Ad-hoc | 19 July 2017 15:32

SARTORIUS AG: Sartorius Supervisory Board elects Dr. Lothar Kappich as its Chairman

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

19-Jul-2017 / 15:32 CET/CEST
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Sartorius Supervisory Board elects Dr. Lothar Kappich as
its Chairman
Goettingen, July 19, 2017. At today’s extraordinary meeting, the Supervisory Board of Sartorius AG elected Dr. Lothar Kappich as its new Chairman. This election was required after former Chairman Professor Arnold Picot, Ph.D., had unexpectedly passed away on July 9, 2017.

Lothar Kappich, 60, holds a university degree in economics and was the Managing Director of ECE Projektmanagement GmbH & Co. KG until he reached this company’s age limit for management board executives. He has been a member of the Sartorius Supervisory Board since April 2007. Dr. Kappich has also been a member of the Supervisory Board Nomination Committee since 2011 and of the Executive Task Committee since 2017.

Contact
Petra Kirchhoff, Vice President of Corporate Communications
+49 (0)551.308.1686 | petra.kirchhoff@sartorius.com

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Sartorius Supervisory Board elects Dr. Lothar Kappich as
its Chairman

Goettingen, July 19, 2017. At today’s extraordinary meeting, the Supervisory Board of Sartorius AG elected Dr. Lothar Kappich as its new Chairman. This election was required after former Chairman Professor Arnold Picot, Ph.D., had unexpectedly passed away on July 9, 2017.

Lothar Kappich, 60, holds a university degree in economics and was the Managing Director of ECE Projektmanagement GmbH & Co. KG until he reached this company’s age limit for management board executives. He has been a member of the Sartorius Supervisory Board since April 2007. Dr. Kappich has also been a member of the Supervisory Board Nomination Committee since 2011 and of the Executive Task Committee since 2017.

Contact
Petra Kirchhoff, Vice President of Corporate Communications
+49 (0)551.308.1686 | petra.kirchhoff@sartorius.com

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Language:	English
Company:	SARTORIUS AG
	Weender Landstraße 94 – 108
	37075 Göttingen
	Germany
Phone:	+49.(0)551-308.0
Fax:	+49.(0)551-308.3289
E-mail:	info@sartorius.com
Internet:	www.sartorius.com
ISIN:	DE0007165607, DE0007165631
WKN:	716560 , 716563
Listed:	Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard), Hanover; Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange

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