Aap Implantate : Change in the Supervisory Board at aap Implantate AG Mehr

Change in the Supervisory Board at aapImplantate AG

aapImplantate AG ('aap') announces that Ronald Meersschaert will resign from his office as a member of the Supervisory Board for personal reasons. His duties will conclude on 5 October 2016. Ronald Meersschaert was first elected as a member of aap's Supervisory Board by the annual general meeting in financial year 2009. His successor will be Ms. Jacqueline Rijsdijk (60), who was elected as a substitute member for Mr. Meersschaert. Jacqueline Rijsdijk is a Board Advisor in the Netherlands and member of several Supervisory Boards and control committees of reputable companies such as Deloitte Netherlands and Royal Cosun.

Biense Visser, Chairman of the Supervisory Board at aap, praises the work of Ronald Meersschaert over the past years: 'We thank Ronald Meersschaert for his great commitment and the outstanding work for aapon the way to a focused trauma company in recent years. As a recognised financial expert and seasoned investor, he was always a competent and trusted contact for the Supervisory and Management Boards and made a significant contribution in both financial and strategic matters.'

In addition Biense Visser welcomes Jacqueline Rijsdijk's acceptance of the Supervisory Board mandate: 'Jacqueline Rijsdijk is a regarded Board Advisor with comprehensive economic and financial knowledge and an excellent network. We are very much looking forward to our cooperation and are sure that aapwill benefit from her distinctive financial expertise and many years of experience.

This release contains forward-looking statements based on current experience, estimates and projections of the management board and currently available information. They are not guarantees of future performance. Various known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors could lead to material differences between the actual future results, financial situation, development or performance of the company and the estimates given here. Many factors could cause the actual results, performance or achievements of aapto be materially different from those that may be expressed or implied by such statements. These factors include those discussed in aap's public reports. Forward-looking statements therefore speak only as of the date they are made. aapdoes not assume any obligation to update the forward-looking statements contained in this release or to conform them to future events or developments