OSRAM SYLVANIA EARNS TOP HONORS FROM DESIGN JOURNAL Eight Products Recognized for Innovation and Design Excellence in 2013 Awards for Design Excellence Competition Danvers, Mass. (April 11, 2013) – North American lighting leader OSRAM SYLVANIA announced that the company has won eight Awards For Design Excellence (ADEX) from Design Journal for a wide range of traditional and solid state lighting technologies. Commissioned annually by Design Journal, an international trade publication for interior designers, architects and facility managers, ADEX is considered one of the largest architecture and design award competitions in the industry, recognizing winning entrants at Platinum, Gold and Silver award levels. Six products earned platinum-level ADEX distinction including the OSRAM LINEARlight FLEX® Advanced LED Linear Modules, the SYLVANIA ULTRA RT6 Gimbal LED Recessed Downlight Kit, the EMerge Alliance® Registered Version of OSRAM RLC22 LED 2’x2’ Luminaire, the QUICKTRONIC® POWERSENSE® T5HO, the ProPoint™ Industrial Linear LED Luminaire and OCTRON® 800 XP® XL ECOLOGIC®3 Lamps. The SYLVANIA ULTRA HO PAR38 LED Lamp was awarded gold-level status and the LINEARlight FLEX® POWER FLEX LED Linear Modules earned silver. “Lighting designers, architects and specifiers turn to OSRAM SYLVANIA for quality lighting that leads. These ADEX awards demonstrate our ongoing commitment to developing innovative, energy efficient and sustainable lighting solutions that illuminate spaces both elegantly and efficiently,” said Rick Leaman, president and CEO, OSRAM SYLVANIA. An anonymous panel of professionals and specifiers representing a cross section of their respective design industries conducted all judging and voting for the ADEX competition, awarding points that determined Platinum, Gold or Silver award status. Points were awarded in a variety of sub-categories and a minimum number of points were necessary to qualify at each level. About OSRAM SYLVANIAOSRAM SYLVANIA is a leader in lighting solutions and services, specializing in innovative design and energy saving technology. The company sells products for homes, businesses and vehicles primarily under the SYLVANIA brand name, and also under the OSRAM brand. Headquartered in Danvers, Mass., OSRAM SYLVANIA is the North American operation of OSRAM GmbH. For more information, visit www.sylvania.com or follow us on Facebook and Twitter. DISCLAIMER"This document constitutes neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation to buy or subscribe for securities. Any such offer will be made solely on the basis of the Securities Prospectus yet to be approved by the German Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) and published thereafter. The information legally required to be provided to investors will be contained only in the Securities Prospectus. The information contained herein is not for distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States of America (including its territories and possessions of any State of the United States of America or the District of Columbia) and must not be distributed to U.S. persons (as defined in Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Securities Act")) or publications with a general circulation in the United States of America. This document is not an offer of securities for sale in the United States of America. The securities have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold in the United States of America absent registration or an exemption from registration under the Securities Act. The Issuer does not intend to register any portion of the offering in the United States of America or to conduct a public offering of the securities in the United States of America. This document is not an offer of securities for sale in the United Kingdom, Canada, Japan or Australia."###OSRAM is a registered trademark of OSRAM GmbH. SYLVANIA is a registered trademark of OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc.All other trademarks are those of their respective owners.