DGAP-Ad-hoc: MAX Automation SE / Key word(s): Change of Personnel MAX Automation SE: Gerhard Lerch to resign as Chairman of the Supervisory Board at the end of the year 27-March-2018 / 14:23 CET/CEST Disclosure of an inside information acc. to Article 17 MAR of the Regulation (EU) No 596/2014, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- MAX Automation SE, Düsseldorf Publication of insider information pursuant to Article 17 Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) MAX Automation SE: Gerhard Lerch to resign as Chairman of the Supervisory Board at the end of the year Düsseldorf, March 27, 2018 - Gerhard Lerch, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of MAX Automation SE, has informed the company that he will resign from office on December 31, 2018, due to his age. Mr. Lerch was Deputy Chairman from 2009 to 2014 and has served as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of MAX Automation AG since 2014. With the transformation of MAX Automation into a European stock corporation (SE) in early February 2018, he took over the function as Chairman of the Administrative Board. The company will propose a replacement in due course. MAX Automation SE, Breite Straße 29-31, 40213 Düsseldorf Phone: +49 (0) 211 90 99 1-0 Contact: Frank Elsner / Frank Paschen Frank Elsner Kommunikation für Unternehmen GmbH Phone: +49 - 5404 - 91 92 0 Fax: +49 - 5404 - 91 92 29 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 27-March-2018 CET/CEST The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Archive at www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: MAX Automation SE Breite Straße 29-31 40213 Düsseldorf Germany Phone: +49 (0)211 90991-0 Fax: +49 (0)211 90991-11 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.maxautomation.com ISIN: DE000A2DA588 WKN: A2DA58 Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange End of Announcement DGAP News Service --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 669313 27-March-2018 CET/CEST