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Kontron AG: Dismissal Management Board members

Kontron AG / Key word(s): Miscellaneous

25.07.2016 22:50

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Augsburg, 25 July 2016 - Following Kontron AG's Supervisory Board's
decision on 25 July 2016, Rolf Schwirz has been dismissed from his position
as CEO and Andreas Plikat has been dismissed from the Management Board of
Kontron AG. Sten Daugaard is standing down as a Supervisory Board member
and is taking over the position of CEO effective on 25 July 2016. He will
be advised by a taskforce consisting of Supervisory Board members Martin
Bertinchamp, Dr. Dieter Düsedau and Harald Joachim Joos. Meanwhile, Dr.
Thomas Riegler, interim CFO, has been appointed as Member of the Management
Board. Kontron will continue to pursue the strategic reorientation
announced in May 2015.

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Kontron, a global leader in embedded computing technology and trusted
advisor in IoT, provides a complete and integrated portfolio of hardware,
software and services. Kontron creates many of the standards that drive the
world's embedded computing platforms, bringing to life numerous
technologies and applications. The result is an accelerated time-to-market,
reduced total-cost-of-ownership, product longevity and the best possible
overall application with leading-edge, highest reliability embedded
technology. Kontron is a listed company. Its shares are traded in the Prime
Standard segment of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and on other exchanges
under the symbol "KBC". For more information, please visit: www.kontron.com


For further information please contact:
Chari Lazaridis
Head of Global Corporate Communications
Kontron AG
Tel: [phone]
[e-mail]

Alexandra Habekost
Head of Investor Relations
Kontron AG
Tel: [phone]
[e-mail]


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Language: English
Company: Kontron AG
Lise-Meitner-Straße 3-5
86156 Augsburg
Germany
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Internet: www.kontron.com
ISIN: DE0006053952
WKN: 605395
Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated
Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Hanover,
Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange; Terminbörse EUREX

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