Hans Peter Baumgartner new Chairman of Esmertec

DUEBENDORF-ZURICH, Switzerland - May 15, 2007 – Esmertec™ (SWX: ESMN), leading edge provider of software platforms, applications and services to communications device manufacturers and mobile telecom operators, is pleased to announce that shareholders approved all proposals put forward by the Board of Directors at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) today with strong majorities. 808 shareholders participated or were represented at the AGM, representing 51% of the total issued share capital.

Shareholders granted, among other things, discharge to the Board of Directors and the Executive Management and re-elected Hans-Ulrich Müller and Jean Schmitt for an additional one-year term and Michel Bon as well as Hans Peter Baumgartner for an additional two-year term of office as members of the Board of Directors. Former CEO, Jean-Claude Martinez, was newly elected to the Board of Directors for a two-year term of office. Ruedi Noser did not stand for re-election. Hans Peter Baumgartner will be the new Chairman of the Board of Directors.

Shareholders voted in favor of the creation of 2 million shares of authorized capital valid for a period of 2 years. The capital increase is earmarked for strategic purposes such as strategic alliances or to invite strategic investors to further strengthen the Company’s competitive position.

At the AGM Thomas Hornung, CEO of Esmertec, presented a review of the key events of 2007 and gave an outlook for 2008. The corresponding presentation and the 2007 annual report are available on the Investor Relations pages of Esmertec’s website www.esmertec.com/investor_relations/.


About Esmertec
Esmertec is a focused provider of software and services to communications device manufacturers and mobile telecom operators. The company provides software platforms that enable the deployment of content and applications in devices and over servers. Customers include mobile telecom operators and manufacturers of mobile handsets, set-top boxes and interactive televisions. Esmertec's software and service capabilities excel with their reliability as well as fast and local execution. Founded in 1999, Esmertec is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland with subsidiaries in China, France, Japan, South Korea, and the USA, and offices in Taiwan and the UK. Since 2005, Esmertec is listed on the SWX Swiss Exchange (ESMN).

Esmertec is a founding member of the Open Handset Alliance.
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