DGAP-News: Bechtle AG / Key word(s): AGM/EGM/Change of Personnel Klaus Winkler elected Chairman of the Bechtle AG Supervisory Board 12.06.2018 / 16:24 The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Klaus Winkler elected Chairman of the Bechtle AG Supervisory Board - Long-time companion returns to the Supervisory Board - AGM approves dividend increase Neckarsulm, 12 June 2018 - Klaus Winkler has been elected to chair Bechtle AG's Supervisory Board at its constitutive meeting. He succeeds Dr Matthias Metz, whose regular term ended to coincide with the conclusion of the 2018 AGM. Klaus Winkler had previously been on the board from 1999 to 2013. The 60-year-old has a background in banking and business administration and is also the current CEO of the Heller Group. Today, Bechtle AG's Annual General Meeting saw the regular election of shareholder representatives to the newly composed Supervisory Board. Some 600 shareholders and shareholder representatives were present to cast their votes. New to the board are Dr Lars Grünert and Klaus Winkler. Also elected was Elke Reichhart, who had already been appointed by court in December 2017. Kurt Dobitsch, Prof. Dr Thomas Hess and Sandra Stegman all had their previous mandates reconfirmed with robust majorities. At its subsequent constitutive meeting, the Supervisory Board elected Klaus Winkler as its new chair. Mr Winkler has known Bechtle for over 20 years and brings with him his experience in the management of a medium-sized global player. As the managing director of BWK GmbH, he oversaw its stake in Bechtle prior to the company's IPO, and in 1999 was appointed to Bechtle's first Supervisory Board when it took the legal form of an Aktiengesellschaft. The six employee representatives to the board had already been elected in April with effect from the AGM's conclusion. Uli Drautz, Daniela Eberle, Volker Strohfeld, as well as union representatives Barbara Greyer (ver.di) and Michael Unser (IG Metall) were all re-elected to the board and are now joined by Anton Samija. The AGM also approved the 20 per cent dividend increase proposed by Bechtle AG's Executive and Supervisory Boards, bringing it to EUR 0.90 per share. This is the eighth consecutive time Bechtle has raised its regular dividend. CVs of the Supervisory Board shareholder representatives, as well as the points of order and voting results can be seen on www.bechtle.com/de-en/about-bechtle/investors/general-meeting. Bechtle AG had first reported on the Supervisory Board reshuffle in April: www.bechtle.com/de-en/about-bechtle/press/press-releases/2018/new-candidates-for-bechtle-supervisory-board *** About Bechtle. Bechtle AG is one of Europe's leading IT providers, with some 70 systems integrators in Germany, Austria and Switzerland as well as e-commerce subsidiaries in 14 European countries. Founded in 1983, the company is headquartered in the southern German town of Neckarsulm and currently employs some 8,600 people. Bechtle provides more than 70,000 customers from the industrial, trade, financial and public sectors with a comprehensive, vendor-neutral portfolio that covers all aspects of IT infrastructure and operation. Bechtle is listed on the German stock index TecDAX. In 2017, the company generated revenues of around 3.6 billion euros. Learn more at: bechtle.com Contact Investor Relations Corporate Communications/Press Martin Link Sabine Brand [email protected] [email protected] Phone: +49 7132 981-4149 Phone: +49 7132 981-4115 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12.06.2018 Dissemination of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Archive at www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: Bechtle AG Bechtle Platz 1 74172 Neckarsulm Germany Phone: +49 7132 981-0 Fax: +49 7132 981-8000 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: bechtle.com ISIN: DE0005158703 WKN: 515870 Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange End of News DGAP News Service --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 694739 12.06.2018