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Corporate | 13 April 2017 12:12

PNE WIND AG: Candidates proposed for election to the Supervisory Board

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13.04.2017 / 12:12

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PNE WIND AG: Candidates proposed for election to the Supervisory Board

Cuxhaven, April 13, 2017 – There will be changes in the Supervisory Board of PNE WIND AG. The election periods of three Supervisory Board members will end at the close of the general meeting of shareholders on May 31, 2017. The Supervisory Board proposes Mr. Marcel Egger and Mr. Dr. Jens Kruse as candidates. From the viewpoint of the Supervisory Board, these financial and capital market experts are qualified candidates. To continue the consistency of the Supervisory Board’s successful work and to ensure the balance of functions within the Supervisory Board, the Supervisory Board also proposes that its previous chairman, Alexis Fries, be re-elected.

SPSW Capital GmbH, according to the Company’s current knowledge a major shareholder, suggested to propose Mr. Dr. Jens Kruse and Mr. Marcel Egger for election. Against this backdrop, the previous Supervisory Board members Mr. Christoph Gross and Mr. Wilken Freiherr von Hodenberg will not to stand for re-election.

After his employment with BfG Bank, Mr. Marcel Egger has been active in an executive position at the EUROGATE Group, Bremen, since 1999. He joined that company as Director of Finance and Business Development and is now a member of EUROGATE Group’s management board with responsibility for the Finance and Controlling divisions. According to the opinion of PNE WIND’s Supervisory Board, the financial expert Mr. Marcel Egger brings broad and well-founded professional expertise for standing as a candidate owing to his professional activity and external offices in various corporate bodies.

The Supervisory Board of PNE WIND AG regards Mr. Dr. Jens Kruse as a highly experienced capital market expert. He had worked for international accounting companies, before he took over the management of the “Corporate Finance” division of Bankhaus M.M. Warburg 20 years ago, of which he is still in charge. In addition, Dr. Kruse as a capital market expert has also gained broad and extensive expertise in external corporate bodies, which he now intends to contribute to PNE WIND AG.

Mr. Alexis Fries was elected to the Supervisory Board of PNE WIND AG for the first time in 2015 and has been chairman since then. Owing to his professional career and comprehensive experience, Mr. Fries will contribute, in particular, his technical competency to the corporate body. The Supervisory Board will propose him again for election. This is intended to ensure consistent continuation of the previous work of PNE WIND AG’s Supervisory Board. Mr. Fries will be proposed again for the office as the chairman of the Supervisory Board.

About the PNE WIND Group

The PNE Wind Group, with its brands PNE WIND and WKN, is one of the leading German wind farm developers. With its approx. 360 employees, the PNE WIND Group has been offering services covering the entire added value chain ranging from the development, planning, realisation, financing, operation, marketing and repowering of wind farms in Germany and abroad from a single source for more than 25 years. Once the completed plants have been handed over to operators, the PNE WIND Group also offers technical and commercial management services, including regular maintenance, for the wind farms. The offshore wind farms at sea are developed up to the point where they are ready to be constructed and services are provided up to the operation of the wind farms. Alongside its business activities in the established domestic market in Germany, the PNE WIND Group is present at the international level in order to benefit from the tremendous growth potential of the global wind energy market and it is expanding into dynamic growth markets.

Contacts for enquiries


PNE WIND AG Rainer Heinsohn Head of Corporate Communications Tel: +49(0) 4721 718 453 Fax: +49(0) 4721 718 373 Rainer.Heinsohn(at)pnewind.com	PNE WIND AG Christopher Rodler Head of Investor Relations Tel: +49(0) 47 21 – 7 18 – 454 Fax: +49(0) 47 21 – 7 18 – 373 Christopher.Rodler(at)pnewind.com

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Language:	English
Company:	PNE WIND AG
	Peter-Henlein-Straße 2-4
	27472 Cuxhaven
	Germany
Phone:	04721 / 718 – 06
Fax:	04721 / 718 – 200
E-mail:	[email protected]
Internet:	http://www.pnewind.com
ISIN:	DE000A0JBPG2, DE000A1R0741, , DE000A12UMG0,
WKN:	A0JBPG, A1R074, , A12UMG,
Listed:	Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange