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KION AGM: Group sees itself ideally positioned to seize the opportunities of Intralogistics 4.0 (news with additional features)

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KION AGM: Group sees itself ideally positioned to seize the opportunities of
Intralogistics 4.0 (news with additional features)

12.05.2016 / 13:01
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- Dividend set at EUR0.77 per share, an increase of 40 per cent
- Proposals from Supervisory Board and Executive Board approved with large
majority
- CEO Riske: "Intralogistics 4.0 is already a reality in the KION Group."

Wiesbaden/Frankfurt, 12 May 2016 - The KION Group sees itself ideally
positioned to seize the opportunities presented by the increasing
digitalisation and connectedness of intralogistics. "Intralogistics 4.0 is
already a reality in the KION Group," said the Chief Executive Officer of
the KION Group, Gordon Riske, at the Group's Annual General Meeting, which
was held in Frankfurt on Thursday. "By networking machines, products,
processes and logistics, we are creating the foundations for Industry 4.0.
The end result is intelligent supply chains and value chains."

The Annual General Meeting voted in favour of the Supervisory Board and
Executive Board's proposals with a large majority, including a dividend of
EUR0.77 per share. This equates to dividend growth of 40 per cent year on
year. The dividend payout rate is therefore 35 per cent, compared with 31
per cent in the previous year. In addition, the Annual General Meeting
elected Dr Christina Reuter as a member of the Supervisory Board. It also
renewed the authorisation to purchase treasury shares for a further five
years. This will enable more shares to be repurchased, for example for the
successful KION Employee Equity Programme. The almost 100 shareholders at
the Annual General Meeting represented 85.8 per cent of the share capital.

Numerous examples of innovation in the KION Group

In his speech, CEO Riske highlighted the KION Group's innovative strength.
He referred to the new KION plant in Stříbro in the Czech Republic, which
is a smart factory that uses state-of-the-art IT systems to control,
monitor and document processes. Riske also explained that, having acquired
automation specialist Egemin Automation and US systems integrator
Retrotech, the KION Group now covers the full spectrum of automation
solutions. The KION Group now has an autonomous order picker in its
portfolio in the shape of the award-winning iGo neo CX 20 from STILL.
Meanwhile, the trucks in the Linde brand's Matic series can navigate