DGAP-Adhoc

CEO Dr. Ingo Bretthauer will not extend his employment contract as a member of the Management Board of LPKF Laser & Electronics AG

DGAP-Ad-hoc: LPKF Laser & Electronics Aktiengesellschaft / Key word(s): Change of Personnel CEO Dr. Ingo Bretthauer will not extend his employment contract as a member of the Management Board of LPKF Laser & Electronics AG 21-March-2017 / 18:34 CET/CEST Disclosure of an inside information acc. to Article 17 MAR, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. Garbsen, 21 March 2017 - Dr. Ingo Bretthauer, CEO of LPKF Laser & Electronics AG, has today informed the Supervisory Board that he will not be seeking another term in the Management Board after the expiry of his contract at the end of this year. The chairman of the Supervisory Board, Dr. Heino Büsching, thanks Dr. Bretthauer for his extraordinary and formative contribution to the business development of the LPKF-Group in the last nine years. The Supervisory Board very much regrets that Dr. Bretthauer will leave the company. The Supervisory Board will now focus on finding a successor in good agreement with Dr. Bretthauer, before he leaves. Until then, the Supervisory Board counts on Dr. Bretthauer's energy and decisiveness. LPKF Laser & Electronics AG's shares are listed in the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (ISIN 0006450000). Contact: Bettina Schäfer, Department Manager Group Communication & Investor Relations 21-March-2017 CET/CEST The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Archive at www.dgap.de

Language:	English
Company:	LPKF Laser & Electronics Aktiengesellschaft
	Osteriede 7
	30827 Garbsen
	Germany
Phone:	[phone]
Fax:	[phone]
E-mail:	[e-mail]
Internet:	www.lpkf.com
ISIN:	DE0006450000
WKN:	645000
Listed:	Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange

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