RATIONAL : Dr Georg Sick delegated to the Supervisory Board of RATIONAL AG

Press release

Dr Georg Sick delegated to the Supervisory Board of Rational AG

Landsberg, 23 October 2017.      In accordance with his right of delegation as set down in the articles of association, the Supervisory Board Chairman of Rational AG Mr Walter Kurtz has appointed Dr Georg Sick to the Supervisory Board of Rational AG with effect from 18 October 2017. The company has thus filled the Supervisory Board position that became vacant due to the death of Mr Siegfried Meister within the specified period.

Dr Sick has a PhD in metallurgy and was a member of the Group management of Wacker AG and Wacker Neuson SE from 1994 to 2010. He was responsible, among other things, for the development, procurement and production departments. He was a member of the Executive Board of Wacker AG since its foundation in 2002 and took over as CEO and president in 2005. With his many years of experience in managerial technical positions for a family-managed, medium-sized mechanical engineering company he will complement the Supervisory Board of Rational AG as a proven technical expert.

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Editorial note:

The Rational Group is the global market and technology leader for thermal preparation of food in professional kitchens. The company, founded in 1973, employs more than 1,800 people, around 900 of whom are in Germany. Rational was floated in the Prime Standard of the German stock market in 2000 and is currently represented in the SDAX.

The company's principal objective is to offer maximum customer benefit at all times. Internally Rational is committed to the principle of sustainability, which is expressed in its policies on environmental protection, leadership, job security and social responsibility. Numerous international awards bear witness to the high quality of the work done by Rational's employees year after year.