DR. ULRICH WÖHR NEW CHAIRMAN OF BERU’S SUPERVISORY BOARD
09 February 2005 - BERU

Dr. Ulrich Wöhr is the new Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Ludwigsburg-based Automotive supplier BERU AG.

BERU AG’s Supervisory Board, consisting of six persons, has appointed Dr. Wöhr as Chairman in its meeting on February 9, 2005. Wöhr, who worked almost 20 years at VDO, ten of which as the chairman of the management board, has a long-term experience in the automotive suppliers’ industry.

The graduated business economist (Dipl.-Kaufmann) with PhD was Chief Financial
Officer at Metallgesellschaft before he was appointed by GEA AG as Chief Executive
Officer. As a management consultant and member of several Supervisory Boards he held mandates at Grohe AG, VARTA AG and Pirelli Germany AG, among others.

Next to his mandate at BERU, Dr. Ulrich Wöhr is Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Atkon AG, Wiesbaden and member of the Supervisory Board of Sanitec International AG, Hamburg.

The former Chairman Heinrich Rutt, Managing Director of The Carlyle Group,
abandoned his Supervisory Board mandate and withdrew from office of BERU’s
Supervisory Board upon execution of the share purchase agreement of roughly 62% of BERU AG shares through BorgWarner Inc., USA, effective from January 5, 2005.

Besides the two labour representatives, the following members belong to BERU’s
Supervisory Board, Robin J. Adams, Troy/Michigan/USA, U.S. Certified Accountant
and Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer of BorgWarner Inc.,
Anthony D. Hensel, Troy/Michigan/USA, U.S. Certified Accountant and Vice President
of BorgWarner Inc. as well as Alfred Weber, Auburn Hills/Michigan/USA, Business
economist (Dipl.-Kaufmann) and Vice President of BorgWarner Inc.

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