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RATIONAL AG: Chairman of the Supervisory Board Siegfried Meister passed away

DGAP-Ad-hoc: RATIONAL AG / Key word(s): Change of Personnel RATIONAL AG: Chairman of the Supervisory Board Siegfried Meister passed away 28-Jul-2017 / 12:04 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. RATIONAL AG: Chairman of the Supervisory Board Siegfried Meister passed away Key words: Personnel announcement/Supervisory board Disclosure of an inside information acc. to Article 17 MAR, transmitted by DGAP  It is with deep sadness that RATIONAL AG announces the death of Mr Siegfried Meister. The founder, majority shareholder and chairman of the Supervisory Board passed away today after a short, severe illness at the age of 78.

Mr Walter Kurtz, member of the Supervisory Board and shareholder since RATIONAL AG's foundation will take over as an interim head of the Supervisory Board in his function as vice chairman. The Supervisory and Management Boards and the workforce mourn the loss of an outstanding entrepreneur and will continue to run the company in Mr Meister's spirit.

Contact:

Rational Aktiengesellschaft

​Dr. Axel Kaufmann/CFO

Tel. [phone]

Stefan Arnold / Head of Investor Relations

Tel. [phone]

E-Mail: [e-mail]
www.rational-online.com

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Language:	English
Company:	RATIONAL AG
	Iglinger Straße 62
	86899 Landsberg a. Lech
	Germany
Phone:	0049 8191 327 2209
Fax:	0049 8191 327 722209
E-mail:	[e-mail]
Internet:	www.rational-online.com
ISIN:	DE0007010803
WKN:	701080
Indices:	MDAX
Listed:	Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange

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