Sika successfully places bond issue

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Baar (Switzerland) - Sika AG successfully placed today a 5-year bond
issue in the Swiss capital market with an amount of CHF 300 million
and a coupon of 3.5% per annum. The payment date of the bond is June
4, 2009. The issue was placed under the lead management of UBS. The
net proceeds of the transaction will serve the company's long-term,
general financing.

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Sika AG
Zugerstrasse 50
CH-6341 Baar, Switzerland
www.sika.com

Contact: Rainer Weihofen,
Corporate Communications & Investor Relations
Tel.: +41 58 436 68 00
Fax: +41 58 436 68 50
weihofen.rainer@ch.sika.com

Sika AG - a corporate profile
Sika AG, located in Baar, Switzerland, is a globally active company
supplying the specialty chemicals markets. It is a leader in
processing materials used in sealing, bonding, damping, reinforcing
and protecting load-bearing structures in construction (buildings and
infrastructure construction) and in industry (vehicle, building
component and equipment production).
Sika's product lines feature high-quality concrete admixtures,
specialty mortars, sealants and adhesives, damping and reinforcing
materials, structural strengthening systems, industrial flooring and
membranes. Subsidiaries in more than 70 countries worldwide and
approximately 12,900 employees link customers directly to Sika and
guarantee the success of all of its business relationships. With this
business structure Sika generates annual sales of CHF 4.6 billion.
Visit our website at www.sika.com.

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Sika AG
Zugerstrasse 50 Baar

WKN: 858573; ISIN: CH0000587979;
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