Gordon Riske to remain Chief Executive Officer of the KION Group until 2022

Gordon Riske emphasized: "I would like to thank the Supervisory Board for their continued trust and look forward to continuing our profitable growth with all my strength, the support of my Executive Board colleagues and, of course, our employees, and thus further increasing the value of our company for our shareholders in the long term. We want to secure our leading technological position as a full-service provider and further expand the KION Group's presence in all regions and markets around the world. Our focus is entirely on our innovative strength and on serving the needs of our customers even more comprehensively than before. To this end, we are transforming the company into a leading provider of Intralogistics 4.0 solutions."

About Gordon Riske

American-born Gordon Riske was appointed to the Executive Board of the KION Group on October 1, 2007 and took over as CEO of the company in April 2008, which he developed from a European to a global provider of industrial trucks and related services in the years that followed. In 2012, he gained Weichai Power as a long-term strategic partner and anchor investor. KION GROUP AG's IPO in June 2013 was followed by its successful inclusion in the MDAX, the STOXX Europe 600 and the FTSE EuroMid. With the acquisitions of Egemin, Retrotech and most recently Dematic, Riske is developing the company into a global full-service intralogistics provider as part of the Strategy 2020. Before joining the KION Group, Riske was CEO of DEUTZ AG in Cologne, a leading global manufacturer of diesel and gas engines. Prior to that, he held various management positions in the KUKA Group in the USA and Germany, most recently as CEO of KUKA Roboter GmbH, Augsburg. Riske studied electrical engineering at the Lawrence Institute of Technology in Southfield, Michigan, and holds an MBA from the Graduate School of Business Administration in Zurich.

The KION company

With its seven brands Linde, STILL, Fenwick, OM STILL, Baoli, Voltas and Egemin Automation, the KION Group is the market leader for industrial trucks in western and eastern Europe, the global number two in its sector and the leading foreign supplier in China. The Linde and STILL brands serve the premium segment worldwide. Fenwick is the largest material handling provider in France, and OM STILL is a market leader in Italy. The Baoli brand focuses on the economy segment; Voltas is a leading supplier of industrial trucks in India. Egemin Automation is a leading international specialist in logistics automation. The KION Group is present in more than 100 countries and generated revenue of around €5.1 billion in the 2015 financial year with around 23,500 employees. KION GROUP AG shares are listed on the German stock exchange in Frankfurt and are included in the MDAX, the German stock market index for mid-caps, the STOXX Europe 600, which comprises the 600 largest companies in Europe, and the FTSE EuroMid, which groups together mid-caps in Europe.