Clariant Shareholders Vote in Favor of All Resolutions.

MUTTENZ, Switzerland -- The shareholders of Clariant Ltd (SWX:CLN), Muttenz/ Switzerland, have taken note of the 2005 business results at the Company's 11th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders in Basel and voted by overwhelming majorities in favor of all resolutions proposed by the Board of Directors. They granted, among other things, discharge to the Board of Directors and the Board of Management and approved, instead of payment of a dividend, a repayment of the nominal value of CHF 0.25 of each registered share. The share capital of CHF 1,093,260,000 will therefore be reduced by CHF 57,540,000 to CHF 1,035,720,000, and the nominal value of each registered share will be reduced from CHF 4.75 by CHF 0.25 to CHF 4.50. The amount of CHF 0.25 in place of a dividend is expected to be paid to the shareholders in cash by the end of June 2006 after expiration of the legally prescribed notice to obligees. The available earnings to be carried forward of CHF 229,550,139 will be appropriated to the free reserves. E[acute accent]President Robert Raeber and Prof. Dieter Seebach have retired from the Board of Directors due to having reached the statutory age limit. The US-born Peter Chen, who is a Full Professor of Physical-Organic Chemistry at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, was newly elected for a four-year term. At a subsequent meeting, the Board of Directors appointed the past Chief Executive Officer, Roland Loesser, who is already a member of the Board of Directors, as the new President. As announced in November 2005, his function as head of the Company will be assumed immediately by the Swedish Jan Secher, who has been a member of the Board of Management of Clariant since the beginning of the year.

Calendar of Corporate Events

May 9, 2006           First Quarter 2006 Results
August 2, 2006        First Half 2006 Results
November 7, 2006      Nine Month 2006 Results
February 20, 2007     Full Year 2006 Results; Annual Media Conference
April 2, 2007         Annual General Meeting

E[acute accent]Clariant - Exactly your chemistry

E[acute accent]Clariant is a global leader in the field of specialty chemicals. Strong business relationships, commitment to outstanding service and wide-ranging application know-how make Clariant a preferred partner for its customers. E[acute accent]Clariant, which is represented on five continents with over 100 group companies, employs around 23,000 people. Headquartered in Muttenz near Basel, Switzerland, it generated sales of around CHF 8.2 billion in 2005. E[acute accent]Clariant's businesses are organized in five divisions: Textile, Leather & Paper Chemicals, Pigments & Additives, Functional Chemicals, Life Science Chemicals and Masterbatches. E[acute accent]Clariant is committed to sustainable growth springing from its own innovative strength. Clariant's innovative products play a key role in its customers' manufacturing and treatment processes or else add value to their end products. The company's success is based on the know-how of its people and their ability to identify new customer needs at an early stage and to work together with customers to develop innovative, efficient solutions.

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