Mr. Rainer Springs, Chief Financial Officer of WashTec AG, will leave the company by mutual consent as of February 28, 2018, when the annual financial statements 2017 have been completed. Effective August 1, 2018, Mr. Axel Jaeger will be appointed as member of the Board of Management and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Jaeger has been working for Carl Zeiss Group since 2005 as member of the Management Board and CFO in the Semiconductor Technology as well as Industrial Metrology and Inhouse Banking & Treasury, most recently as member of the Management Board and CFO of the Business Group Semiconductor Manufacturing Technologies.

Dr. Volker Zimmermann - CEO/CTO of WashTec AG - will in addition take over the function as CFO during the transition period from March 1, 2018 to July 31, 2018.