middle East/Africa (30.6%), the United States (21.4%), Americas (9%), China (11.6%), Asia/Pacific (10.4%) and other (7.5%).