KUKA AG — Board/Management Information 2008

Jun 9, 2008

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Ad-hoc | 9 June 2008 22:32

KUKA Aktiengesellschaft: Changes at Executive Board level

KUKA Aktiengesellschaft / Change of Personnel

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KUKA Aktiengesellschaft

Zugspitzstrasse 140, 86165 Augsburg

• ISIN DE0006204407 (equities) -

Listed on the following German stock exchanges:

Frankfurt, Berlin, Düsseldorf,

Hamburg, Hanover, Munich,

Stuttgart

Market segment: Prime Standard

Ad hoc disclosure in accordance with section 15 of the WpHG
(Wertpapierhandelsgesetz – German Securities Trading Act)

Changes at Executive Board level of KUKA Aktiengesellschaft

In view of the pending generational transition at the executive management
level of the KUKA Group, on June 9, 2008 KUKA Aktiengesellschaft's
Supervisory Board has appointed Dr. Horst J. Kayser to the Executive Board
as CEO and labor director effective as of October 1, 2008.

Mr. Gerhard Wiedemann, the company's CEO of the Executive Board and labor
director is preparing to retire and will not be extending his contract
beyond March 31, 2009. He has tendered his resignation effective as of the
close of September 30, 2008, but will continue to work with the Executive
Board in a consulting capacity until March 31, 2009.

The Supervisory Board has also appointed Dr. Matthias J. Rapp to the
Executive Board responsible for finance and controlling effective as of
July 1, 2008.

Board member Dr. Jürgen Koch, responsible for finance and controlling, had
already announced in December 2007 that he did not wish to continue in this
function beyond March 31, 2009 for personal reasons and has now tendered
his resignation effective as of the close of June 30, 2008.

Augsburg, June 9, 2008

KUKA Aktiengesellschaft

The Executive Board

Contact:
Herr von Muenchhausen
Tel.: +49 (0)821 7975-325
Fax: +49 (0)821 7975 333
E-Mail: v.muenchhausen@kuka.com

09.06.2008 Financial News transmitted by DGAP

Language: English
Issuer: KUKA Aktiengesellschaft
Postfach 43 12 69
86072 Augsburg
Deutschland
Phone: +49 (0)821 797 - 0
Fax: +49 (0)821 7975 - 333
E-mail: IR@kuka.com
Internet: www.kuka.com
ISIN: DE0006204407
WKN: 620440
Indices: MDAX
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Berlin, Frankfurt (Prime Standard),
Hannover, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart; Foreign
Exchange(s) SWX

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