MAX Automation : considers the claims for damages asserted by a shareholder against current and former board members to be non-existent

DGAP-Ad-hoc: MAX Automation SE / Key word(s): Miscellaneous MAX Automation SE considers the claims for damages asserted by a shareholder against current and former board members to be non-existent 06-Dec-2019 / 10:06 CET/CEST Disclosure of an inside information acc. to Article 17 MAR of the Regulation (EU) No 596/2014, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. Ad hoc RELEASE (PURSUANT TO SECTION 17 GERMAN SECURITIES TRADING ACT (WPHG)) MAX Automation SE considers the claims for damages asserted by a shareholder against current and former board members to be non-existent Duesseldorf, 6 December 2019 - MAX Automation SE has examined alleged claims for damages in the amount of at least EUR 40 million by a shareholder which were asserted against all members of the Supervisory Board and several former board members of the Company in connection with the acquisition of the AIM Group by the former M.A.X. Automation AG by the Günther Group in 2013 (see ad hoc news dated October 8, 2019). MAX Automation SE has come to the conclusion that such claims for damages do not exist and will therefore not pursue the alleged claims for damages. Contact: Katja Redweik Head of Corporate Development/IR MAX Automation SE Tel.: +49 - 211 - 9099 144 [e-mail] www.maxautomation.com Contact for media representatives: Susan Hoffmeister   Marco Cabras CROSS ALLIANCE communication GmbH   newskontor - Agentur für Kommunikation Tel.: +49 - 89 - 125 09 03 30   Tel.: +49 - 211 - 863 949 22 [e-mail]   [e-mail] 06-Dec-2019 CET/CEST The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Archive at www.dgap.de

Language:	English
Company:	MAX Automation SE
	Breite Straße 29-31
	40213 Düsseldorf
	Germany
Phone:	[phone]
Fax:	[phone]
E-mail:	[e-mail]
Internet:	www.maxautomation.com
ISIN:	DE000A2DA588
WKN:	A2DA58
Listed:	Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange
EQS News ID:	930083

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