EANS-Adhoc: C.A.T. oil AG / New Management Board for C.A.T. oil AG

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Board of Directors (Appointments and Changes)/Company Information 27.02.2015

- Supervisory Board appoints long-time industry experts with international background

- Change of the Management Board with immediate effect

The newly established Supervisory Board of C.A.T. oil AG, headed by majority shareholder Maurice Dijols, has appointed with immediate effect the future Management Board of the oilfield service company. Three long-time industry experts with international experience take over the top executive level of the listed company with its headquarters in Vienna. The former Management Board has been recalled with immediate effect as well.

The Supervisory Board appointed oil manager Mr Yury Semenov, age 37, as new Chairman of the Management Board. Semenov started his career in the year 2000 joining a Canadian office of the Russian oil company LUKoil. From 2005 onwards he held various top-level positions at the world's leading oil service provider Schlumberger in the United Arab Emirates, Great Britain and Russia. Until recently he acted as Vice President for Schlumberger Logelco in Moscow.

The position of Vice-Chairman and CFO was entrusted to Mr Valeriy Inyushin, age 42, Ph.D. of Economics and holder of a French Management Diploma. Mr Inyushin provides professional expertise in various industries - from financial services (six years for UniCredit Bank Russia), shipbuilding and mechanical engineering to a large industry holding - for his new assignment.

Mr Evgeny Pankratov, age 63, a long-time executive of C.A.T. oil AG, completes the new Management Board. The 63-year old, who has been in the industry for more than four decades, is working for the company since 2005, leading the operating companies of C.A.T. oil in Russia and CIS as CEO for the last seven years.

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