KRONES AG — Board/Management Information 2011

Jun 14, 2011

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Ad-hoc | 14 June 2011 20:13

Krones AG: KRONES AG plans changes in its Supervisory and Executive Boards

Krones AG / Key word(s): Change of Personnel

14.06.2011 20:13

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Neutraubling, 14 June 2011 - At the AGM in Neutraubling on 15 June 2011,
the agenda for the shareholders of Krones AG will include a vote on a
revamped Supervisory Board. Standing for re-election are the present
Supervisory Board Chairman Ernst Baumann (62), a former director of BMW AG,
Norman Kronseder (48), farmer and forester, Dr. Jochen Klein (67), Managing
Director of I-Invest GmbH, and Count Philipp von und zu Lerchenfeld (59), a
member of the Bavarian State Parliament.
The former President of Regensburg University, Prof. Dr. Erich Kohnhäuser
(66), will be stepping down from the body upon conclusion of the AGM. Petra
Schadeberg-Herrmann (44) is the first woman to stand for election to
Krones' Supervisory Board. As a managing partner of Krombacher Finance
GmbH, she will be able to contribute her extensive knowledge and her long
years of experience.

In the constitutive meeting immediately following the AGM, the Supervisory
Board of Krones AG will be deciding on changes in the company's Executive
Board.
After 15 years on the on Krones AG's Executive Board, the Deputy Executive
Board Chairman, Hans-Jürgen Thaus (62), will be stepping down from it
effective 31 December 2011, having reached the contractually agreed age
limit of 62.
The Human Resources Committee of the Supervisory Board will propose to the
full Supervisory Board of Krones AG Christoph Klenk (47) to succeed
Hans-Jürgen Thaus as Financial Director. An engineering graduate, Christoph
Klenk has since 2003 been a member of Krones AG's Executive Board, where he
has been responsible for Research and Development and Divisions.
The successor to Christoph Klenk proposed to the board will be the present
Head of Research and Development, Thomas Ricker (43). A mechanical
engineering graduate, Thomas Ricker is set to be appointed to the Executive
Board effective 1 January 2012.

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Language: English
Company: Krones AG
Böhmerwaldstraße 5
93073 Neutraubling
Deutschland
Phone: +49 (0)9401 701169
Fax: +49 (0)9401 709 1 1169
E-mail: investor-relations@krones.com
Internet: www.krones.com
ISIN: DE0006335003
WKN: 633500
Indices: MDAX
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard), München;
Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Stuttgart

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